12/30/17 Answer Daily Celebrity Crossword

12/30/17
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1A
Wooden strip below a window
Sill

5A
Corn part that’s the material for Frosty the Snowman’s pipe
Cob

8A
Beds in a barrack
Cots

12A
Joint between the femur and tibia
Knee

13A
Boxer Laila who was on “The New Celebrity Apprentice” in 2017
Ali

14A
____ fail (fiasco)
Epic

15A
How summertime tea is often served
Iced

16A
Mechanic’s old cloth
Rag

17A
NPR correspondent Totenberg
Nina

18A
English prima ballerina (1919-1991) who spent her entire career with the Royal Ballet: 2 wds.
Margot Fonteyn

21A
Brooding music genre
Emo

22A
Roofer’s sticky black stuff
Tar

23A
____ Mater (character in “Cars”)
Tow

26A
“I’ve ____ more important things to do”
Got

28A
“Blue Ribbon” beer brand
Pabst

32A
With 36-Across, Tchaikovsky ballet that was a highlight of 18- and 46- Across’s long professional partnership
Swan

34A
Catch, as a crook
Nab

36A
See 32-Across
Lake

37A
Danger
Peril

39A
____ talk (encouraging speech to a team)
Pep

41A
Meow ____ (cat food brand)
Mix

42A
Federal espionage organization: Abbr.
CIA

44A
“___ It Be” (Beatles song)
Let

46A
Soviet ballet dancer (1938-1993) who defected and joined the Royal Ballet: 2 wds.
Rudolf Nureyev

53A
Iridescent gem that sounds like a German car company
Opal

54A
Schlep, as a heavy bag
Lug

55A
Moniker
Name

56A
“___ Lisa” (Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece)
Mona

57A
Group fro health-care professionals: Abbr.
AMA

58A
Fix typos, for example
Edit

59A
Along with zeroes, the only numbers in binary code
Ones

60A
“9JKL” network
CBs

61A
Body ink designs, for short
Tats

1D
Quickly read through
Skim

2D
Ancient citizen of Peru
Inca

3D
Ogle in a creepy way
Leer

4D
Talk off the ___ (prevent from making a disastrous decision)
Ledge

5D
Bugs Bunny or Mickey Mouse might star in one
Cartoon

6D
The snowman in “Frozen”
Olaf

7D
Prejudiced person
Bigot

8D
____ Perk (“Friends” coffeehouse)
Central

9D
Ron Howard’s character on “The Andy Griffith Show”
Opie

10D
“Hold me closer, ____ dancer” (Elton John song lyric)
Tiny

11D
Pass across the bar code reader
Scan

19D
“Holy cow!” to a texter
OMG

20D
Doze on the couch, maybe
Nap

23D
Common dosage for cough syrup: Abbr.
TSP

24D
Be in the red
Owe

25D
The Civil ___
War

27D
On ____ (ready to be served, at a bar)
Tap

29D
Sound made by a sledgehammer
Bam

30D
Have some sports fun in Aspen
Ski

31D
Where Plano and Waco are: Abbr.
Tex

33D
1996 Oscar winner Cage
Nicolas

35D
White whales with prominent foreheads, like Baily in “Finding Dory”
Belugas

38D
Rapper ___ Yachty
Lil

40D
Miles ___ gallon
Per

43D
Insurance company with a duck mascot
Aflac

45D
Core belief
Tenet

46D
Former Dallas quarterback Tony
Romo

47D
Second word of many fairy tales
Upon

48D
Copenhagen native
Dane

49D
Like your mouth after a shot of Novocain
Numb

50D
One-third of a “Seinfeld” catchphrase meaning “etc.”
Yada

51D
Send out, like energy
Emit

52D
Former soldiers, for short
Vets