Mark McClain,

Title: NOPE!

Our new friend Mark McClain delivers a fun comparatively easy Friday. The letters "PE" are removed from common phrases to reveal a new entertaining phrase. What makes the puzzle elegant is the first two relate to bad people and the next two are golf related. I am not sure I have seen a "remove letters" that was so precise. CAD CRUSADER required perps but that opened the rest. There were few 3/4 letter fill and some glitz with 6/7 fill.  I liked TUMTUM,  MIRREN,  TRISTE ERRATIC,  RETINAS  and TRUISMS. He does this all in a nice pinwheel. Well lets get to it.

17A. Insensitive zealot? : CAPED CRUSADER (11). Batman (a good guy) is replaced with a CAD (a bad guy). Nice.

56A. Reprobate's regular expense? : SINNER'S REPENT (11). Yes sinners must find a place to live.

10D. Golf course equipment of the future? : FLYING CARPETS (11). Having both seen and done bad driving on the golf course, the thought of crazy golf throwing clubs also in the sky woth a golf cart is frightening.

25D. What many golfers regularly engage in? : THE PAPER CHASE (11). Par Chase is not a phrase I am familiar with, but it does accurately describe what most golfers seek. Birdies and eagles are icing on the cake
And the reveal:

66A. Casual refusal ... and, another way, a hint to this puzzle's four longest answers : NOPE. Puzzle falls into place with the correct parsing of this word.

on to the rest.


Across:

1. Tablet input : DATA. Your handy I- or Samsung product.

5. Stick (on) : PASTE.

10. Groovy : FAB. Properly cluing this out of use with a passe clue.

13. "The Quiet Man" co-star : O'HARA. Maureen. LINK.

15. Take in, maybe : ALTER. I was thinking duping someone ar first.

16. Mauna __ : LOA. 120 feet lower than one of the other volcanoes that are the creation  of Hawaii.

19. Wine bottle figs. : YRS. A CSO to our wine peddler Chairman Moe, who can discuss vintages as long as you listen.

20. Asian capital : HANOI.

21. Where Gauguin painted "Woman With a Flower" : TAHITI.

23. Lays to rest : INTERS.

26. Eye parts : RETINAS.

27. Gung-ho : RAHRAH.

28. Concurrent with : DURING.

29. Poetic praise : ODE.

30. Like Mandarin Chinese, linguistically : TONAL.

32. '80s-'90s slugger Fielder : CECIL.

35. Popular wine region : NAPA.

37. Summer Triangle twinkler : DENEB.

39. All there : SANE.

40. View : SLANT.

42. Get rid of : SCRAP.

44. Rotation meas. : RPM.

45. Downgrade, maybe : RERATE.

47. Tot's indigestion area : TUMTUM.

49. Grows periodically : ACCRUES.

51. Sad, on the Seine : TRISTE.

52. Sweater wool : MOHAIR.

53. Rodeo critter : STEER.

55. Item under a top : BRA.

61. Funny pair? : ENS.

62. Like Mexico's Pyramid of the Magician : MAYAN.

63. Part of UTEP : TEXAS.

64. Whiskey option : RYE.

65. Rested : SLEPT. A word we have discussed at length.

Down:

1. Bashful comrade? : DOC.

2. "I thought so!" : AHA.

3. 1860s White House boy : TAD.

4. Tell, memorably : ARCHER.

5. Part of UTEP : PASO.

6. Fronton game word : ALAI.

7. Kind of deviation: Abbr. : STD.

8. Wobble : TEETER.

9. Unpredictable : ERRATIC.

11. Big artery : AORTA.

12. Rationale : BASIS.

14. Genesis mount : ARARAT.

18. Like wild horses : UNSHOD.

22. Duncan of baking fame : HINES.

23. Shackles : IRONS.

24. Clay-court legend : NADAL.

26. Yardstick : RULER.

28. Reel, for one : DANCE.

31. Fledgling launching spots : NESTS.

33. Feedback : INPUT.

34. "I wanna try!" : LEMME.

36. End of __ : AN ERA.

38. Frying preparation : BATTER.

41. Self-evident actualities : TRUISMS.

43. Least spoiled : PUREST.

46. Ham's accessory : AERIAL.

48. "The Queen" (2006) star : MIRREN.

49. Color in "America the Beautiful" : AMBER.

50. Like many bar jokes : CORNY.

53. Blow a fuse : SNAP.

54. Canvas shelter : TENT.

57. Actress Carrie who was married to Dick Cavett : NYE.

58. Skeletal opening? : EXO.

59. Toddler's downtime : NAP.

60. Japanese market letters : TSE.

Jeffrey Wechsler

Title: JW picked this one as title and reveal- OY VEY.

The exasperation  that causes people to use this expression, in this puzzle is the placement of OY in various known clauses and each groan inducing result. The themers are a bit inconsistent, with TOMBOY oddly clued and OYSTER breaking the second word. However that one is also my favorite image.  JW has a wonderful knack for making the puzzles challenging and interesting. Here we have the array of fill from all over the language. PHOTON,  MANILA,  YODELS,  NUBILE, TWO DAYS,  BUG EYED, GO TO CHURCH, and LOCAL PRIDE are the show. 

