Theme: How's that fit? As we grow older (not me) we like to wear pants that are more comfortable (ok, me). The first word in the theme entries combined with "fit" is a euphemistic term for bigger pants. (Update from C.C.: The first word of each two-word familiar phrase is a synonym of "leisurely"/"laid-back".)
21A: Dangerously uncontrollable type: LOOSE CANNON.
27A: Weekly dress-down times: CASUAL FRIDAYS.
48A: Music genre heard in elevators: EASY LISTENING.
55A: Chemically treated tresses: RELAXED HAIR. Go to 5D: Salon dos: STYLES. and have your curly hair straightened or your straight hair curled. Either way, money in the bank for the salon.
Older but no wiser Argyle here. I think this is our first look at a Jennifer Nutt puzzle. Her themes can be ...elusive. Good fill but some cluing could use some work.
Across
1A: Surgery marks: SCARS.
6A: "Hawaii Five-O" setting: OAHU. TV series from 1968 to 1980. Hawaii Five-O centers on a fictional state police force (named in honor of Hawaii's status as the 50th State). The term "Five-O" was adopted by American youth culture as a street slang term for the police.
10A: Heist target: BANK. What Five-O might investigate.
14A: Sully: TAINT.
15A: Whirled, as a top: SPUN.
16A: Opposite of windward: ALEE.
17A: Impressive display: ARRAY.
18A: Kids' plastic brick maker: LEGO.
19A: "What's in a __?": Juliet: NAME. "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2)
20A: Sales agent, briefly: REP.
24A: Taken by a shoplifter: STOLEN.
26A: Pub order: ALE.
34A: Requests: ASKS.
36A: More than requests: PLEADS.
37A: Detroit-based labor gp.: UAW. (United Auto Workers)
38A: Supportive sound from the crowd: CHEER.
40A: Sidekick: PAL.
41A: Best-seller list datum: TITLE.
43A: Sch. near Harvard: MIT. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
44A: Ukrainian seaport: ODESSA.
47A: Dover flatfish: SOLE. Other flatfish may share the name but Dover remains the true king of sole. Dover sole is what soles caught in the Atlantic, off the coasts of France and England, usually are called. The city of Dover in England figures in by virtue of having been a main fishing port for the London market.
51A: Slithery swimmer: EEL.
52A: Letter-shaped shoe fastener: T-STRAP. On a high heel.
61A: Gallery display: ART.
62A: All done: OVER.
63A: Honey spirits: MEAD. Fermented honey and water.
64A: Still-life fruit: APPLE.
66A: Whimper: MEWL.
67A: Puzzle with only one way out: MAZE.
68A: Old anesthetic: ETHER.
69A: Artist Warhol: ANDY.
70A: Greek god of war: ARES.
71A: Cowboy's rope: LASSO.
Down
1D: Clear-night twinklers: STARS. Starry Night Over the Rhone. And 53D: Setting for van Gogh's "The Night Cafe": ARLES.
2D: Insertion symbol: CARET.
3D: Causes of in-flight "bumps": AIR POCKETS.
4D: Protein synthesis molecule, for short: RNA.
6D: Norway's capital: OSLO.
7D: Gibbons, e.g.: APES.
9D: It may direct you to skip, draw two, or reverse: UNO CARD. Fun for all ages.
10D: Forbidden: BANNED.
11D: Astronaut Shepard: ALAN.
12D: Nautilus captain: NEMO.
13D: "Peachy-__!": KEEN.
22D: "Movin' __": "The Jeffersons" theme: ON UP. TV sitcom 1975 to 1985, a spin-off of "All in the Family".
23D: Elite invitee roster: A-LIST.
25D: Cut with a surgical beam: LASE.
28D: European peaks, to Pierre: ALPES.
29D: "It's the __ I can do": LEAST.
30D: Spurious: FALSE.
31D: Celebrity signatures: AUTOGRAPHS.
32D: Southern pronoun: Y'ALL.
33D: Popeye's __' Pea: SWEE. In the comics, Swee'Pea is a baby found on Popeye's doorstep (actually delivered to him in a box), in a 1933 strip. Popeye adopts and raises him as his son, or, as he puts it "boy-kid".
34D: Very top: ACME.
35D: Denomination of Islam: SHIA. Shia Islam (sometimes spelled Shi'a), is the second largest denomination of Islam, after Sunni Islam. The followers of Shia Islam are called Shi'as but are also known as Shiites or Shi'ites.
39D: Wimbledon's official timekeeper: ROLEX.
42D: Stevie Wonder's "__ She Lovely": ISN'T.
45D: Perplexing problem: DILEMMA.
46D: Against: ANTI.
49D: Annual: YEARLY.
50D: Six-Day War country: ISRAEL.
54D: Wing: Prefix: PTERO. As in PTEROdactyl.
55D: Fontana di Trevi city: ROMA.
56D: Tied, as a game: EVEN.
57D: Lascivious: LEWD.
58D: Darling: DEAR
59D: Mist: HAZE.
60D: Fruity summer drinks: ADES.
65D: Educ. support group: PTA.
