8/22/16 Answer USA Today Crossword

8/22/16

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1C
Dodge trucks
Rams

5C
Latvia’s capital
Riga

9C
The Masters, as tournaments go
Major

14C
Tesla’s field (Abbr.)
Elec

15C
Airline name meaning “skyward”
Elal

16C
Give the slip to
Elude

17C
Sicilian spewer
Etna

18C
Far from scarce
Rife

19C
Booby-trapped, in a way
Mined

20C
Symbol of good luck
Four Leaf Clover

23C
over (quick look)
Once

24C
” you serious?”
Area

25C
Like a taskmaster
Strict

29C
Take a shot at
Try

30C
Surgery sites, briefly
Ors

33C
Coffeeshop allure
Aroma

34C
On tenterhooks
Agog

36C
Assault from Moe
Slap

37C
Temporarily, in commercials
For a Limited Time

40C
Headed for extra innings
Even

41C
Score symbol
Note

42C
“Nevermore” quoter
Raven

43C
Sleep cycle acronym
Rem

44C
Craigslist postings
Ads

45C
Hidden, as fingerprints
Latent

46C
Prefix with pod or athlete
Tri

47C
“In your dreams!”
As If

49C
Catboat or sloop feature
Forean Daftsail

56C
Polytheist, perhaps
Pagan

57C
Just sitting around
Idle

58C
Alan of “The Aviator”
Alda

59C
Skylit lobbies
Atria

60C
Within reach
Near

61C
Tech support caller
User

62C
Most high schoolers
Teens

63C
Track postings
Odds

64C
Laundry unit
Load

1D
Boater’s hazard
Reef

2D
Choir voice
Alto

3D
Bistro window posting
Menu

4D
Permanent mark
Scar

5D
Find a new tenant for
Rerent

6D
Of a pelvic bone
Iliac

7D
Campaigner’s blunder
Gaffe

8D
Guinness of “Star Wars”
Alec

9D
Card counter’s asset
Memory

10D
and kicking
Alive

11D
It’s “bustin’ out all over”
June

12D
River to the Baltic Sea
Oder

13D
Visibly abashed
Red

21D
Making all stops
Local

22D
T-shirt tag word
Large

25D
Less dicey
Safer

26D
Hoard of riches
Trove

27D
Ned who composed “Air Music”
Rorem

28D
Single-named Somali model
Iman

29D
Word before bag or board
Tote

30D
Greek salad morsel
Olive

31D
Quick-cook noodles
Ramen

32D
Shelled out
Spent

34D
Football’s Alonzo Stagg
Amos

35D
“Scram!” in oaters
Git

36D
Elias Sports Bureau tidbit
Stat

38D
“Gunga Din” setting
India

39D
April 2016 NFL event
Draft

44D
Rock concert venues
Arenas

45D
Long-term inmates
Lifers

46D
Spar, do roadwork, etc.
Train

47D
Used an abacus
Added

48D
Fare behind a sneezeguard
Salad

49D
It may be tempted
Fate

50D
Shrek, e.g.
Ogre

51D
“The Godfather” composer Rota
Nino

52D
“Herzog” author Bellow
Saul

53D
“Not to mention . . .”
Also

54D
Think tank nugget
Idea

55D
Fat in a can
Lard

56D
Stand (take no cards)
Pat