17A. Young Pharaoh's mischievous playmate? : TOMBOY OF KING TUT (15). In my world tomboys are young lady tweens or teens who prefer roughhousing to cotillions.

25A. Overly sweet fruit? : CLOYING  PEACHES (14). Never had one.

43A. Useless metallurgical product? : ALLOY FOR NAUGHT (14). Really fun.

56A. Small shellfish of high quality? : PRIME MINI-OYSTER (15). As i said the one I thought was best presentation of the theme. Okay lets go.

Across:

1. Chanel product : SCENT. I spent way too much time trying to think of a five letter perfume.

6. Father of Hector : PRIAM. Back again with the trouble making son. 55D. Paris' realm : TROY.

11. Interruption : GAP.

14. Give the green light : ALLOW.

15. "The Flintstones" co-creator : HANNA.  Part of the dynamo team HANNA-BARBERA that dominated cartoon production for many years.

16. Martial arts accessory : OBI. Sash. 

20. It's on display while boasting : EGO. Love the clue.

21. Eccentric : DOTTY. I love the old words.

22. Stephen Colbert forte : IRONY.

23. Papuan food staple : SAGO.

24. Solar prod. : ELECtricity.

31. Features of a Los Angeles aerial view : POOLS.

32. Charged thing : ION. Simply wonderful.

33. Chekov colleague : SULU. Do i need to mention Star Trek.

34. Line on a globe : ARC. latitude, longitude.

37. One in a cage : RIB. More fun cluing of 3 letter fill.

38. Carson predecessor : PAAR. I get Jack often; I wonder when he will be forgotten.

40. "Norma __" : RAE. Sally Field got her first Oscar.

41. Salad garnish brand : BACOS.

47. Coll. employee : PROFessor.

48. Motivate : URGE.

49. Helped create, in a way : SIRED. Does this count for humans.

51. Hold for another time : TABLE.

53. "Law & Order: SVU" rank : SGT.

59. Succor : AID.

60. Parking garage component : LEVEL.

61. Keats' Muse : ERATO. Not exclusively.

62. Montpelier-to-Providence dir. : SSE. An interesting mini-clecho.

63. Ski resort near Montpelier : STOWE. The closest nice resort when I was a youngster.

64. In la-la land : DITZY. One of the all time best....LINK.

Down:

1. Opposite of starve : SATE.

2. Obstruct : CLOG.  Like a toilet.

3. Saint Erasmus of Formia, familiarly : ELMO. Think fire. LINK.

4. San Francisco's __ Hill : NOB.

5. Weekend, usually : TWO DAYS. Duh! Almost fooled me.

6. Laser particle : PHOTON. Yes they are used in future torpedoes.

7. Large quantity : RAFT. I guess less than a boatload?

8. Black : INKY.

9. "Wheel of Fortune" purchase : AN I.

10. Capital south of Taipei : MANILA. Seems to be due south. I have friend who is getting married in Taipei - sadly I must miss the ceremony.

11. Seek a higher authority? : GO TO CHURCH. Fun deception.

12. Have __ in the oven : A BUN. typical of 50's euphemisms.

13. "How unfortunate" : PITY. Tis a pity.

18. Hindu ascetic : YOGI. Berra?

19. Athenians, to Parisians : GRECS. French for Greeks.

23. Four after do : SOL. Re, mi, fa, sol....

24. Selection word : EENY.

25. Foundation of many islets : CORAL. LINK.

26. What a homecoming parade generates : LOCAL PRIDE. Only four hours long.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNZ0mqkcIe0

27. Alms provider : GIVER. For the poor....

28. "Hop-Frog" author : POE. You might like it as we enter the literary corner. LINK.

29. Literature Nobelist of 1948 : ELIOT. From Cats to prizes for T.S. The year I was born.

30. Fills in : SUBS. CSO to HG, and I'll have a veggie.

31. Literary sobriquet : PAPA. When I had the beard some called me PAPA. I think C.C. has some pics.

35. "Carmina Burana" composer : ORFF. Music continues our high brow journey. LINK.

36. Former Rocket Ming : YAO. My wife is Thongyao - in Thai means young.

39. "Air Music" composer : ROREM. Our friend Ned.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwCYYoFCjrA

41. Obviously astonished : BUGEYED. Cartoonish.

42. Vital statistic : AGE.

44. Some Alpine entertainment : YODELS.

45. Like Victoria's Secret models : NUBILE. Nubile historically meant of marriage age.

46. Woody offshoot? : ARLO. Cute way to clue the Guthries.

49. Getaway options : SPAS.

50. Camera lens feature : IRIS. She comes with every camera and cleans the lenses.

51. Blessing for a couch potato : TIVO. Did you KNOW?

52. One way to start : ANEW.

53. ER shout : STAT.

54. Stan with a sax : GETZ. Oddly Dancing with the Stars began on Monday with BASSO NOVA.

57. Exchanged handshakes : MET.

58. Indian honorific : SRI. Sanskrit śrī, literally, beauty, majesty