12/18/16 Answer USA Today Crossword

12/18/16

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1A
Kemo
Sabe

5A
Coin-in-a-fountain sound
Plop

9A
Violinist Mischa
Elman

14A
Car service often summoned by smartphone
Uber

15A
Seized auto, for short
Repo

16A
Pantyhose color
Beige

17A
Usurer’s offering
Loan

18A
Ox-eye window shape
Oval

19A
Bird with prized plumes
Egret

20A
What’s inside many pies
Fruit Filling

23A
Utterly lost
At Sea

24A
Confer, as an award
Bestow

28A
Litter member
Pup

30A
Auto pioneer Karl
Benz

32A
” Blue?” (1929 hit)
Am I

33A
Online crafts site
Etsy

36A
On a road trip
Away

38A
Made a bad call, say
Erred

40A
Tournament card game
Duplicate Bridge

43A
Toothpaste brand until 2014
Gleem

44A
14-Across offering
Ride

45A
Printer’s primary color
Cyan

46A
Upper-left PC key
ESC

47A
Home plate umpire’s wear
Mask

49A
Expected in
Due

51A
Scan lines on a TV screen
Raster

53A
Angel hair or bow-tie
Pasta

57A
Symbol of authority in the U.K.
British Crown

62A
One of the Three Musketeers
Athos

65A
Pot starter
Ante

66A
Cassini of fashion
Oleg

67A
Perform superbly
Shine

68A
Sign of a past injury
Scar

69A
Caroler’s tune
Noel

70A
Promoted heavily
Hyped

71A
Beckinsale of “The Aviator”
Kate

72A
Division word
Into

1D
drugs (early antibiotics)
Sulfa

2D
Call off, at Canaveral
Abort

3D
Steady guys
Beaus

4D
“Here Is Your War” correspondent
Ernie Pyle

5D
Univ. teacher
Prof

6D
Jeans maker Strauss
Levi

7D
Fire (colorful gemstone)
Opal

8D
Sampling of opinions
Poll

9D
Mr. Scrooge
Ebenezer

10D
Hanes pantyhose brand
Leggs

11D
Ditched Russian space station
Mir

12D
Improve, as cheese
Age

13D
Pay stub amount
Net

21D
Fraternity T
Tau

22D
Saudi Arabia founder Saud
IBN

25D
Late, on report cards
Tardy

26D
Swiss watch brand
Omega

27D
Add a lane to, say
Widen

29D
D.C. lobbying org.
Pac

30D
Hand-dyeing method
Batik

31D
Took a gander at
Eyed

33D
Landscaper’s tool
Edger

34D
Oklahoma’s “Oil Capital of the World”
Tulsa

35D
Eyeglasses, informally
Specs

37D
VFW part
Wars

39D
“The San Francisco Treat”
Rice a Roni

41D
Totally absorbed
Immersed

42D
Pickup truck feature
Bed

48D
Meyers of “Kate & Allie”
Ari

50D
Scannable product ID
UPC

52D
Steak order
T-Bone

54D
One of the Seven Sages of Greece
Solon

55D
Twitter posting
Tweet

56D
WASP part
Anglo

58D
To-do list item
Task

59D
Peruvian of old
Inca

60D
Doctor’s “Now!”
Stat

61D
“Kilroy was ”
Here

62D
Volcanic fallout
Ash

63D
” will be done . . .”
Thy

64D
In the know, to a beatnik
Hip