Theme: Doohickies! Each of the theme phrases ends with a synonym for an object.
17A. Cosmopolitan piece : MAGAZINE ARTICLE. Not the perfume sampler that falls out when you open this month's edition.
27A. "This can't lose" : ITS A SURE THING. All my picks at Santa Anita racetrack are these until they come in fourth.
48A. Los Angeles Times piece, e.g. : NEWSPAPER ITEM. Brangelina are a tabloid item, something quite different.
63A. Stipulation from a wealthy purchaser : MONEY IS NO OBJECT. I'm still waiting for the day one of my customers says this to me.
The theme certainly didn't jump out at me until I was almost done. I had MAGAZINE ARTICLE and NEWSPAPER ITEM filled in first, and so that led me a little astray with the other two for a short while.
A lot of nice fill and the usual learning moments from Gail and Bruce. Let's take a closer look.
Across:
1. Stops stalling : ACTS
5. Concert souvenirs : STUBS
10. Spongy ball brand : NERF
14. It's often fenced : LOOT
15. Toys that need wind : KITES
16. Electric co., e.g. : UTIL.
20. Without help : ALONE
21. FDR's successor : H.S.T.
22. Milo of "Ulysses" : O'SHEA
23. Nothing at all : ZERO
25. Inner Hebrides isle : IONA
32. Sinbad's transport : ROC
33. Part of SASE: Abbr. : ENV.
34. Support at the meeting : SECOND
37. Somewhat wet : MOIST
40. Caesar of comedy : SID
42. Do over, as a bow : RETIE
43. Island greetings : ALOHAS
45. Whole bunch : TON
47. Stein filler : ALE
52. "Show Boat" author Ferber : EDNA
53. School since 1440 : ETON
54. McCartney bandmate : STARR
57. Signal for immediate assistance : SOS
59. Cooks cakes : BAKES
66. Banquet hall vessels : URNS
67. Plant in Greek legend : LOTUS
68. Productive start? : ANTI
69. Pest in a swarm : GNAT
70. Nautical speed units : KNOTS
71. Heath-covered wasteland : MOOR
Down:
1. __ mater : ALMA
2. Shade of black : COAL
3. Like many lunch orders : TO GO
4. Song section : STANZA
5. Do a downhill run : SKI
6. Two-bit gamblers : TINHORNS
7. Colorado natives : UTES
8. "Vamoose!" : BEAT IT
9. Outdated geopolitical letters : S S R
10. Pain in the neck : NUISANCE
11. Carve in stone : ETCH
12. Make hopping mad : RILE
13. Dog bugger : FLEA
18. Snazzy duo? : ZEES
19. More stylish : TONIER
24. Wish one hadn't : RUE
26. Cries of surprise : OHS
27. "__ la Douce" : IRMA
28. Chisel, e.g. : TOOL
29. Offspring : SCION
30. Musical with the song "A New Argentina" : EVITA
31. Was able to reach : GOT AT
35. River through Sudan : NILE
36. Consider : DEEM
38. Most diaphanous : SHEEREST
39. Cheap and gaudy : TAWDRY
41. Deduces, slangily : DOPES OUT
44. Hyphenated ID : S.S.N.
46. Table tennis table divider : NET
49. Relay, as information : PASS ON
50. Lyndon Johnson's son-in-law Charles __ : ROBB
51. Experiencing serious traffic : IN A JAM
54. Self-satisfied : SMUG
55. Undecided : TORN
56. "The King and I" role : ANNA
58. Not snookered by : ONTO
60. Numbers game : KENO
61. Prefix with plasm : ECTO
62. Ruckus : STIR
64. Class : ILK
65. WWII espionage gp. : O.S.S.
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