Theme: Let your light shine- You will find what you need at the end of the theme entries.
17A. Dutch bloom-to-be : TULIP BULB
23A. Supply for a knotting craft : MACRAME CORD
36A. Reading aids, whose parts include the ends of 17-, 23-, 45- and 57- Across : LAMPS
45A. Blind alternative : WINDOW SHADE
57A. Pelvic opening : HIP SOCKET
Argyle here. What? No foreign words! Just some common crossword words that shouldn't prove too tough. Very few abbreviated words either. But still a neat Monday puzzle.
Across:
1. Lickety-split : FAST
5. Highlander : SCOT
9. They may be split by quibblers : HAIRS
14. Purim month : ADAR
15. Opera highlight : ARIA
16. Let in : ADMIT
19. Stage of development : PHASE
20. Carried by the tides : SEABORNE
21. Orbital high point : APOGEE
22. From the past : OLD
25. Fit together nicely : MESH
26. Venial or mortal lapse : SIN
27. Assumed name : ALIAS
30. Pilot light site : GAS STOVE
35. Ballpoints : PENS
38. Thinker's output : IDEA
39. Travel document : PASSPORT
41. Passover feast : SEDER
42. TiVo button : REC. (record)
43. Complete collections : SETS
50. PIN requester : ATM
53. Takes weapons from : UNARMS
54. High repute : EMINENCE
56. Pie chart dividers : RADII
58. Cuts with scissors : SNIPS
59. Nobel Peace Prize city : OSLO
60. Spanish stewpot : OLLA
61. To the point : TERSE
62. WWII submachine gun : STEN
63. Dudley Do-Right's gal : NELL
Down:
1. 1980 Dom DeLuise film : "FATSO"
2. "I challenge you to __!" : A DUEL
3. Veggies and such from a bar : SALAD
4. Chicago paper, familiarly : TRIB. Chicago Tribune
5. Native Israelis : SABRAS
6. Pretzel-eating sound : CRUNCH
7. Persian Gulf ship : OILER
8. File folder projection : TAB
9. "It just so __ that ... " : HAPPENS
10. Formed for a specific purpose : AD HOC
11. Insect stage : IMAGO
12. Early __: morning person : RISER
13. High-spirited mount : STEED
18. Pears, e.g. : POMES. Fleshy fruits.
21. Slightly off : AMISS
24. "Stat!" relative : "ASAP!". As Soon As Possible
25. Eucharist celebration : MASS
27. iPhone download : APP
28. Grazing land : LEA
29. State Farm business: Abbr. : INSurance
30. Prime meridian hrs. : GMT. (Greenwich Mean Time)
31. Knotted neckwear : TIES
32. Like a single sock : ODD
33. Churchillian sign : VEE
34. Place for a stud or hoop : EAR
36. Longtime theater chain : LOEWS
37. Circle segments : ARCS
40. "Cross your heart?" : "PROMISE?"
41. Dictation taker : STENO
43. Freebie from a sales rep : SAMPLE
44. Prolific inventor : EDISON
45. Sausage served with kraut : WURST
46. Absurd : INANE
47. Low point : NADIR
48. Faucet woes : DRIPS
49. Event in a caper movie : HEIST
50. Spot for a concealed holster : ANKLE
51. Immune system agent : T-CELL
52. Heavy __: music genre : METAL
55. Supply-and-demand subj. : ECONomy
57. Sounds from Santa : HO's
Turn off the light; the party's over.
Argyle
