8/9/16 Answer USA Today Crossword

8/9/16

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1C
Off one’s rocker
Daft

5C
Tennis racket part
Grip

9C
Old West transport
Stage

14C
” Enchanted” (2004 comedy)
Ella

15C
Melt ingredient, often
Tuna

16C
Angler with pots
Eeler

17C
Currency made legal by government decree
Fiat Money

19C
Piece of jai alai gear
Cesta

20C
English exam ender, perhaps
Essay

21C
Bog yield
Peatmoss

23C
Indefinite degree
Nth

24C
Lab worker, perhaps
Tester

27C
Shad yield
Roe

28C
Aberdeen’s river
Dee

29C
Shakespearean prince
Hal

30C
Search for plunder
Maraud

33C
GPS lines (Abbr.)
Rds

35C
Beyond doubt
Sure

38C
“Stop that!”
Don’t

39C
Taunt to a drag race loser
Eat My Dust

42C
Fix at the vet’s office
Spay

44C
Violin-string tuners
Pegs

45C
With it, in old slang
Hep

48C
Stirred up
Roiled

50C
List-ending abbr.
ETC

52C
“Live ” (Taco Bell slogan)
Mas

54C
iPhone buy
App

55C
How Rome wasn’t built
In a Day

58C
The Big Band
Era

59C
Edison and Einstein, for two
Great Men

62C
Homer king before Bonds
Aaron

64C
Gazpacho server
Ladle

65C
Convenience store sign (and a hint to this puzzle’s theme)
At Minside

68C
Loos who wrote “Gigi”
Anita

69C
BBQ fare
Ribs

70C
Cole Porter’s regretful Miss
Otis

71C
They’re verboten
Nonos

72C
Shell game, e.g.
Scam

73C
It’s the truth
Fact

1D
Stick up for
Defend

2D
Top celeb
Alister

3D
Displayed, as a badge
Flashed

4D
Brit’s “bye-bye”
Tata

5D
Pontiac muscle car
GTO

6D
Result of a sacrifice fly
Run

7D
Prone to bungling
Inept

8D
Name on a check
Payee

9D
Religious splinter group
Sect

10D
Rain like crazy
Teem

11D
Election loser, e.g.
Alsoran

12D
Escapes
Gets Out

13D
Undid, in a way
Erased

18D
Sasquatch, for one
Myth

22D
Sofa part
Arm

25D
All-star game side, perhaps
East

26D
Batter’s dry spell
Slump

31D
Super Bowl highlights, to many
Ads

32D
“Portnoy’s Complaint” author
Roth

34D
Notary’s imprint
Seal

36D
Whiskey choice
Rye

37D
Defeated by a whisker
Edged

40D
Vote of support
Aye

41D
Andy Roddick’s org.
Usta

42D
HBO mobster
Soprano

43D
Like elevator music
Piped In

46D
Retired female professor
Emerita

47D
Like much “SNL” fare
Parodic

48D
Roomy kind of sleeve
Raglan

49D
Not well-lit
Dim

51D
Blue in printer cartridges
Cyan

53D
Least nutty
Sanest

56D
Closes in on
Nears

57D
Like the Marx Brothers
Antic

60D
Choir member
Alto

61D
Caddy beverages
Teas

63D
Starting from
As Of

66D
Wharton deg.
MBA

67D
Ideology suffix
Ism