Theme: Two for Tuesday - Each half of the two word answer is theme related.
16. *Tailor's fabric marker : CHALK PENCIL. Chalk mark, Pencil mark.
23. *Like a job that doesn't cause ulcers : LOW STRESS. Low mark, Stress mark.
34. *Anna Sewell novel narrated by a horse : "BLACK BEAUTY". Black mark, Beauty mark,
49. *Icon in bill-paying software : CHECK BOOK. Check mark, Book mark.
59. "Remember what I said!" ... and a hint to what can follow each part of the answers to starred clues : "MARK MY WORDS!"
Argyle here. The Gail/Bruce twosome gave us an ambitious Tuesday that seems a tad flat to me. Is it just me?
Across:
1. Plant owner: Abbr. : MFR. (ManuFactureR)
4. Quieted (down) : CALMED
10. Novelist Clancy : TOM
13. Go it alone : SOLO
14. Starting squads : A-TEAMS
15. Commotion : ADO
18. Fortysomething, e.g. : Xer. Gen X followed the Baby Boomers.
19. Parts of stairs : RISERS. The piece that is between the treads, often missing on cellar stairs.
20. Paving supply : TAR
21. "Suits" actress Torres : GINA
22. Oft-blessed outburst : [ACHOO!]
25. Nonstick kitchen brand : PAM
26. Pro offering IRA advice : CPA
28. Netherworld : HADES
29. Uppity one : SNOB
31. Chapter in a geology text, maybe : ERA
33. Finished first : WON
38. Early hrs. : AMs
39. Misspell or misspeak : ERR
40. Woodshop tools : SAWS
43. "NCIS" actor Joe : SPANO. Agent Fornell
46. Personal connections : INs
48. Extinct emu-like bird : MOA
53. Top-selling Toyota : CAMRY. Mid-Size Sedan.
55. __ Hashanah : ROSH. Last month.
56. "Bambi" doe : ENA. The aunt.
57. Runway figures : MODELS
58. "What was __ do?" : I TO
61. Jazz genre : BOP
62. Layered rock : GNEISS
63. Pull up stakes, to Realtors : RELO. Relocate.
64. USCG rank : ENS. Ensign.
65. Hardly boastful : MODEST
66. Dreyer's partner in ice cream : EDY
Down:
1. Tribesman in a Cooper title : MOHICAN. "The Last of the Mohicans" set in my locale.
2. Apparently spontaneous public gathering : FLASH MOB. Dudley(from last night), it sounds like you had the makings of a good flash mob.
3. Logger's contest : ROLEO. Pay attention to the commentary.
4. Spending limits : CAPS
5. Completed the course? : ATE. Cute.
6. Slowly, to Mozart : LENTO
7. Colorful parrot : MACAW
8. Mideast leaders : EMIRS
9. High-speed www connection : DSL. Not that fast in this FiOS age.
10. Rolled up to the jetway : TAXIED. Jetway? Don't hear that often.
11. Danish birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen : ODENSE
12. Marshy tract : MORASS
13. Torn-off paper pieces : SCRAPS
17. McDonald's founder Ray : KROC
21. Research funding sources : GRANTS
23. Carefree diversion : LARK
24. "__ shalt not ..." : THOU. Thou shall not pass, dog!
27. Push-up targets, briefly : PECS. Chest muscles.
30. Boil briefly, as asparagus : BLANCH
32. Honest __ : ABE
33. Tip off : WARN
35. Out of control : AMOK
36. Composer Satie : ERIK. Extensive write-up with this LINK.
37. Whined : YAMMERED
41. Urbane : WORLDLY
42. States as fact : SAYS SO
43. Book copier of yore : SCRIBE. Like in this yore, 45D. __ Fables : AESOP'S
44. Particle of light : PHOTON
47. Garbage vessel : SCOW
50. Bingo relative : BEANO
51. No right __: road sign : ON RED
52. Jack of "The Texas Rangers" : OAKIE. (1936 movie)but he was so much more. He's the one in the middle in this clip.
54. Really love : ADORE
57. Computer game title island : MYST. More for the Gen Y crowd.
59. Studio with a lion mascot : MGM
60. Submissions to an ed. : MSS. (Manuscripts)
Argyle
