1/16/17 Answer New York Times Crossword

1/16/17

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1D
Halt!
STOP!

2D
Sharpen, as skills
HONE

3D
Grp. that includes Iraq and Qatar
OPEC

4D
Alternative to bubble wrap
PEANUTS

5D
Slippery, as winter roads
ICY

6D
One who gives tips (and gets tips?) at a country club
PRO

7D
Arrested suspect, informally
PERP

8D
Roma’s country
ITALIA

9D
Daisies and dahlias
FLOWERS

10D
Sign of a well-worn trail
RUT

11D
Eight: Sp.
OCHO

12D
Polling bias
SKEW

13D
Lebanese city that was once the center of Phoenician civilization
TYRE

15D
Lavish party favors
SWAG

18D
Inquisitive
NOSY

23D
___ the night before Christmas …
‘TWAS

24D
Cushiony
SOFT

26D
Readily accept
EAT UP

27D
1960s dance craze
TWIST

28D
Cowboy’s workplace
RANCH

29D
Stomach woe
ULCER

31D
Given to crying
WEEPY

32D
Golfer’s gouge
DIVOT

33D
Goodnight girl of song
IRENE

34D
Missouri river or tribe
OSAGE

36D
10 things in an Olympic swimming pool
LANES

40D
Falafel bread
PITA

41D
Scissor cut
SNIP

44D
Lipton products
TEA BAGS

46D
Hop to it!
GET BUSY!

48D
Thin but strong
WIRY

49D
Most-wanted groups for parties
A-LISTS

53D
Transmitted
SENT

54D
Aide: Abbr.
ASST

55D
Toy on a string
KITE

56D
W.W. II foe
AXIS

58D
Other: Sp.
OTRA

60D
Common Core dept.
EDUC

61D
Duck-hunting attire, informally
CAMO

62D
Syringe, for short
HYPO

64D
Freshly painted
WET

65D
British ref. work
OED

66D
French seasoning
SEL

1A
Penny Dreadful channel, for short
SHO

4A
___ Longstocking, girl of children’s literature
PIPPI

9A
Poet Robert who spoke at J.F.K.’s inauguration
FROST

14A
Highly classified
TOP SECRET

16A
Like four-leaf clovers, supposedly
LUCKY

17A
Somehow
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER

19A
Nut popular in ice cream
PECAN

20A
Apparatus pulled by oxen
PLOW

21A
Have a mortgage, e.g.
OWE

22A
Intestinal fortitude, informally
GUTS

25A
Ah, now it’s clear
I SEE

27A
Play about Capote
TRU

30A
Walkie-talkie
TWO-WAY RADIO

35A
Something that may be hidden behind a framed picture
WALL SAFE

37A
Mixes
STIRS

38A
Ancient Peruvian
INCA

39A
Stairs
STEPS

42A
Eye part with the iris
UVEA

43A
Odor
SCENT

45A
Table tennis
PING-PONG

47A
Rare occurrence on “Jeopardy!”
THREE-WAY TIE

50A
Prop for a golf ball
TEE

51A
Sheet on a mast
SAIL

52A
Co-ops, maybe: Abbr.
APTS

54A
Abbr. before an alias
AKA

57A
Pizazz
BRIO

59A
Nut-bearing tree
BEECH

63A
Completely …with a summation of 17-, 30- and 47-Across
SIX WAYS TO SUNDAY

67A
Larsson who wrote “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
STIEG

68A
Sign of a beaver’s activity, maybe
TREE STUMP

69A
Exams
TESTS

70A
Alas …
SADLY …

71A
Dove’s sound
COO