12/26/16 Answer USA Today Crossword

12/26/16

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1A
Not quite shut
Ajar

5A
Marks another birthday
Ages

9A
Clingy wrap brand
Saran

14A
Nurse’s offering
Care

15A
“Gladiator” city
Rome

16A
Photoshop company
Adobe

17A
“Window of opportunity” period
Time Frame

19A
Mortals, according to Puck
Fools

20A
A bit bankers
Loopy

21A
Breaks down, as a sentence
Parses

22A
NBA whistle blower
Ref

25A
Leave slack-jawed
Awe

26A
“Insert here” symbol
Caret

27A
Self-evident truths
Axioms

29A
Work like the Coen brothers
Codirect

32A
Deodorant buyer’s option
Spray

33A
College areas, briefly
Quads

34A
Sturgeon yield
Roe

35A
Facebook entry
Post

36A
Stooge who says “Soitenly!”
Curly

37A
Leave slack-jawed
Stun

38A
Guinness Book suffix
Est

39A
Olive (M*A*S*H wear)
Drabs

40A
Fact fudgers
Liars

41A
Brings to ruin
Destroys

43A
Lipstick color
Cerise

44A
Corners, say
Traps

45A
Watched a wee one
Sat

46A
Had the competitive edge
Led

47A
Sharpening aids
Strops

49A
Southern Africa natives
Zulus

51A
Forfeit voluntarily
Waive

52A
Big English assignment
Term Paper

56A
Daisy Mae’s man
Abner

57A
Advocate strongly
Urge

58A
Parka or mackinaw
Coat

59A
Warren Beatty gangster movie
Buggy

60A
Orange Free State inhabitant
Boer

61A
Toy whose components are the last parts of 17- and 52-Across and 11- and 24-Down
Kite

1D
It may be tough to follow
Act

2D
alai
Jai

3D
Inoculation location
Arm

4D
Projection room item, once
Reel

5D
“The Hunger Games” missiles
Arrows

6D
Flip out
Go Ape

7D
TV star’s statuette
Emmy

8D
“Dig what I mean?”
See

9D
Tours in Tanzania
Safaris

10D
Belieber, to Bieber
Adorer

11D
Skier’s wake
Rooster Tail

12D
Having the aptitude
Able

13D
Notable loch
Ness

18D
Like a beer’s head
Foamy

21D
Rice source
Paddy

22D
Talked like Popeye
Rasped

23D
Make public
Expose

24D
Starting players
First String

26D
Frosty’s eyes
Coals

28D
Morsel for a mare
Oat

29D
Gutter adjoiners
Curbs

30D
Salad or dessert, say
Course

31D
Got tighter
Tensed

33D
Waterfront structures
Quays

36D
Field yields
Crops

37D
Title at the Round Table
Sir

39D
Interior designer’s hangings
Drapery

40D
Slacken off
Let Up

42D
Hoarded treasures
Troves

43D
Less agitated
Calmer

45D
Sudden burst
Surge

47D
Mariner’s mop
Swab

48D
Dana’s “forbidden fragrance”
Tabu

49D
Dismal attendance count
Zero

50D
Place to sleep, slangily
Sack

52D
Movie popcorn buy
Tub

53D
Luau finger food
Poi

54D
Satisfy the munchies
Eat

55D
Driver’s assignment (Abbr.)
RTE