Theme: A Pressing Issue - if you want to look your best.
16A. Celebrate with abandon: LET OFF STEAM
27A. Lift a few weights: PUMP SOME IRON
46A. Sunday NBC public affairs show: "MEET THE PRESS"
60A. Like a shirt condition suggested by the ends of 16-, 27- and 46-Across: WRINKLE-FREE
Argyle here. For some reason, I was surprised to see a Lampkin puzzle. It doesn't appear to be a typical Lampkin puzzle either.
Across:
1. More hot under the collar: MADDER
7. Topper with a tassel: FEZ
10. Managed care gp.: HMO. (Health Maintenance Organization)
13. Repetitive World Cup cheer: OLÉ OLÉ
14. Commuter vehicle: AUTO
15. Alley __: OOP. Basketball play, comic strip, or this by The Hollywood Argyles.
18. Boring routine: RUT
19. Teen sleuth Nancy: DREW
20. Exchange for cash: SELL
21. Deep opera voice: BASSO
23. Razor sharpener: STROP
25. Corn serving: EAR
26. "Uh-huh": ISEE
31. "Wheel of Fortune" purchase: AN 'I'
34. High-priority task: MUST DO
35. __ Jones' locker: DAVY
36. Mob enforcer: HITMAN
38. Girls in the family: NIECES
40. Island off Tuscany: ELBA
41. Arts and __: summer camp activity: CRAFTS
45. Before, poetically: ERE
49. "The Well-Tempered Clavier" composer: BACH. Here is just a taste.
50. Long-armed primate: APE
51. Bit of prevention: OUNCE. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
55. Soak in the tub: BATHE
56. Ignoring, with "to": DEAF
58. Parliament member: LORD
59. Ride for Jesus on Palm Sunday: ASS
63. Edge of a glass: RIM
64. One shaken to seal a deal: HAND
65. Keen judgment: ACUMEN
66. SSW's opposite: NNE
67. Tweeter's "Wow!": OMG!
68. Parable messages: MORALS
Down:
1. Jell-O shapers: MOLDS
2. Warn: ALERT
3. Ward off: DETER
4. "Grease" music genre: DOO-WOP
5. Munchkin kin: ELF
6. Gridiron zebras: REFs
7. Nuclear reactor tube: FUEL ROD
8. H-like Greek vowel: ETA
9. "Shaun of the Dead" creature: ZOMBIE. Title is a riff on "Dawn Of The Dead".
10. Kentucky Derby, e.g.: HORSE RACE
11. Position the cursor without clicking: MOUSE OVER
12. Vision: Pref.: OPTO
14. "About time!": AT LAST!
17. Goes (through) slowly: SEEPS
22. "All kidding __ ... ": ASIDE
24. Saucony rival: PUMA. Athletic shoes.
28. Chew noisily: MUNCH
29. Three-card game: MONTE. A shell game played with three cards.
30. Wall St.'s "Big Board": NYSE. (New York Stock Exchange)The big shell game.
31. "Pardon me": "AHEM"
32. River drainage region that covers 11 African countries: NILE BASIN
33. "I haven't a clue!": "IT BEATS ME!"
37. Fire lighter: MATCH
39. "That __ awesome!": IS SO
42. Poetry performance: READING
43. Add as a supplement: APPEND
44. Flip (out): FREAK
47. "Pinball Wizard" band: THE WHO. From the rock opera "TOMMY".
48. Gunpowder element: SULFUR
52. Bellini opera: NORMA. Norma Synopsis.
53. Angler's basket: CREEL
54. Utopian places: EDENS
55. Place for a Deere, but not deer: BARN
57. Hoax: FLAM. Three-card montge.
61. Crash into: RAM
62. Green prefix: ECO
Argyle
