12/17/16 Answer USA Today Crossword

12/17/16

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1A
“Good job!”
Nice

5A
Color in a seascape
Aqua

9A
Eva of “Green Acres”
Gabor

14A
Leave no escape for
Trap

15A
Batter’s sacrifice play
Bunt

16A
Longtime Boston Symphony director Seiji
Ozawa

17A
Roster of behavioral patterns?
Habitlist

19A
Two-time Israeli prime minister Yitzhak
Rabin

20A
Canal opened in 1869
Suez

21A
Embed surgically
Implant

23A
Pound, like a 29-Across
Throb

26A
Pet adoption org.
SPCA

28A
“And for that reason . . .”
Ergo

29A
Tylenol target, perhaps
Headache

31A
Baseball card datum
Team

33A
Broccoli (leafy vegetable)
Rabe

34A
Refuse to share
Hog

35A
French wine region
Alsace

38A
Eggs, in biology labs
Ova

39A
Attorney’s concern
Law

40A
Wallet items, briefly
IDs

41A
“Fill ‘er up!” stuff
Gas

42A
Towelette at a rib joint
Wetnap

44A
Caps (Nestle brand)
Sno

45A
Watt or knot
Unit

46A
Formally hand over
Cede

47A
Lantern fuel
Kerosene

49A
Labor Dept. watchdog
Osha

51A
Was a productive hen
Laid

53A
Poem’s rhythmic structure
Meter

54A
Un-PC term for any of the Brontes
Poetess

56A
Apple product in a Smart Cover
iPad

58A
“There easy answers”
Are No

59A
Town named in honor of a vaccine creator?
Sabin City

64A
Amber or epoxy
Resin

65A
Greased part of a car
Axle

66A
Field of study
Area

67A
Difficult journeys
Treks

68A
Timid forest creature
Deer

69A
Stink to high heaven
Reek

1D
Ultimate in degree
Nth

2D
Levin who wrote “Rosemary’s Baby”
IRA

3D
Hailed ride
Cab

4D
Series segment
Episode

5D
Equal to the task
Able

6D
“Jeopardy!” is one
Quizshow

7D
Young (tots)
Uns

8D
Cobwebby room, often
Attic

9D
Backpacker’s snack
Gorp

10D
Funnel-shaped blooms
Azaleas

11D
Attractor of a kid-lit elephant?
Babar Magnet

12D
In the red
Owing

13D
Reached a total of
Ranto

18D
“Oompah” band instrument
Tuba

22D
Cape-twirling performer
Matador

23D
Dice roll
Throw

24D
Mighty 23-Down
Heave

25D
Moroccan dairy product?
Rabat Cheese

27D
Guitar tuner’s turner
Peg

30D
Las Vegas wedding settings
Chapels

32D
Ernie of the links
Els

36D
Mutinied ship of literature
Caine

37D
Perfume ingredient
Ester

39D
Young Scot
Lad

40D
Like wax fruit
Inedible

43D
Slob’s opposite
Neat Nik

44D
Enjoy Vail
Ski

45D
Item with a Kelley Blue Book value
Used Car

48D
Oldest independent Arab state
Oman

49D
Visual illusion genre
Opart

50D
More in need of liniment
Sorer

52D
Syrian strongman Bashar al-
Assad

55D
Centuries upon centuries
Eons

57D
Seaside strolling area
Pier

60D
Firefighter’s chopper
Axe

61D
Ill temper
Ire

62D
Shirt with a picture
Tee

63D
Shaggy Tibetan ox
Yak