12/14/16 Answer USA Today Crossword

12/14/16

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1A
Bundle of grain
Sheaf

6A
“Hamlet,” for one
Drama

11A
Treasure hunter’s need
Map

14A
Alpha’s opposite
Omega

15A
Danica Patrick, for one
Racer

16A
MacGraw of “Love Story”
Ali

17A
Was victorious, but not by knockout
Won on Points

19A
Shade of black
Jet

20A
Syrup flavor
Maple

21A
Geologic span
Epoch

23A
Monkey or ape
Simian

27A
Sarcastic in manner
Snarky

28A
Term applied to Goldman Sachs in 2008
Too Big to Fail

32A
Forge implement
Anvil

33A
Thick-skinned herbivore, for short
Rhino

34A
Suffix with real or sex
Ism

37A
Perjures oneself
Lies

38A
Game surface
Board

39A
Radius neighbor
Ulna

40A
Young fellow
Lad

41A
Othello and kin
Moors

42A
Dickens’ Heep
Uriah

43A
“Aw, c’mon!”
For Petes Sake

45A
IV solution
Saline

48A
Word after lip or speed
Reader

49A
Botanist’s specimen
Plant

50A
Pesto ingredient
Basil

53A
Get of (dump)
Rid

54A
Was a glutton
Ate Like a Pig

60A
Hail, to Caesar
Ave

61A
Early Greek physician
Galen

62A
Slug’s trail
Slime

63A
Twenty Questions answer
Yes

64A
Backspace over
Erase

65A
Caught some Z’s
Slept

1D
Piglet’s parent
Sow

2D
Grp. with co-pays
HMO

3D
Dark time for poets
Een

4D
In times past
Ago

5D
Letters to teen idols
Fan Mail

6D
Pass receiver’s miscue
Drop

7D
Epitome of thinness
Rail

8D
Clearasil target
Acne

9D
Had a sit-down
Met

10D
Hall of talk TV
Arsenio

11D
See 39-Down
Major

12D
Smart (wise guy)
Aleck

13D
Succinct, like a proverb
Pithy

18D
Feeling of hunger or guilt
Pang

22D
Huck Finn, to Tom Sawyer
Pal

23D
Hem and haw
Stall

24D
Home to Pythagoras
Ionia

25D
Pulled up stakes
Moved

26D
Sacred bird of Egypt
Ibis

27D
Smooth, in a way
Sand

29D
Boy Scouts group
Troop

30D
Chicago air hub
Ohare

31D
Who’s position, in a comedy routine
First

34D
Classic tale of Troy
Iliad

35D
Plumber’s tool
Snake

36D
Bill with a political talk show
Maher

38D
Cause to yawn
Bore

39D
With 11-Down, Big Dipper’s constellation
Ursa

41D
Rocky’s training sequence, e.g.
Montage

42D
Not worth a plugged nickel
Useless

43D
Half a sawbuck
Fin

44D
Estrada of “CHiPs”
Erik

45D
Apply graffiti, in a way
Spray

46D
Still in contention
Alive

47D
Loads with cargo
Lades

50D
Composer Bartok
Bela

51D
Pub quaffs
Ales

52D
wave (trigonometry plot)
Sine

55D
Road or roofing stuff
Tar

56D
Three Musketeers motto word
All

57D
Shape of some charts
Pie

58D
Mischief maker
Imp

59D
Pick up on
Get