Theme: Synonym Toast - The ends of the theme words are loose synonyms for business.
17. Regularly go out (with): KEEP COMPANY
23. Getup for Woody of "Toy Story": COWBOY OUTFIT
38. What "2 + 2 = 4" is an example of: BINARY OPERATION
50. Preferred way of doing things: BEST PRACTICE
61. Front part of a hand tool, say ... and the last word of 17-, 23-, 38- and 50-Across?: BUSINESS END (i.e., the chain on a chain saw is the business end.)
Argyle here with what I thought was one of the toughest Tuesdays we've had in awhile. YMMV
Across:
1. Actress Swenson: INGA. I remember her from Gretchen Kraus, Benson, ABC, 1979-86.
5. Pops out, as a DVD: EJECTS
11. White lie: FIB
14. "Little" Dickens girl: NELL. The Old Curiosity Shop is a Dickens' novel.
15. Golf goof: MISHIT
16. Mined metal: ORE
19. Old horse: NAG
20. Rip off: STEAL
21. URL suffix for charities: .ORG
22. __ time: never: AT NO
27. Like some consonants, as the nasal "n": PALATAL
30. Actress de Matteo: DREA. Andrea Donna "Drea" de Matteo is an American actress, known for her role as Angie Bolen on ABC's "Desperate Housewives".
31. Press into service: USE
32. Invalidate: VOID
35. "The Lion King" lion: SIMBA. Simba was inspired by Disney's "Bambi ".
42. "Say cheese!": "SMILE!"
43. Spreadsheet info: DATA
44. Baton Rouge sch.: LSU. (Louisiana State University)
45. Unlikely to throw dirty clothes on the floor: NEAT. 2-Down. Old hair-removal brand: NEET
47. Word after systems or psycho: ANALYST
54. "__ girl!": ATTA
55. __Kosh B'gosh: OSH. (children's apparel)
56. Listless feeling: ENNUI
60. Old electrical unit: MHO. Reverse of OHM.
64. Emeril exclamation: "BAM!"
65. Tarzan and others: APEMEN
66. Like villains: EVIL
67. Having five sharps, musically: IN B
68. Creates anew, as a password: RESETS
69. Alluring: SEXY
Down:
1. Color printer refills: INKs
3. TV show about a high school choir: "GLEE"
4. Llama-like mammal: ALPACA
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5. Expressive punk genre: EMO
6. Good name for a phys ed teacher?: JIM
7. Finland's second-largest city: ESPOO. FYI, West of Finland's largest city, Helsinki.
8. Careful: CHARY
9. Overbearing leader: TIN GOD
10. Messy room: STY
11. Group of related typefaces: FONT FAMILY
12. Tehran native: IRANI
13. Fathered, in the Bible: BEGOT
18. Congeal: CLOT
22. Accepted the loss, financially: ATE IT
24. Like permed hair: WAVY
25. "True __": HBO vampire series: BLOOD. I don't have HBO.
26. Constellation bear: URSA
27. Watering holes: PUBS. 61-Down. Watering hole: BAR Clecho.
28. "Sure __ standing here ... ": AS I'M
29. Shrine in Moscow's Red Square: LENIN'S TOMB
33. Hoppy beer, for short: IPA. (India pale ale)
34. Coup __: D'ÉTAT. Literally meaning a "stroke of state" or "blow against the state".
36. Big cheese: BOSS
37. "Sometimes you feel like __ ... ": classic candy jingle: A NUT
39. "Prince Valiant" queen: ALETA
40. Bring in: REAP
41. Hindu princess: RANI
46. Traveling acting band: TROUPE
48. Half of all blackjacks: ACEs
49. Contact __: LENSES
50. Disney deer: BAMBI
51. Filmmaker Coen: ETHAN
52. Pack animals: ASSES
53. Bell tower sound: CHIME
57. Campbell of "Scream": NEVE. Also of "Mad Men"
58. Windows alternative: UNIX
59. In a lazy way: IDLY
62. Earn after taxes: NET
63. Naval rank: Abbr.: ENS. (Ensign )
I'll leave you with this Queen parable.
Argyle
