2/5/17 Answer USA Today Crossword

2/5/17

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1A
Chews the fat
Gabs

5A
Touches on
Abuts

10A
Fastens, in a way
Zips

14A
Cheese similar to Gouda
Edam

15A
Comic Silverman
Sarah

16A
Twiddling one’s thumbs
Idle

17A
Coveted annual award
Nobel Prize

19A
Like the Beatles’ Mr. Mustard
Mean

20A
Rose’s Irish home of song
Tralee

21A
Circus Maximus spectators
Romans

23A
Rod who created “The Twilight Zone”
Serling

25A
Diplomatic skill
Finesse

26A
“God Save the South” org.
CSA

27A
Unpleasant 4-Down
Odor

28A
Pleasant 4-Down
Aroma

32A
Law firm aide, for short
Para

34A
Bistro window posting
Menu

38A
Fuzzy-skinned fruit
Kiwi

39A
“Like a Rolling Stone” singer
Dylan

40A
Improves, as steak
Ages

41A
Either “Fargo” co-director
Coen

42A
Hard to grab hold of
Eely

43A
Govt.-backed security
T-Note

44A
Ephron who wrote “Sleepless in Seattle”
Nora

46A
Inventor Whitney
Eli

48A
Motorcycle add-on
Side Car

51A
Most heedless
Deafest

56A
Andre with two U.S. Open wins
Agassi

57A
Professor, after an exam
Grader

58A
Madison Avenue award
Clio

59A
Category in which 39-Across won a 17-Across
Literature

63A
Parasite’s home
Host

64A
Slip past
Evade

65A
One of the “north forty”
Acre

66A
Protein-rich bean, to a Brit
Soya

67A
Slow on the uptake
Dense

68A
X-ray blocker
Lead

1D
Washroom door word
Gents

2D
Be nuts about
Adore

3D
Elephant king of kid-lit
Babar

4D
Olfactory stimulus
Smell

5D
Trees with catkins
Aspens

6D
“The Iceman Cometh” setting
Bar

7D
William Tell’s canton
Uri

8D
Looney Tunes “devil,” for short
Taz

9D
Nicollette of “Desperate Housewives”
Sheridan

10D
Surname of 39-Across at birth
Zimmerman

11D
Skull session flashes
Ideas

12D
Architect’s drawings
Plans

13D
4-Down, for one
Sense

18D
Canon rival
Leica

22D
Subject of Lennon’s “Woman”
Ono

24D
Sabbatical between high school and college
Gap Year

25D
Attacked suddenly
Forayed

28D
“Best in Show” org.
AKC

29D
2016 Olympics site, for short
Rio

30D
Be in the hole
Owe

31D
Home state of 39-Across
Minnesota

33D
The whole shebang
All

35D
Psyche part
Ego

36D
Pickleball court feature
Net

37D
Draw upon
Use

39D
Jumped the tracks
Derailed

43D
Wonder Woman’s headgear
Tiara

45D
Alternative to ROTC
Ocs

47D
Stowe’s villainous Simon
Legree

48D
Goldman (Mnuchin’s former firm)
Sachs

49D
Dwelling for Nanook
Igloo

50D
“She loves me . . .” flower
Daisy

52D
Unrecoverable, as a computer error
Fatal

53D
Draw out
Educe

54D
Missionary Junipero
Serra

55D
Like a stuck cat, maybe
Treed

60D
” been had!”
Ive

61D
Decorator’s neutral shade
Tan

62D
USA Today staffers (Abbr.)
Eds