Theme: Reveal Monday - And a darn good thing.
17A. Sheet for plotting in math class: GRAPH PAPER. Autograph.
35A. Gridiron pass-defense scheme: ZONE COVERAGE. AutoZone. (car parts store)
42A. TV series starter: PILOT EPISODE. Autopilot.
64A. Market research target: FOCUS GROUP. Autofocus. (camera feature)
50D. Running by itself, and where the first words of 17-, 35-, 42- and 64-Across can be placed: ON AUTO
Argyle here. Textbook Monday. Very enjoyable.
Across:
1. Keebler cracker: ZESTA. Original Saltine Crackers.
6. Hotel employee: MAID
10. Consequently: THUS
14. Reference containing insets: ATLAS
15. Big name in luxury hotels: OMNI
16. What some hogs hog, with "the": ROAD
19. Rich rocks: OREs
20. Added to the collection plate: GAVE
21. Scrutinizes: INSPECTS
23. Menlo Park inventor: EDISON. Thomas Alva Edison, "The Wizard of Menlo Park".
25. Fort Worth sch.: TCU. (Texas Christian University)
26. Prohibition __: ERA
29. Advent mo.: DEC.. Advent, the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas.
30. Silent approvals: NODS
33. Author Capote: TRUMAN
37. Brand for Fido: ALPO
40. Misspell or misspeak: ERR
41. Nibble (on): GNAW
47. Points a finger at: BLAMES. Point a finger at Fido and he may gnaw on it.
48. Decant: POUR
49. Soft slip-on: MOC. (moccasin) Tonto has his mocs on but the Masked Man is John Hart.
52. Traditional Asian sauce base: SOY
53. Seventh Greek letter: ETA
55. One-named Tejano singer: SELENA
57. Eggs __: brunch dish: BENEDICT
61. General Bradley: OMAR
62. Object of adoration: IDOL
66. Door openers: KEYS
67. Provide a fake alibi for, say: ABET
68. Come together: UNITE
69. Minimal effort: EASE
70. Storied loch: NESS
71. Mystic's deck: TAROT
Down:
1. Took a sharp turn: ZAGGED right after zigged.
2. Online financial site: E-TRADE
3. Like Croats and Serbs: SLAVIC
4. Carton sealers: TAPES
5. Volcanic debris: ASH
6. Reaction to a bad pun: MOAN
7. Miami Sound Machine sound machines: AMPS. 44D. "Coming Out of the Dark" singer Gloria: ESTEFAN. Song history. The song(4:06).
8. Klutzy: INEPT
9. Dish Network competitor: DIRECTV
10. Jogger's pace: TROT
11. Member of the Apocalypse quartet: HORSEMAN. All four are horsemen. War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death.
12. Abu Dhabi's fed.: UAE.(United Arab Emirates)
13. Militant '60s campus org.: SDS. (Students for a Democratic Society)
18. Attach, as a name tag: PIN ON
22. Restore to health: CURE
24. Tokyo-born Yoko: ONO
27. Hindu melody: RAGA
28. From the beginning: ANEW
31. Like the diving-board end of the pool: DEEP
32. Rx, for short: SCRIP. No tee.
34. Hard-to-resist impulse: URGE
35. Go like heck: [ZOOM!]
36. Estimate words: OR SO
37. BOLO equivalents: APBs. "Be On the LookOut"/"All Points Bulletin" sent to LEOs, "Law Enforcement Officers"
38. Disney's "__ & Stitch": LILO
39. Don Juans: PLAYBOYS
43. Many a manga fan: TEEN. Manga are comics created in Japan.
45. Expels by force: OUSTS
46. Dr. with Grammys: DRE
49. Life story: MEMOIR
51. "Magic" transport: CARPET
54. Photoshop maker: ADOBE
56. Doone of fiction: LORNA
58. Otherwise: ELSE
59. Puts frosting on: ICES
60. Scissors snips: CUTS
62. Cold War prez: IKE
63. Org. busting dealers: DEA. (Drug Enforcement Administration)
65. __ reaction: instinctive feeling: GUT
Argyle
