We have the LAT debut of Mr. Bywaters who just had a publication on the 13th in the NYT. 63 theme squares left little room for long fill but METEORITE and IN LINE WITH were nice. The rest of the fill seemed a tad easy for a Friday
17A. Illicit buzzing in the hive? : BEE SEXTING (10). A plain old bee sting gets remodeled with the EX showing up.
24A. Slipshod building addition? : RAGGEDY ANNEX (12). The Raggedy Ann doll is next to get an EX.
40A. Beginning of a very thorough biography? : FETAL EXPOSITION (15). Starting a biography at birth needs an EX added as well.
50A. Aerosol product that will help you fit in in Houston? : SPRAY ON TEXAN (12). Sraying on your tan gives you a Texan when you add the EX.
64A. Too much shooting at the table? : EXCESS POOL (10). We have single word having the EX added at the beginning.
And the reveal:
72A. They sometimes intrude at weddings, and also in this puzzle's theme : EXES.
Across;
1. Clever stroke : COUP.
5. Stage genre : DRAMA.
10. Secured, in a way : TIED.
14. Too : ALSO.
15. Actor Firth : COLIN.
16. Initial contribution : ANTE.
19. Surplus : GLUT.
20. Painful spots : SORES.
21. Speak or creak : VERB.
23. Altar promise : I DO.
28. Zodiac animal : RAM.
31. Aran Islands country: Abbr. : IRE.
32. Chopping tool : HOE.
33. Always : EVER.
35. Parker's rank in "McHale's Navy": Abbr. : ENS. This was my introduction to the great Tim Conway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Txz8EPsH2Q
The show was really a step child of the success of Phil Silvers' Sgt. Bilko character. LINK.
37. Pincered insect : EARWIG. This what I think about when I see this WORD.
43. Strands at the lodge, maybe : ICES IN.
44. Six-pack set : ABS.
45. Jazz singer James : ETTA.
46. Nevada was the first st. to allow it : OTB. Off Track Betting.
47. Clickbait site, as of Sep. 2016 : OED.
49. Metaphorical hiding place : HAT. Keep it Under your hat. LINK.
56. Athlete lead-in : TRIathlete. 62A. Immune lead-in : AUTO.
57. French honey : AMIE. Girl friend in French.
58. Coffee shop order : MOCHA. Not sure why but I plunked this right in and ity stuck.
67. Thought : IDEA.
68. Architect Frank : GEHRY. Frank Gehry is a Canadian-American architect known for postmodern designs, including the Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. ... he was born Frank Owen Goldberg in Toronto, Canada on February 28, 1929 and still lives.Various.
69. One of three in "To be or not to be" : IAMB. Short and long in a metric foot. Poetry 101.
70. Office staple : DESK.
71. Donkeys : ASSES.
Down:
1. Uber competitors : CABS. I think it is the other way around.
2. Margarine : OLEO.
3. Many a typist, nowadays : USER.
4. Fake : POSER.
5. Early 7th-century year : DCX. The random Roman numeral glue.
6. Go bad : ROT.
7. Still in play : ALIVE.
8. Like much ore : MINED.
9. Hot : ANGRY.
One listen....
10. Identification method : TAG.
11. Conforming to : IN LINE WITH.
12. Chopin work : ETUDE. The entire STORY. One listen....hard not to love Chopin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmQBFLJAIcY
13. Rehab process : DETOX.
18. Actor Morales : ESAI.
22. Religion founded in Persia : BAHAI. Another answer that went in and stayed. I learned about this from Vic Damone and Diahann Carroll.
25. Gullible : GREEN.
26. Group including some Brat Pack members : GEN-X.
27. Mazatlán-to-Chihuahua dirección : NORTE. Spanish.
28. Monthly pmts. reducer : REFInance.
29. "Voulez-vous coucher __ moi?" : AVEC.
30. Falling stars that reach the ground : METEORITES.
34. Many a reggae artist : RASTA.
36. Eponymous Belgian town : SPA.
37. English county on the North Sea : ESSEX.
38. Tiny bit : IOTA.
39. Airborne pest : GNAT.
41. OPEC member since 1962 : LIBYA.
42. High wind? : OBOE. My third word that I just put in.
48. Lake makers, at times : DAMS.
50. Unwavering : STAID. If overdon e can make you a ...
51. Goody two shoes : PRUDE.
52. End of a series : OMEGA. Alpha to....
53. Vetoes : NIXES.
54. They may deal with freezes : TECHS.
55. Fabled lost mittens punishment : NO PIE.
59. Cajole : COAX.
60. Residence : HOME.
61. Priestly garments : ALBS. Once a very common fill and I beleive the only four letter possibility for the plural.
63. Shade provider : OAK. Lots of oaks in Florida.
65. Poetic word of order : ERE.
66. Part of CBS: Abbr. : SYStem.
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