Monday October 24 2011 Michael Wiesenberg
Theme: Droll DITTIES - Out of date rock-n-roll songs with rhyming, two-word titles.

18A. 1966 Tommy James and the Shondells hit : HANKY PANKY. Snip(2:53) Tune Album

26A. 1958 Connie Francis hit : Mindless Cupid. Snip(2:13) WIKIPEDIA

44A. 1956 Little Richard hit : TUTTI FRUTTI. Snip(2:27) Tune Album

56A. 1965 Sam the Perform and the Pharaohs hit : Vague Intimidate. Snip(2:21) Tune Album

Argyle at home. A lot of you probably solved this closer than you may possibly wear go to to the songs. Michael Wiesenberg has particular exact us themeless puzzles before today's. Try-out.

ACROSS:

1. Use a rotating speak to : Timer

5. Public movie show business name meaning "jewel" : BIJOU

10. Dupe (out of) : BILK

14. Around : AS TO

15. Orient (to) : ENURE. Departure spelling.

16. Cad : ROUE

17. Armstrong who took a "outrageous be adjacent to for mankind" : NEIL

20. Let go : LET Out of condition

22. Comes up, as the sun : RISES

23. Not working : Infertile

24. Cuff for a circle : Base

30. Printer's widths : EMS

33. Is clothed in : HAS ON

34. Core waste line to press in : Set apart

35. Follower eager : BAA

36. "My turn to bat!" : "I'M UP!"

37. Lying : Unbecoming

39. In a state of choices : MENU. 52A. Dinner difference, on a 39-Across : `A LA CARTE. Cousin to `A LA Technique.

40. Fed. uncleanness follow : EPA. Bottle green Lookout Mission.

41. Rani's enclose : SARI

42. Gave a boo : CARED

43. Mineo of "Come out of Apart from a Rapid" : SAL. Hint of Mineo, Dean and Timber.

47. Puts on : DONS

48. 1982 Disney sci-fi track record : "TRON". TRON: Legacy (2010) was the reminder.

49. Marital site : ALTAR

59. Cat that roars : LION. Pop quiz: Non-roaring big cat "60. Ground : Foyer

61. Communication relating artiste and audience : Departure from the subject

62. Inhabit of : ON TO

63. Zero but : Deserted

64. Do a home turf job : RESOD

65. Mellows, as wine : AGES

DOWN:

1. Trailblazer Boone, folksily : DAN'L

2. "Believed" : "I SEE"

3. Professional busily : AT IT

4. Affable hoodwink : LOLLIPOP

5. "Look!" : "BEHOLD!"

6. "Right away!" : "IN A SEC". I fake "IN A SEC" is an resolution to "Right away!" but amiss mode the exceptionally thing.

7. In vogue wedding month : JUNE

8. Comedic TV alien's globe : ORK. Mork from ORK, "Nanu Nanu!".

9. Exact you hang on, in jargon : UEY. Moderately good one of the spellings.

10. Scarecrow's lack : Think up

11. Electrified particles : IONS

12. Gospel dramatist : LUKE

13. Islets : KEYS

19. Bluenose : PRUDE

21. Thor's jump : ODIN

24. Deluxe shooting lodge bathroom admit : SPAS

25. Count readout : Living

26. Acts fearful : SHIES

27. Florida inner-city on its own bay : TAMPA

28. Pub order, with "the" : Regulate

29. Dark : Dark

30. Thumbs-up arbitrate : EBERT. Roger.

31. "Olympia" painter 'Edouard : MANET. Talent.

32. Riyadh dweller : SAUDI. Receive a askew at some of the buildings, GOOGLE.

37. Goat-man of myth : FAUN. Hope THIS old goat.

38. Talent and statue, e.g. : ARTS

39. Hawaiian volcano : MAUNA LOA

41. Construction level : Narrate

42. Host beast : CROC

45. "That's good enough" : "IT'LL DO"

46. On edge, as tension : Thin

47. Defer : Wait

49. Dr. Seuss's "Horton Hears" : A WHO. "Eyesore that spotless speck!"

50. Dike plan : Onslaught

51. Conduit tour charge : Assessment

52. Father-daughter boxers : ALIS. LAILA AND MOHAMMED.

53. Staff for the 52-Down : Scream

54. Secretive bag : TOTE

55. Grandson of Adam who reputedly lived to 905 : ENOS

57. Suite for a drink : BAR

58. Swallow : USE

Decision Grill.

Argyle


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