I'm making no comment on 57D and 58D.
Congratulations to Dan Feyer for winning the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament!
Answer grid.
Argyle
21A: Dangerously uncontrollable type: LOOSE CANNON.
27A: Weekly dress-down times: CASUAL FRIDAYS.
48A: Music genre heard in elevators: EASY LISTENING.
55A: Chemically treated tresses: RELAXED HAIR. Go to 5D: Salon dos: STYLES. and have your curly hair straightened or your straight hair curled. Either way, money in the bank for the salon.
Older but no wiser Argyle here. I think this is our first look at a Jennifer Nutt puzzle. Her themes can be ...elusive. Good fill but some cluing could use some work.
Across
1A: Surgery marks: SCARS.
6A: "Hawaii Five-O" setting: OAHU. TV series from 1968 to 1980. Hawaii Five-O centers on a fictional state police force (named in honor of Hawaii's status as the 50th State). The term "Five-O" was adopted by American youth culture as a street slang term for the police.
10A: Heist target: BANK. What Five-O might investigate.
14A: Sully: TAINT.
15A: Whirled, as a top: SPUN.
16A: Opposite of windward: ALEE.
17A: Impressive display: ARRAY.
18A: Kids' plastic brick maker: LEGO.
19A: "What's in a __?": Juliet: NAME. "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2)
20A: Sales agent, briefly: REP.
24A: Taken by a shoplifter: STOLEN.
26A: Pub order: ALE.
34A: Requests: ASKS.
36A: More than requests: PLEADS.
37A: Detroit-based labor gp.: UAW. (United Auto Workers)
38A: Supportive sound from the crowd: CHEER.
40A: Sidekick: PAL.
41A: Best-seller list datum: TITLE.
43A: Sch. near Harvard: MIT. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
44A: Ukrainian seaport: ODESSA.
47A: Dover flatfish: SOLE. Other flatfish may share the name but Dover remains the true king of sole. Dover sole is what soles caught in the Atlantic, off the coasts of France and England, usually are called. The city of Dover in England figures in by virtue of having been a main fishing port for the London market.
51A: Slithery swimmer: EEL.
52A: Letter-shaped shoe fastener: T-STRAP. On a high heel.
61A: Gallery display: ART.
62A: All done: OVER.
63A: Honey spirits: MEAD. Fermented honey and water.
64A: Still-life fruit: APPLE.
66A: Whimper: MEWL.
67A: Puzzle with only one way out: MAZE.
68A: Old anesthetic: ETHER.
69A: Artist Warhol: ANDY.
70A: Greek god of war: ARES.
71A: Cowboy's rope: LASSO.
Down
1D: Clear-night twinklers: STARS. Starry Night Over the Rhone. And 53D: Setting for van Gogh's "The Night Cafe": ARLES.
2D: Insertion symbol: CARET.
3D: Causes of in-flight "bumps": AIR POCKETS.
4D: Protein synthesis molecule, for short: RNA.
6D: Norway's capital: OSLO.
7D: Gibbons, e.g.: APES.
9D: It may direct you to skip, draw two, or reverse: UNO CARD. Fun for all ages.
10D: Forbidden: BANNED.
11D: Astronaut Shepard: ALAN.
12D: Nautilus captain: NEMO.
13D: "Peachy-__!": KEEN.
22D: "Movin' __": "The Jeffersons" theme: ON UP. TV sitcom 1975 to 1985, a spin-off of "All in the Family".
23D: Elite invitee roster: A-LIST.
25D: Cut with a surgical beam: LASE.
28D: European peaks, to Pierre: ALPES.
29D: "It's the __ I can do": LEAST.
30D: Spurious: FALSE.
31D: Celebrity signatures: AUTOGRAPHS.
32D: Southern pronoun: Y'ALL.
33D: Popeye's __' Pea: SWEE. In the comics, Swee'Pea is a baby found on Popeye's doorstep (actually delivered to him in a box), in a 1933 strip. Popeye adopts and raises him as his son, or, as he puts it "boy-kid".
34D: Very top: ACME.
35D: Denomination of Islam: SHIA. Shia Islam (sometimes spelled Shi'a), is the second largest denomination of Islam, after Sunni Islam. The followers of Shia Islam are called Shi'as but are also known as Shiites or Shi'ites.
39D: Wimbledon's official timekeeper: ROLEX.
42D: Stevie Wonder's "__ She Lovely": ISN'T.
45D: Perplexing problem: DILEMMA.
46D: Against: ANTI.
49D: Annual: YEARLY.
50D: Six-Day War country: ISRAEL.
54D: Wing: Prefix: PTERO. As in PTEROdactyl.
55D: Fontana di Trevi city: ROMA.
56D: Tied, as a game: EVEN.
57D: Lascivious: LEWD.
58D: Darling: DEAR
59D: Mist: HAZE.
60D: Fruity summer drinks: ADES.
65D: Educ. support group: PTA.
I'm making no comment on 57D and 58D.
Congratulations to Dan Feyer for winning the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament!
Answer grid.
Argyle
