Theme: Strong Current. Adding "Flow" to the last word in each of the theme entries creates a new word or phrase.
17A. Online data movement : INTERNET TRAFFIC. This blog generates plenty of that.
22A. "Man in Black" singer : JOHNNY CASH. As I write this, "Folsom Prison Blues" is playing on my iPod, now that's weird.
36A. Symphony or sonata : MUSICAL WORK. Does anyone write sonatas anymore?
46A. Pending : UP IN THE AIR. Just like all my deadlines.
And the unifier:
56A. Conforms, or what each last word of 17-, 22-, 36- and 46-Across
literally does : GOES WITH THE FLOW
Sweet puzzle from Don & C.C. The theme took quite some time to come kicking and screaming into the light, I had all kinds of hare-brained ideas before it all became clear with the unifier.
Across:
1. Seller's caveat : AS IS
5. Whistle blower : REF
8. Fight : OPPOSE
14. Congeniality : BONHOMIE. What a great word! I resolve to use it at least once a week.
16. Edit : REDACT
19. Extinguish : DOUSE
20. Clinch a deal, in slang : ICE IT
21. Thing to do on the cautious side? : ERR. Great fresh clue for this old stalwart.
27. Tempt with, as a carrot : DANGLE
30. "Typee" sequel : OMOO. Herman Melville made very little money from any of his novels, especially this one.
31. Highfalutin : LA-DI-DA
35. Steak order : T-BONE
38. High-tech party notice : EVITE
40. Jungle queen : SHEENA
41. Enjoy a 10-course Chinese meal : DINE. I'm going to Hong Kong shortly, Cantonese Food!
42. Categorize : ASSORT. This usage was new to me, I'd only known "assorted", which I take to mean "uncategorized". Nice learning moment.
52. VCR button : REW. I always have to wait for the cross to decide on REC or REW
53. Big name in transmission repair : AAMCO
54. Cardio-boxing workout regimen : TAE-BO
61. Intensely devoted : ARDENT
62. Shanghai setting : EAST ASIA. Mini-theme emerging here?
63. Woody's wife : SOON-YI Previn, married to Mr. Allen.
64. Mar.-to-Nov. setting : D.S.T. You never really save any daylight, you just move it around.
65. Count (on) : RELY
Down:
1. Put up with : ABIDED
2. Arizona neighbor : SONORA. South of the border, down Mexico way.
3. How board game players play : IN TURN. In my house my Mom always asked us to play nicely. The she told us. Then we were sent to our rooms.
4. Ladies : SHES
5. First pres. to visit China while in office : R.M.N. Richard Milhous Nixon, World Traveler.
6. Farm song refrain : E-I-E-I-O
7. Sell for : FETCH
8. Hatch on the Hill : ORRIN. He's a 59D. He plays sonatas too!
9. Boglike : PEATY
10. Adobe file format : PDF. Portable Document Format if you want to get your geek on.
11. Bungler : OAF
12. Lab subj. : SCI.
13. And so forth: Abbr. : ETC.
15. Valuable rock : ORE. I confidently filled in GEM first.
18. Top rating : TEN.
22. Yoda, notably : JEDI
23. Venomous snakes : COBRAS
24. Wild way to run : AMOK
25. Numbered Chan relative : SON. From the Charlie Chan movies. Buffs will know how many sons there were, I just count "lots".
26. Groundbreaking tool : HOE
28. Protein in wheat products : GLUTEN
29. Zap : LASE
32. Suffix with tact : ICS. Hmmm. A suffix? Need to be convinced about this one.
33. Code word : DAH. We had SOS yesterday, three DITs, three DAHs, three DITs in Morse Code.
34. Draft choice : ALE
35. A whole bunch : TONS
36. Former iPod model : MINI
37. Sport : WEAR. You can sport sportswear!
38. Academic Web letters : EDU
39. Bigwig : VIP. Very Important Person (such as Orrin Hatch?)
43. End of a threat : OR ELSE
44. Heat again, as water for tea : REBOIL
45. Like most streets : TWO-WAY
47. Lion-colored : TAWNY. Some of our regulars would prefer "Port-colored" here.
48. French-speaking republic : HAITI
49. CPR expert : EMT
50. Was sore : ACHED
51. Smidgens : IOTAS
54. First day of spring, to Vietnamese : TET
55. Miles away : AFAR
56. Total blast : GAS.
57. Au, on a Spanish periodic table : ORO. With luck your 15D has gold in it.
58. Tokyo, once : EDO
59. Bigwig on the Hill: Abbr. : SEN.
60. Post-WWII pres. : H.S.T. Harry S. Truman. No use looking up his middle name, the "S" doesn't stand for anything.
That's all from me!
Steve
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