12/31/16 Answer Daily Celebrity Crossword

12/31/16
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1A
Atlas pages
Maps

5A
Academic degree that generally requires a dissertation: Abbr.
PHD

8A
Tools for punching holes in belts
Awls

12A
Double Stuff cookie
Oreo

13A
Restroom, in England
Loo

14A
“Vamoose, you pesky fly!”
Shoo

15A
A.A. Milne’s kid-lit bear, who made his big-screen debut in 1966: Hyph.
Winnie the Pooh

18A
Tiny flying insect
Gnat

19A
Frisbee and Hula-Hoop toymaker: Hyph.
Whamo

20A
Top-tier invitees: Hyph.
A-List

23A
Swedish store specializing in assemble-it-yourself furniture
Ikea

25A
Eagle on “The Muppet Show”
Sam

26A
Award with a Best Female Athlete category
ESPY

28A
Tilt to the side
Lean

32A
With 34-Across, E.B. White’s kid-lit-mouse, who made his big-screen debut in 1999
Stuart

34A
See 32-Across
Little

36A
Taste ___ (comparison between two drink brands, for example)
Test

37A
Competitor of Lyft
Uber

39A
___ Chi (Chinese martial art featuring slow motions)
Tai

40A
Person who rides the rails
Hobo

42A
Paperless message
Email

44A
Extraterrestrial
Alien

47A
Sensible
Sane

49A
The Reys’ kid-lit monkey, who made his big-screen debut in 2006: 2 wds.
Curious George

54A
Investments for one’s golden years: Abbr.
IRAs

55A
ATM charge
Fee

56A
“Norwegian ____” (Beatles tune on “Rubber Soul”)
Wood

57A
Fender issue that might be “popped out” by a mechanic
Dent

58A
Unusual
Odd

59A
What the sun does at dusk
Sets

1D
Cut, as grass
Mow

2D
Actress Graynor
Ari

3D
Sharpie product
Pen

4D
What a movie soundtrack contains
Songs

5D
Defendant’s answer to a charge
Plea

6D
Valuable piece of inside information: 2 wds.
Hot Tip

7D
Play-___ (modeling clay)
Doh

8D
Paving material
Asphalt

9D
“Stop, horse!”
Whoa

10D
Fruit of the ___ (underwear brand)
Loom

11D
Artsy New York neighborhood
SOHO

16D
Prefix for “State” or “section”
Inter

17D
Lamb’s mother
Ewe

20D
Helper: Abbr.
Asst

21D
“The ___ Show With Stephen Colbert”
Late

22D
Radio shock jock Don
Imus

24D
“South Park” character who celebrates Hanukkah
Kyle

27D
Remainder from a torn ticket
Stub

29D
Soul singer ___ James
Etta

30D
Jai ___ (fast-moving sport)
Alai

31D
Astrophysicist ___ deGrasse Tyson
Neil

33D
Religious nonbeliever
Atheist

35D
___ Adler (woman in Sherlock Holmes stories)
Irene

38D
Ordered (around)
Bossed

41D
Yoko who helped endow Central Park’s Strawberry Fields memorial
Ono

43D
Sounds from a cat
Meows

44D
___ reflux (stomach problem)
Acid

45D
Entice
Lure

46D
___-Contra affair (1980s scandal)
Iran

48D
Ripened, like cheese
Aged

50D
Weird thing seen in the sky: Abbr.
UFO

51D
Wade’s opponent in a 1973 Supreme Court case
Roe

52D
“Cat ___ your tongue?”
Got

53D
Magazine bosses: Abbr.
Eds