Theme: Ahoy! - Come aboard. First we'll show you the parts of the ship.
60A. In tidy condition, and a hint to the first words of the answers to starred clues : SHIPSHAPE
17A. *Historic Chicago landmark co-founded by Jane Addams : HULL HOUSE
24A. *Anxiety caused by confinement : CABIN FEVER
38A. *Dress fancily : DECK OUT
53A. *Old phone feature for multiple calls : HOLD BUTTON
Argyle here. The fill came from many ports of call but still smooth sailing. I failed to find a suitable diagram of a ship that showed all of today's listing so I defer any questions to Spitzboov. I don't know who to ask about link Hull House. New to me.
Across:
1. "Just as I suspected!" : "A-HA!"
4. Alabama protest city : SELMA
9. Crude dwelling : SHACK
14. Sun, in Mexico : SOL
15. Oak-to-be : ACORN
16. Company newbie : HIREE
19. With time to spare : EARLY
20. Angler's basket : CREEL
21. One thousandth: Pref. : MILLI
23. Fishtank organism : ALGA
29. Bill, Louis and Carrie : NYEs. The science guy, comedian who was on the Steve Allen show, and Carrie Nye, a stage, film and television actress and wife of Dick Cavett.
30. Porthole view : OCEAN. A-ha, another ship part.
31. Flight-related prefix : AERO
32. Either of the first two consonants in "coccyx," but not the third : HARD C
34. "We __ Overcome" : SHALL
35. Lavish affairs : DOs
41. Summer shirt : TEE. For wear at do's.
42. Curving : ARCED
44. Annual athletic awards : ESPYs. Awarded by ESPN.
46. Actor Connery : SEAN
47. "Midnight Cowboy" hustler Rizzo : RATSO. NOW we get Ratso.
49. Cantina snack : TAPA
55. Stein fillers : ALES
56. Coeur d'__, Idaho : ALENE
57. Braying beasts : ASSES
58. Drainage conduit : SEWER
64. Remove pencil marks : ERASE
65. Dutch bloom : TULIP
66. Scratching post user : CAT
67. Inner turmoil : ANGST
68. Oozes : SEEPS
69. Aliens, briefly : ETs
Down
1. Refuse receptacle : ASH CAN. Not these.
2. Like some regular news updates : HOURLY
3. Claim without proof : ALLEGE
4. Satirist Mort : SAHL
5. Novelist Umberto : ECO
6. Comical Costello : LOU. Bud Abbott's buddy
7. __ Butterworth : MRS. Syrup.
8. Iron-poor blood condition : ANEMIA
9. Place for books : SHELF
10. Racetrack near Miami : HIALEAH
11. Reach, as a destination : ARRIVE AT
12. Animation still : CEL
13. __ lime pie : KEY
18. Collar attachment : LEASH
22. Vacation stopover : INN
24. Apple discard : CORE
25. Adaptable, electrically : AC/DC
26. "Waiting for Godot" playwright Samuel : BECKETT
27. Writer __ Stanley Gardner : ERLE
28. Film cameo, e.g. : ROLE
33. Mix in : ADD
34. Hog's home : STY
35. Hyphen-like punctuation : DASH
36. Cookie with a Thins variety : OREO
37. Rascal : SCALAWAG
39. __ buco: veal dish : OSSO
40. "Once __ a time ..." : UPON
43. Nonstop : ENDLESS
45. Secret supply : STASH
47. Compete for a seat : RUN
48. '50s nuclear trials : A-TESTS
50. Strasbourg's region : ALSACE. without Lorraine today.
51. Spy on : PEEP AT
52. Balance sheet heading : ASSETS
54. Artist's flat hat : BERET. Mais oui!
57. Once-sacred snakes : ASPs
58. Baltic, for one : SEA
59. Directional suffix : ERN
61. Color chart listing : HUE
62. Land in la mer : ILE
63. Domino dot : PIP
Argyle
