The Multifunctional Tool.
18. *Tuna eater's tool, maybe: CAN OPENER.
24. *Eyebrow-plucking tool: TWEEZERS.
36. *Shape of rotini pasta: CORKSCREW.
41. *Cocktail frank stabber: TOOTHPICK.
48. *Loser to rock, beater of paper: SCISSORS.
58. With 60-Across, contraption that usually includes the answers to the starred clues: SWISS ARMY. 60. See 58-Across: KNIFE.
Let's see what other fun Victor brings today.
Across:
1. Goldman's partner: SACHS. Marcus Goldman and Samuel Sachs. The large multinational investment bank.
6. Socially awkward sort: DORK. Clark Kent ?
10. Potter's material: CLAY.
14. Voyager 1, e.g.: PROBE.
15. Like James Bond antagonists: EVIL.
16. With 11-Down, 2016 almost-Oscar-winning movie: LA LA. 11D. See 16-Across: LAND. At the 2017 OSCAR awards ceremony, La La Land won six OSCARS, and was erroneously awarded a seventh for Best Picture. Moonlight was the real 2016 Best Picture award winner.
17. Screen legend Flynn: ERROL. Swashbuckling swordsman.
20. Neither's partner: NOR. If a verb is already in the negative, then partners either and or are used.
21. Boxing ref's decision: TKO.
23. Worked, as dough: KNEADED.
27. Family room: DEN.
28. Captain's group: CREW. Ship, Captain and Crew is a game played with five dice. Players ante in to the pot. Only after getting the Ship (a six), Captain (a five) and Crew (a four) can you get the Cargo. The player with the largest Cargo total (point value of the other two dice) wins the pot.
29. Spring shape: COIL.
31. Lottery ticket purchase, essentially: BET.
34. Michaelmas daisy: ASTER. Daisy ? Five letters. See if ASTER fits. It should. It does. Look up Michaelmas daisy later. Oh, a daisy that blooms around Michaelmas (Sept 29th). The largest group of Michaelmas daisies, with over 1,000 named cultivars is symphyotrichum novi-belgii. That means "hair growing together - from New York". They are also known as New York asters. The weird stuff you learn on the internet...
38. Trendy: CHIC.
39. Sixth __: intuition: SENSE. I have an intuition that blog-follower Fact Checker (and others) are looking up New York asters right about now.
40. Émile who wrote "J'Accuse...!": ZOLA.
43. "Miracle on 34th Street" store: MACYS.
44. Thor, to Odin: SON.
45. Its football team has played Harvard 134 times: YALE.
46. Grand Marquis, for short: MERC.
47. 2100, to Augustus: MMC. When the Roman statesman and military leader added one thousand, plus one thousand, plus one hundred, his total was MMC.
52. Adjusted (to): ATTUNED.
56. Dorm mgrs.: RAs. Dormitory managers: Resident Assistants.
57. "Ben-Hur" author Wallace: LEW. I read Ben-Hur Wallach, assumed actor, saw the answer needed three letters and entered Eli. How do you say bzzzt ? You can read about Indiana-born, Civil War General and author Lew Wallace at Britannica Biography: Lewis-Wallace.
62. Pub size: PINT.
63. "The World According to __": GARP. Never read it, but have heard of it. Almost entered the synonym for trail mix.
64. Concave navel: INNIE.
65. Not leave: STAY. Love it when Rosemary Butler joins in, then get a chuckle out of the falsetto a few seconds later.
66. Leave: EXIT. But they just asked me to stay, just a little bit longer. What a twist !
67. Surprising plot development: TWIST. O. Henry. 'nuff said ?
Down:
1. Used up: SPENT.
2. Cursor shape: ARROW. The standard mouse pointer on a computer is an arrow, but you can select from a variety of others.
3. Proofer's change: CORRECTION. After the blue-pencil. Editing vs Proofreading
4. "Game of Thrones" network: HBO.
5. Soda water: SELTZER. Carbonated water.
6. Interior designer's concern: DECOR. Are all of these Fixer Upper decors going out of style ?
7. Eggs, to a biologist: OVA.
8. Hockey venue: RINK. The Pittsburgh Penguins play at PPG Paints Arena.
9. Yukon gold rush region: KLONDIKE.
We had an Isaly's restaurant in our small town in N.E. Ohio. Isaly's invented the Klondike Bar. I knew of it long before I knew of the Yukon gold rush region. Isaly's was also regionally famous for its "Skyscraper" ice cream cones and chip-chop ham. There are now 14 flavors of the Klondike bar.
10. Wash the dirt off: CLEAN.
12. Protected at sea: ALEE.
13. Three feet: YARD. Is it possible to get a complete food storage center... less than a yard wide ?
19. Banana leftovers: PEELS.
22. Royal Botanic Gardens locale: KEW. Kew is WSW of London proper. About 30 minutes on the Tube from Westminster. Zoom in and the take the satellite view. Zoom out to get your bearings.
25. Build: ERECT.
26. Wall-mounted light fixtures: SCONCES.
30. Ural River city: ORSK. Today's second pictorial geography lesson: 
A 23 hour drive from Orsk to Omsk
31. Hybrid green veggie with small florets: BROCCOLINI. Just saw this recipe for pan roasted broccolini on an episode of Growing A Greener World.
32. Slippery: EELY.
33. "__ the night before ... ": TWAS.
34. Play divisions: ACTS.
35. "Go away!": SHOO.
36. Finish the top of, as a room: CEIL. To provide with a roof. In French, ceil is eye, and ciel is sky.
37. Business magnates: CZARS.
39. Era that began with Sputnik: SPACE AGE. Jump on that bandwagon. Don't get left behind !
42. Church songs: HYMNS.
43. Soldier's cooking supplies: MESS KIT. Field utensils.
46. Actress Farrow: MIA.
47. In need of air freshener: MUSTY. Not that olives smell musty, but I had to get this vid in somewhere after Sunday's discussion of olive trees. Gary mentioned seeing them in Tuscany. We just saw this episode Saturday.
49. Burial chamber: CRYPT.
50. Int.-reducing mortgages: RE-FIs. Hi Lemonade !
51. Like sugar: SWEET. How long before fresh sweet corn ?
52. Egyptian snakes: ASPs.
53. Foolish one: TWIT.
54. Funny Fey: TINA.
55. "The Destroyer" of Marvel Comics: DRAX. No idea. Wagged the A.
59. Med. scan: MRI. Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
61. Opposite of SSE: NNW.
Here's the grid. See all y'all later n'at !
