9/21/16 Answer USA Today Crossword

9/21/16

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1A
Ballpark beverage
Beer

5A
Common Core hurdle
Test

9A
Pet welfare org.
Aspca

14A
Brassiere brand
Olga

15A
General’s insignia
Star

16A
Swiss (vegetable)
Chard

17A
Begins the planting process
Digs a hole

19A
Needing decryption
Coded

20A
Sour note
Clinker

22A
“Beetle Bailey” dog
Otto

23A
Soap opera plot device
Affair

26A
Certain female grouse
Sage Hen

28A
Yahtzee player’s turn
Roll

29A
Margarine container
Tub

32A
Irish bread
Soda

33A
Dental care brand
Oral B

35A
Arizona State’s city
Tempe

37A
Altar vow
I Do

40A
Goat-hoofed lecher of myth
Satyr

41A
One of the Gabors
Eva

42A
“Air Music” composer Ned
Rorem

44A
Word before candy or contact
Eye

45A
Beginning stage
Onset

47A
Add zip to
Spice

48A
River under the Ponte Vecchio
Arno

50A
Accessory with a muumuu
Lei

52A
MBA’s subj.
Econ

53A
Law grad’s challenge
Bare Xam

56A
Workers with wicker
Caners

58A
Wagon trail furrows
Ruts

59A
Areas of rapid growth
Hot Beds

62A
Like a specially formed committee
Ad Hoc

64A
Cheater’s paper
Crib Sheet

68A
Brandish, as a weapon
Wield

69A
Saintly symbol
Halo

70A
Cajun cuisine vegetable
Okra

71A
Unhip sorts
Nerds

72A
Pyramid’s point
Apex

73A
Likely to mouth off
Pert

1D
Physique, slangily
Bod

2D
Peyton’s younger brother
Eli

3D
Easter find
Egg

4D
Mischievous, in a playful way
Rascally

5D
Gym class attire
T Shirt

6D
School for princes
Eton

7D
Polio vaccine pioneer
Salk

8D
Hammock holders
Trees

9D
Clemson’s sports org.
Acc

10D
Chased away
Hooed

11D
Southeast Asian cuisine item
Pad Thai Rice

12D
Minotaur’s isle
Crete

13D
Build a new room, say
Add On

18D
“Thrilla in Manila” victor
Ali

21D
Talk like Don Corleone
Rasp

23D
Cropped up
Arose

24D
Plunderer’s raid
Foray

25D
One who believes our planet is a disc
Flat Earther

27D
Those on the move
Goers

30D
Beehive State natives
Utes

31D
Cut obliquely
Bevel

34D
Borough with a famous zoo
Bronx

36D
“G’day, !”
Mate

38D
Designer’s concern
Décor

39D
Black cats or broken mirrors, to some
Omens

43D
Where union membership isn’t required
Open Shop

46D
2014 Russell Crowe epic
Noah

49D
Dealt in secondhand goods
Resold

51D
Cooler in the Kramdens’ apartment
Ice Box

53D
Muscular might
Brawn

54D
Murphy of “To Hell and Back”
Audie

55D
Cocoa-and-coffee combo
Mocha

57D
Sponsors’ spots
Ads

60D
Ambusher’s setup
Trap

61D
Gallbladder contents
Bile

63D
They may be burned on PCs
Cds

65D
out (barely manage)
Eke

66D
Slip up
Err

67D
Ink on a delt, say
Tat