10/18/16 Answer USA Today Crossword

10/18/16

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1A
Old navy man
Salt

5A
Pentagon, e.g.
Shape

10A
Well-worn pencil
Stub

14A
Large section of an atlas
Asia

15A
Jai alai basket
Cesta

16A
Major (constellation)
Ursa

17A
The Mohs scale measures
Mineral Hardness

20A
Face the hurler
Bat

21A
French fashion magazine
Elle

22A
Impossible NFL score
One

23A
ID checker’s concern
Age

24A
Hullabaloo
Ado

25A
“Winnie-the-Pooh” author
A. A. Milne

29A
Kind of eclipse
Solar

31A
Hamburg’s river
Elbe

32A
Break a fast
Eat

33A
Crepe (dessert)
Suzette

36A
Voicemail items (Abbr.)
MSGs

37A
The Scoville scale measures it
Pepper Hotness

40A
People to hang with
Pals

41A
Overly prim and precise sorts
Prisses

42A
Planet, poetically
Orb

43A
Building detail, briefly
Spec

44A
Starbucks selection it
Latte

48A
Scungilli, calamari, etc.
Seafood

50A
Bird in a Hooters logo
Owl

52A
Beast of burden
Ass

53A
Get of (dump)
Rid

54A
Faddish berry
Acai

55A
Goalie’s milieu
Net

56A
The Fujita scale measures it
Tornado Strength

61A
Tibia’s place
Shin

62A
Xenophobe’s dread
Alien

63A
In addition
Else

64A
Israeli author Oz
Amos

65A
Triumphs over
Bests

66A
“In the headlights” animal
Deer

1D
Bossa nova cousins
Sambas

2D
Cheese similar to Parmesan
Asia Go

3D
Support above a door
Lintel

4D
Bo (fitness system)
Tae

5D
Burn, as with hot coffee
Scald

6D
Nametag word
Hello

7D
Big Apple tennis venue
Ashe

8D
After-school org.
PTA

9D
Organ with a drum
Ear

10D
Shia counterpart
Sunni

11D
Like the steppes
Treeless

12D
Letters on the Gerald R. Ford
Uss

13D
English majors’ degs.
Bas

18D
Rise on hind legs
Rear Up

19D
Rotunda topper
Dome

25D
Some glee club members
Altos

26D
Aids in crime
Abets

27D
Acts the shrew
Nags

28D
Area 51 creatures, it’s said
Ets

30D
Sacred serpents of Egypt
ASPS

31D
Protestant work
Ethic

34D
The Marx Brothers’ straight man
Zeppo

35D
Blew it
Erred

36D
Badlands formation
Mesa

37D
Whittle down
Pare

38D
Manhattan’s East Harlem, colloquially
El Barrio

39D
Circumnavigator Bly
Nellie

40D
Shortstop or second base (Abbr.)
Soda

43D
Bar mixer
Soda

45D
Hair snarl
Tangle

46D
Feared fly
Tse Tse

47D
Rolle of “Good Times”
Esther

49D
Helsinki natives
Finns

50D
Largish combo
Octet

51D
Gives a heads-up to
Warns

54D
Flea market caveat
Asis

56D
Baggage-inspecting org.
TSA

57D
Resistance unit
Ohm

58D
Apply gently
Dab

59D
Grand Opry
Ole

60D
Homer’s neighbor on “The Simpsons”
Ned