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Apr 1, 2014

Tuesday, April 1, 2014 Gail Grabowski and Bruce Venzke

Theme: Graze on This - Where your herd may be.

20A. Collegian's specialty : ACADEMIC FIELD

39A. Retire : PUT OUT TO PASTURE

57A. Kitchen appliance : ELECTRIC RANGE

Rabbit, Rabbit. Argyle here, no fooling. No fooling with the puzzle either. Straightforward with three long theme entries and a preponderance of 4 and 5 letter words. A pleasant start to the month.

Across:

1. Bart's mom : MARGE. Simpson.

6. Pooch in whodunits : ASTA

10. Super-fast fliers, briefly : SSTs

14. Multiple choice options : A, B, OR C

15. Tater : SPUD

16. Poi base : TARO

17. City on Spain's southwestern coast : CADIZ

18. School semester : TERM

19. Some Neruda poems : ODES

23. Take home the trophy : WIN

24. '70s-'80s TV role for Robin Williams : MORK

25. Bawl out : RAIL AT

28. Make illegal : BAN

29. "Love __ Madly": Doors hit : HER



30. Actor Wallach : ELI

31. "I __ sorry" : AM SO

34. TV athletic award : ESPY. Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly(ESPY) Award is presented by the American cable network ESPN.

37. Surgical beam : LASER

42. Practical joke : PRANK. And 41D. Practical joke : ANTIC. Some concession to the day.

43. Prince William's alma mater : ETON

44. Chooses, with "for" : OPTs

45. Escape : LAM

46. Sound system part : AMP

48. Lid for a lad : TAM

50. Rio Grande city : EL PASO

52. City north of Pittsburgh : ERIE

54. Tank or tee : TOP

60. Turn over : CEDE

62. Reagan secretary of state : HAIG. (General Alexander Haig)

63. Megastars : IDOLS. Could this be the last season for "American Idol"?

64. In excess of : OVER

65. Footwear insert : ARCH

66. Former midsize Pontiac named for a native Mexican : AZTEK. Considered 'ugly' in most reviews.

67. CancĂșn cash : PESO. "CancĂșn cash", fun to say.

68. Tiff : SPAT

69. Skeptical : LEERY

Down:

1. Colorful parrot : MACAW


2. Counters with beads : ABACI

3. Flying '50s film monster : RODAN. Both Godzilla and Rodan would fight other Monsters, although initially they had their own spats.

4. Graph paper design : GRID

5. Itchy skin inflammation : ECZEMA

6. Up and about : ASTIR

7. Bit of dust : SPECK

8. Gang land : TURF

9. Look up to : ADMIRE

10. Casual vodka order : STOLI. (Stolichnaya)

11. Prepares for the cattle drive : SADDLES UP

12. Three, in Turin : TRE

13. Distress letters : SOS

21. "Water Lilies" painter Claude : MONET. "Water Lilies" is a series of approximately 250 oil paintings.


22. Ranks below marquises : EARLS

26. Fully attentive : ALERT

27. Loses energy : TIRES

28. Timely benefit : BOON

29. Source of a shot : HYPO. (hypodermic needle)

31. Orchard tree : APPLE

32. Work on a wall : MURAL

33. Cattle drive concerns : STAMPEDEs

35. Ladder lead-in : STEP

36. Greenhouse container : POT

38. Physics particle : ATOM

40. Decree in imperial Russia : UKASE. Used once in LAT back in '08, much more often in NYT.

47. Coffeehouse orders : MOCHAs

49. Old reception aid : AERIAL. (antenna) Still in use.

51. Last Olds made : ALERO

52. Writer Jong : ERICA

53. "Correctomundo!" : "RIGHT!"

54. Govt. security : T-NOTE. (Treasury note)

55. One with an unsettling look : OGLER

56. Irritating : PESKY

58. One may be on a woodpile : TARP

59. Wood-shaping tool : ADZE

60. Badge bearer : COP

61. One who succumbed to a serpent : EVE


Argyle