10/22/16 Answer USA Today Crossword

10/22/16

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1A
Inscribe with acid
Etch

5A
“Arf!” or “Woof!”
Bark

9A
PRNDL part
Park

13A
Topper for Che Guevara
Beret

15A
Antioxidant-rich berry
Acai

16A
Recycle Bin, on a PC
Icon

17A
Hazards during dry season
Brush Fires

19A
Franc’s replacement
Euro

20A
Volleyball team complement
Six

21A
Make really mad
Rile

22A
Whispered bit of information
Secret

24A
Steinway & (piano maker)
Sons

25A
Funhouse sounds
Screams

26A
Drawing room piece
Settee

29A
Mild cigar
Claro

30A
Is in the lineup
Plays

31A
In good order
Trim

32A
Pajamas’ rear opening
Flap

36A
Small stream
Rill

37A
Ways to go
Roads

38A
Skid row denizen
Wino

39A
Lock brand
Yale

40A
Ziegfeld Follies costumer
Erte

41A
Co-op alternative
Condo

42A
Military chaplain, informally
Padre

44A
Joan of Arc, notably
Partyr

45A
Historic French forest
Argonne

48A
Pinstriped player, for short
Yank

49A
Source of fine wool
Merino

50A
Flowerless houseplant
Fern

51A
Angst-ridden music genre
Emo

54A
Privy to
In On

55A
Artificial bronzing product
Spray on Tan

58A
26-Across, e.g.
Seat

59A
Pitching staff stats
Eras

60A
“It takes two” dance
Tango

61A
Layers on the farm
Hens

62A
Word of prohibition
Don’t

63A
“Aquarius” musical (and a word that can precede the first parts of 17- and 55-Across and 9- and 24-Down)
Hair

1D
Recedes, like the tide
Ebbs

2D
Hatcher of “Desperate Housewives”
Teri

3D
Key point
Crux

4D
” So Shy” (Pointer Sisters hit)
Hes

5D
Tries to prevent a sinking
Bails

6D
One of the “north 40”
Acre

7D
“Norma ” (Sally Field movie)
Rae

8D
They catch smooches at stadiums
Kiss Cams

9D
Eccentric sort
Piece of Work

10D
Honda’s luxury line
Acura

11D
Ned who wrote “Air Music”
Rorem

12D
Half hitch and sheepshank
Knots

14D
Intense pain and struggle
Throes

18D
“Okay by me”
Fine

23D
Boot a grounder, say
Err

24D
Bonus for performing a cool act
Style Points

25D
Microscope insert
Slide

26D
Chipper for one’s age
Spry

27D
Director Kazan
Elia

28D
Improbable, as a tale
Tall

29D
Fruit-packing unit
Crate

31D
Major League exec Joe
Torre

33D
Dryer residue
Lint

34D
Opie’s father
Andy

35D
Worth a “D”
Poor

37D
Like Rudolph
Red Nosed

41D
Lacks the ability to
Cannot

43D
Columnist Coulter
Ann

44D
Hail (desperation pass)
Mary

45D
Buggy-riding religious group
Amish

46D
Zellweger of “Miss Potter”
Renee

47D
Reaction to a bad pun
Groan

48D
Bakery or brewery need
Yeast

50D
Grid great Tarkenton
Fran

51D
Peak in Catania
Etna

52D
Adoring biblical trio
Magi

53D
before (at the latest)
Onor

56D
Salaried sportsman
Pro

57D
“Doubt it”
Nah