2/6/17 Answer USA Today Crossword

2/6/17

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1A
Parasite’s home
Host

5A
Pond gunk
Scum

9A
Prop for Figaro
Razor

14A
Kazan who directed “On the Waterfront”
Elia

15A
Pledge drive gift, often
Tote

16A
Piano key material, once
Ivory

17A
First name on “Jeopardy!”
Alex

18A
Try for a role
Read

19A
Grand Canyon, e.g.
Gorge

20A
Road with a median strip
Divided Highway

23A
Grant an audience to
See

24A
Batteries in mice
Aas

25A
Musical inspired by T.S. Eliot
Cats

26A
Baseball card pack insert, once
Gum

27A
Dallas hoopsters, informally
Mavs

28A
Spending limit
Cap

31A
Like most Turks
Asian

34A
Learning with flashcards, say
Rote

35A
Bishop of Rome
Pope

36A
Home with staggered floors
Split Level House

39A
Sentry’s shout
Halt

40A
Milk of magnesia target
Acid

41A
Drive forward
Impel

42A
Dash lengths
Ems

43A
Pay to play
Ante

44A
Mischief-maker
Imp

45A
Mineral that can be cleaved
Mica

46A
No mere duffer
Pro

47A
Lawyers’ org.
Aba

50A
Many betrayals
Broken Promises

54A
Land of Hispaniola
Haiti

55A
Result of a completed pass, usually
Gain

56A
Take to the cleaners, so to speak
Bilk

57A
Defeated by a whisker
Edged

58A
Prom night wheels, briefly
Limo

59A
Like some rumors
Idle

60A
“Swell!”
Neato

61A
Tree of Life locale
Eden

62A
Feeder filler
Seed

1D
Takes charge of
Heads

2D
Skatepark jump
Ollie

3D
Spaghetti drainer
Sieve

4D
Uber alternative
Taxi

5D
YouTube transmission, e.g.
Stream

6D
Sorority members, in old lingo
Coeds

7D
Six-sided state
Utah

8D
Administered drugs to
Medicated

9D
ERA part
Rights

10D
States bluntly
Avows

11D
Novelist Neale Hurston
Zora

12D
Wild party
Orgy

13D
Grain used in some beer
Rye

21D
Instill fear in
Daunt

22D
Auctioneer’s prop
Gavel

26D
Trot or canter
Gait

27D
Popular date night option
Movie

28D
Batista’s 1952 takeover, e.g.
Coup

29D
Church recess
Apse

30D
Chemical (skin treatment)
Peel

31D
ESPN’s Courage Award is named for him
Ashe

32D
Hormel product since 1937
Spam

33D
Things to cure
Ills

34D
Equiangular quadrilateral
Rectangle

35D
Ceremonial splendor
Pomp

37D
Tilter’s weapon
Lance

38D
Shout to a TV camera
Hi Mom

43D
Modern Japanese martial art
Aikido

44D
Easy to attach, as a patch
Iron On

45D
Sacred choral piece
Motet

46D
High-quality, as beef
Prime

47D
“All kidding . . .”
Aside

48D
Beauty who loved the Beast
Belle

49D
Set, as a price
Asked

50D
Offered, as a farewell
Bade

51D
Baltic Sea port
Riga

52D
No longer outstanding
Paid

53D
Nile bird
Ibis

54D
Barnyard bird
Hen