Theme: Weather Report - no precipitation coming down as sleet at least.
4. Baseball overtime: EXTRA INNINGS. Rain.
8. Bellyache: STOMACH AILMENT. Hail.
14. "We're trapped in here!": "THERE'S NO WAY OUT!". Snow.
22. Frank Lloyd Wright house built around multiple cascades, and what's literally found in this puzzle's circles: FALLING WATER
Argyle here. Brian gave us downward dog in December and now rain is coming down. Can cats be next? A plethora of people today.
Across:
1. Suffix with silver or glass: WARE
5. 1980 Dom DeLuise film: "FATSO"
10. Cry noisily: SOB
13. Acme: APEX
14. This evening, on marquees: TONITE
15. Actress Longoria: EVA
16. Fiction's opposite: FACT
17. Drag race racer: HOT ROD
18. Women's __: LIB
19. Trick-taking game: ÉCARTÉ. The rules seem worthy of Calvin and Hobbes.
21. "Stay With Me" singer Smith: SAM
22. A-OK: FINE
23. Fixes: REPAIRS
25. Does harm to: DAMAGES
27. Prefix with gram or graph: IDEO-
28. Earth sci.: ECOL. (ecology)
29. World's largest cognac producer: HENNESSY
33. Cry of distress: "HELP ME!"
37. Economist Greenspan: ALAN. Former Chairman of the Fed.
38. Marilyn Monroe's first name at birth: NORMA
40. Pakistan neighbor: IRAN
41. Game piece with pips: DOMINO
43. Refused: SAID NO TO
45. Former House leader Gingrich: NEWT
47. Gurgling sound: [GLUG]
48. BBC TV series about cars: "TOP GEAR"
51. "You don't have to tell me": "I'M AWARE"
55. Kia subcompacts: RIOs
56. '60s-'80s Red Sox nickname: YAZ. Carl Yastrzemski.
58. Makes happy: ELATEs
59. Raised railroads: ELs
60. Really tired: DONE IN
62. President before Wilson: TAFT. William Howard Taft.
63. Nintendo's Super __: NES. (Nintendo Entertainment System)
64. Steam shovel scoop: BUCKET
65. The "E" in the HOMES mnemonic: ERIE. (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior)
66. Dr. with Grammys: DRE
67. Jouster's horse: STEED
68. Ceremony: RITE
Down:
1. Kit Kat layer: WAFER
2. Quickly: APACE
3. Brief summary: RECAP
5. Egg __ yung: FOO
6. Carpenter insects: ANTS
7. Rant: TIRADE
9. Multivolume ref. work: OED. (Oxford English Dictionary)
10. Former baseball commissioner Bud: SELIG
11. Sheeplike: OVINE
12. Innocents "in the woods": BABES
20. It ebbs and flows: TIDE
24. "Meh": "SO-SO"
26. "The Simpsons" beer server: MOE. Moe Szyslak.
29. Fooled: HAD
30. "Xanadu" gp.: ELO. (Electric Light Orchestra) Here is Rush doing their version of Xanadu.(11:09) (It would have been linked later anyway.)
31. '60s war zone: NAM
32. Coll. periods: YRs
34. For: PRO
35. Gym cushion: MAT
36. Musical Brian: ENO
39. Nativity trio: MAGI
42. Formerly, in bridal announcements: NÉE
44. Two-part: DUAL
46. Hypnotic state: TRANCE
48. General tendency: TREND
49. Refueling ship: OILER
50. Old West outlaw chasers: POSSE
52. Video game pioneer: ATARI
53. Equip anew: REFIT
54. Cosmetician Lauder: ESTÉE
57. "The Wizard of Oz" farmhand: ZEKE. Portrayed by Bert Lahr.
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Dorothy wakes up with Professor Marvel,
Hickory, Hunk and Zeke watching over her.
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60. Sound units, briefly: dBs. (Decibel)
61. Mil. roadside hazard: IED. (improvised explosive device)
Argyle
