Theme: Crank Up the AC - Add A C to some words starting with C and clue appropriately.
20A. Rudely confront espionage supervisors?: ACCOST CONTROLS. (cost controls)
34A. Agreement on the ratio of innies to outies?: UMBILICAL ACCORD. (umbilical cord)
40A. Ones meekly entering debits and credits?: ACCOUNTING SHEEP. (counting sheep)
51A. High praise at a carousel?: BAGGAGE ACCLAIM. (baggage claim)
Argyle here today. I hope nothing's wrong with Lemonade. update: He is okay.
Across:
1. Song one can't perform?: DUET
5. Walk through puddles: SLOSH
10. Mosul's home: IRAQ
14. On the water: ASEA
15. Princess Toadstool's rescuer: MARIO
16. Run into, maybe: DENT
17. Online gaming tyro: NOOB
18. Salem residents: OREGONIANS
22. OPEC member: UAE
23. Guzzler: SOT
24. Holy verse: PSALM
27. Letters by the shore: SPF
30. __ wave: TIDAL
37. Quote from a goat: MAA
38. Absent: NOT IN
39. "O Sole __": MIO
45. Embezzles: SKIMS
46. Trike rider: TOT
47. Big name in electric cars: TESLA
48. Somerhalder of "The Vampire Diaries": IAN
50. Org. that helps you find a way: AAA
59. Pinpoints: ZEROES IN ON
60. Apple talker: SIRI
61. Seeks: ASKS
62. With no other: ALONE
63. Noodle variety: UDON
64. Upscale: POSH
65. Cut with a beam: LASED
66. Await a decision: PEND
Down:
1. Ultimate Fighting Championship president White: DANA
2. Biennial games org.: USOC
3. Fair-hiring agcy.: EEOC
4. Mediterranean salad: TABOULI. Parsley and bulgur wheat salad.
5. Hit hard: SMOTE
6. Prix de __ de Triomphe: annual horse race: L'ARC
7. Oft-twisted cookie: OREO
8. Leo, for one: SIGN
9. Hilarious sorts: HOOTS
10. More than silly: IDIOTIC
11. Down-to-earth: REAL
12. Coulter and Curry: ANNs
13. Liq. measures: QTs
19. Campus org. for future ensigns: NROTC. Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps.
21. Cousin of Dan'l?: SAM'L
24. Adidas alternatives: PUMAs
25. More than a peck: SMACK
26. Old counters: ABACI. Plural of abacus.
27. Great guy?: SCOTT
28. Chaise place: PATIO
29. Fire starter: FLINT
31. Common state capital features: DOMEs
32. Moon of Uranus: ARIEL
33. Parkinson's drug: L-DOPA
35. Rustic stop: INN
36. "Life of Pi" director Lee: ANG
41. "Wow!": "O MI GOSH!"
42. Grammarian's concern: USAGE
43. Legato's opposite, in mus.: STAC
44. Closes, as a wound: HEALS UP
49. Like some cold symptoms: NASAL
50. Pimply: ACNED
51. Indicación de afecto: BESO
52. Sacred chests: ARKS
53. Arizona river: GILA
54. "The Dukes of Hazzard" deputy: ENOS
55. Top-shelf: AONE
56. Support staff member: AIDE
57. Monopoly token replaced by a cat in 2013: IRON
58. Object to: MIND
59. Nuke: ZAP
Argyle
