2/16/17 Answer USA Today Crossword

2/16/17

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1A
Prepares for a trip
Packs

6A
Pet protection org.
ASPCA

11A
Tailor’s line
Hem

14A
Shia’s deity
Allah

15A
Axel and Lutz
Leaps

16A
Fire truck tool
Axe

17A
Gravel source
Stone Quarry

19A
Canyon perimeter
Rim

20A
“Terrible twos” fits
Tantrums

21A
Resulted in
Led To

23A
“All bets off!”
Are

24A
relief (sculpture style)
Bas

25A
Base-stealing legend Wills
Maury

27A
“Once Upon a Mattress” prop
Bed

28A
Ponderer’s phrase
Let Me See

31A
Jack who shunned fat
Sprat

34A
Alto, Calif.
Palo

35A
Brat’s stocking stuffer
Coal

36A
Marmalade tidbit
Peel

37A
Media barrage
Blitz

38A
Warthog’s weapon
Tusk

39A
Did a takeoff on
Aped

40A
Snobbish display
Airs

41A
Shoulder muscles, for short
Delts

42A
Merlot and Cabernet, e.g.
Red Wines

44A
Danson of “Cheers”
Ted

45A
Sounds from sows
Oinks

46A
Comics caveman Alley
Oop

47A
Scarfed down
Ate

50A
Preserves with brine
Corns

52A
Made more malleable, as steel
Annealed

54A
Car washer’s need
Rag

55A
Feature of many a murder mystery
Twist Ending

58A
“Caught ya!”
Aha

59A
Ancient region on the Aegean
Ionia

60A
Like pea-soup fog
Dense

61A
Bratwurst holder
Bun

62A
Postgame report
Recap

63A
Elvis’ trademark look
Sneer

1D
Carb-rich course
Pasta

2D
Where rings are exchanged
Altar

3D
Any “Jurassic Park” dinosaur
Clone

4D
Immanuel of modern philosophy
Kant

5D
Palate-cleansing dessert
Sherbet

6D
Many booster club members, for short
Alums

7D
Bering and Tasman
Seas

8D
Golf score that’s “saved”
Par

9D
What EMTs practice on dummies
CPR

10D
Political refugee’s request
Asylum

11D
One used to difficult conditions
Hardy Soul

12D
Freeway sign
Exit

13D
Many an office email
Memo

18D
Campus expanse
Quad

22D
Put up, as a barn
Erected

25D
Some tuna sandwiches
Meltz

26D
All-inclusive
A To Z

27D
Apple variety
Baldwin

28D
Supervillains’ hideouts
Lairs

29D
Direction of Phileas Fogg’s trip
East

30D
Group with a Grand Exalted Ruler
Elks

31D
Do a few practice rounds
Spar

32D
Love-crazy toon Le Pew
Pepe

33D
Church instrument of old
Reed Organ

34D
Tissue layers
Plies

37D
Target for John Dillinger
Bank

41D
“Could go either way”
Depends

43D
Behind bars, slangily
Instir

44D
Physical fitness
Tone

46D
Ready to pour
On Tap

47D
Flared dress style
Aline

48D
Stressed out
Tense

49D
Trimming tool
Edger

50D
Ten-legged zodiac animal
Crab

51D
Diamond Head island
Oahu

52D
Home to many Russians
Asia

53D
Yemeni seaport
Aden

56D
What Wednesday’s child is full of
Woe

57D
Magazine for entrepreneurs
Inc