Bart Beisner

Title: Any PORT in a storm. Maybe we can go drinking at that place on the left in Oporto, where they hook you to an IV to get you the liquor quicker.

We return this Friday with another one clue fits all puzzle; this time the word is PORT and all four themers are 15 letters! There many other meanings for PORT in the DICTIONARY but Bart picked some entertaining ones.

We also continue our trend to bring back constructors from the past, this time with Lt. Col. (ret.) Beisner who had ONE previous publication that I have located.  He did stop by to say hello that day, perhaps he will again. With all the gridspanning you would expect little room for long sparkly fill, but we do have ESCROW,  TUNEUP,  FANNED, AWAY TEAM,  TARHEELS,  PRINCESS and  ROSE OILS. Now it is time to look at the theme:

20A. Port : CITY WITH A HARBOR (15).

25A. Port : AFTER DINNER WINE (15).

43A. Port : LEFT SIDE OF A SHIP (15).

48A. Port : CONNECTION POINT (15).

A nice set; now the rest.

Across:

1. Cabo's peninsula : BAJA.  Cabo San Lucas, a resort city on the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, is known for its beaches, water-based activities and nightlife. Playa El Médano is Cabo’s main beach, with outdoor restaurants and numerous bars. Past the marina is Land's End promontory, site of Playa del Amor (Lover's Beach) and El Arco, a natural archway in the seacliffs.

5. Stupefy : BESOT. Getting drunk with love.

10. Earthy shade : ECRU. They really do not agree on this simple ("Raw") color.

14. "Don't have __, man!" : A COW. Bart must be a fan of his namesake Simpson.

15. Jennifer Saunders' "Ab Fab" role : EDINA. The frumpy one; Patsy was Joanna Lumley who was a replacement for Mrs. Peele when they tried the New Avengers.

16. Room service challenge : SLOB.

17. Simba's mate : NALA. Disney's Lion King Queen.

18. Pack animal? : HIKER. This was hard for being so easy.

19. Shrewd : CUTE. I understand it now, nut also hard to suss.

23. Heavy weight : TON.

24. It may need a boost : EGO.

34. "Mean Girls" actress : LOHAN. Rumored to be trying to get a sequel going to reviver her now dead career.

35. Instrument heard in the Doobie Brothers' "Black Water" : VIOLA. THeir producer, the great Ted Templeton did not see it as a hit.

36. Lived and breathed : WAS.

37. Uncompromising : GRIM. Hmm.

38. __ nus: barefoot, in Bordeaux : PIEDS. High level French. A very pedestrian clue.

39. Hilarious one : RIOT.

40. Scotch datum : AGE. I pass this to the Tinman to explain.

41. Construct : ERECT.

42. Friend of Jerry and George : COSMO. Kramer.

46. Org. with a square-rigger on its seal : USN.

47. Jungle swinger : APE.

57. Ointment additive : ALOE.

58. De Valera of Ireland : EAMON.

59. "Dies __" : IRAE.

60. Array of options : MENU
61. Urban air problem : SMAZE
62. Reposed : LAIN
63. Rear deck : POOP
64. Blush-inducing H.S. class : SEXED
65. House meas. : SQFT

Down:

1. Judicial seat : BANC
2. Smoothie fruit : ACAI
3. Cola named for its intended effect : JOLT
4. Football squad in white jerseys, typically : AWAYTEAM
5. Lagging : BEHIND
6. Time change? : EDIT
7. Turbaned Punjabi : SIKH
8. Selective Service classification : ONEA
9. Blue Devils' rival : TARHEELS
10. Homeowner's account, perhaps : ESCROW
11. Kind of sandwich or soda : CLUB
12. Tiller opening? : ROTO
13. Taxi alternative : UBER
21. Unlike new clothes : WORN
22. Indian tourist mecca : AGRA
25. Like some pond growth : ALGAL
26. Blacksmith's need : FORGE
27. Copper? : THIEF
28. Like Wrigley Field's walls : IVIED
29. Many a flower girl : NIECE
30. Acknowledge, in a way : NODTO
31. "It'd be a dream come true" : IWISH
32. Judd matriarch : NAOMI
33. Legally prohibit : ESTOP
38. One of Disney's official eleven : PRINCESS
39. Perfume staples : ROSEOILS
41. Forum infinitive : ESSE
42. Yokum cartoonist : CAPP
44. Garage service : TUNEUP
45. Agitated : FANNED
48. Where much tie-dyeing takes place : CAMP
49. Kitchen bar : OLEO
50. Prohibition : NONO
51. Tone down : TAME
52. Camera that uses 70mm film : IMAX
53. Move like honey : OOZE
54. Modern-day Mesopotamia : IRAQ
55. Newbie : NAIF
56. Commonly anchored shelter : TENT