Theme: Wide left on four - West coast footballers.
17. *Power source that plugs into a computer port: USB CHARGER. San Diego Chargers
23. *"Airplane!" flight number, to the control tower: TWO-ZERO-NINER. San Francisco Forty Niners
36. *Carl Icahn or Michael Milken: CORPORATE RAIDER. Oakland Raiders
46. *Castle gate-busting weapon: BATTERING RAM. Los Angeles Rams
57. Home of the player at the ends of the answers to starred clues: CALIFORNIA
Argyle here. Jake's back for another Monday. Yes, it is sports related but not obscure. Except for one notable word, a pretty easy Monday.
Across:
1. "Get lost!': "SCRAM!"...and stay off my lawn.
6. Google __: geographical app: MAPS
10. Ruth with bats: BABE. How much for an autographed Babe Ruth bat, C.C.? (From C.C. : If it's authenticated and the autograph is in great condition, 10K-50K I think. I recall one sold for over 100K a few years ago.)
14. Egypt's capital: CAIRO
15. They may clash on a movie set: EGOs
16. Environmental sci.: ECOL. (Ecology)
19. Physics particle: ATOM
20. Andes, e.g.: Abbr.: MTs. (mountains)
21. Against: ANTI
22. Make amends (for): ATONE
26. Boats with double-bladed paddles: KAYAKS
29. Forget to include: OMIT
30. Mosque leader: IMAM
31. Address for Bovary: MADAM. Let the nits begin. When the novel, "Madame Bovary" (1856), was first serialized in La Revue de Paris between 1 October 1856 and 15 December 1856, public prosecutors attacked the novel for obscenity.
33. Having one flat, musically: IN F
40. Billy the __: KID
41. Father or son New York governor: CUOMO. Mario and Andrew.
42. Head, to Henri: TÊTE
43. Suffix with joke or pun: STER
44. Gratify: PLEASE
51. Going on, to Sherlock: AFOOT. "Come, Watson, come! The game is afoot."
52. Lily pad squatter: FROG
53. Sock hop site: GYM
56. "The Mod Squad" cop: LINC. 1968 to 1973 TV show, Clarence Williams III as Lincoln "Linc" Hayes...1999 film starred Omar Epps as Linc.
60. Actor Estrada: ERIK
61. Be complicit in, as a caper: ABET
62. Giraffe kin: OKAPI
63. Exec's asst.: SEC'Y. (secretary)
64. TiVo predecessors: VCRs. (videocassette recorder)
65. Jotted down: NOTED
Down:
1. Film on stagnant water: SCUM
2. Film credits list: CAST
3. Barbecue fare: RIBS
4. Smile shape: ARC
5. Iroquoian people, or a hair style named for them: MOHAWK
6. Fred or Ethel of old TV: MERTZ, from "I Love Lucy".
7. Texas A&M athlete: AGGIE
8. 19th-century master of the macabre: POE. Edgar Allan Poe
9. Old Rus. state: SSR. (Soviet Socialist Republic)
10. "Get lost!": "BEAT IT!"...and stay off my lawn. I don't want to have to tell you AGAIN!
11. Follow, as a tip: ACTON
12. Trailblazing Daniel: BOONE
13. Roundheaded Fudd: ELMER. "Daniel may hunt bears but I'm hunting wabbits!"
18. Yucatán years: ANOs. From years ago: the Yucatan Asteroid Crater.
22. Jungian inner self: ANIMA. Not a Monday friendly word.
23. Pack (down): TAMP
24. Calf-roping event: RODEO
25. Poet Khayyám: OMAR
26. Punt or field goal: KICK
27. Mine, to Marcel: Á MOI
28. One of 100 between end zones: YARD
31. Native New Zealander: MAORI. Bed and Breakfast?
32. Source of quick cash, briefly: ATM. (automated teller machine)
33. Brainstorm: IDEA
34. Butterfly catchers: NETS. Could have stayed with the sports theme with the Brooklyn Nets, pro basketball team.
35. For nothing: FREE
37. Eight-musician group: OCTET
38. Regretful sort: RUER
39. Bulleted list entry: ITEM
43. Heavyset: STOCKY
44. Plum's title in Clue, briefly: PROF. The professor? Now Victor Plum, a billionaire video game designer.
45. Blue or black water of filmdom: LAGOON. The Blue Lagoon (1980 film)/Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954 film)
46. Hay bundles: BALES
47. Burning: AFIRE
48. Mixer with gin: TONIC
49. Player referenced in 57-Across' clue, briefly: NFLer
50. Southern side dish: GRITS
53. Tiny biting insect: GNAT
54. "Eek!": "YIPE!"
55. Hotel room cleaner: MAID
57. Cleveland cager, for short: CAV. The Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team.
58. "Easy as" letters: ABC
59. Old studio letters: RKO
Argyle
Note from C.C.:
For those who can't find Sunday puzzles in their LA Times, it's moved to the Comics section.
