2/8/17 Answer USA Today Crossword

2/8/17

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1A
Smokehouse items
Hams

5A
“Inside the Third Reich” author
Speer

10A
Spring bloomer
Iris

14A
“We’ve got a problem”
Uhoh

15A
Make jubilant
Elate

16A
Two caplets, say
Dose

17A
Frame for a church window, perhaps
Gothic Arch

19A
Up to the task
Able

20A
Potato sprout
Eye

21A
“Sister Act” extras
Nuns

22A
Repeated word for word
Echoed

24A
Rudely abrupt
Curt

25A
Diviner’s deck
Tarot

26A
Try to block
Oppose

29A
Flea, to a dog
Parasite

32A
Respond to reveille
Arise

33A
Light-refracting device
Prism

34A
Cloak-and-dagger org.
CIA

35A
Religious offshoot
Sect

36A
Without peer
Along

37A
Backfire noise
Bang

38A
Particle in a salt solution
Ion

39A
Eastwood of Dirty Harry movies
Clint

40A
Twill fabric
Serge

41A
“Chi-Raq” director
Spike Lee

43A
Feature of many Cape Cods
Dormer

44A
Some Christmas candies
Canes

45A
Mountain goat’s perch
Crag

46A
Like a string bikini
Scanty

48A
Airport shuttle
Tram

49A
Price of admission
Fee

52A
His and
Hers

53A
Clay figurines, e.g.
Ceramic Art

56A
Inventor’s spark
Idea

57A
Island near Curacao
Aruba

58A
Opera highlight
Aria

59A
Potpie morsels
Peas

60A
Bit of salon litter
Tress

61A
Walk like a tosspot
Reel

1D
Trump catchword
Huge

2D
Nautical greeting
Ahoy

3D
Speck of dust
Mote

4D
“No talking!”
Shh

5D
Impervious to hackers
Secure

6D
Common Easter gift
Plant

7D
Disneyland hat pair
Ears

8D
End-of-list abbr.
ETC

9D
Prepare for a concert
Rehearse

10D
Baking potatoes
Idahos

11D
Gripper on an assembly line
Robotic Arm

12D
Any of the Bahamas
Isle

13D
Sunflower yield
Seed

18D
Lavatory sign
In Use

23D
Pull an all-nighter, perhaps
Cram

24D
Number on a tag
Cost

25D
Make impure
Taint

26D
Sahara stopover
Oasis

27D
Before surgery, informally
Preop

28D
Outdoor dining spot
Picnic Area

29D
Lying facedown
Prone

30D
Hint of color
Tinge

31D
Raring to go
Eager

33D
Tissue layers
Plies

36D
Prowling urban feline
Alley Cat

37D
Arctic hazard
Berg

39D
Weight-and-fortune cost, once
Cent

40D
“Ditto!”
So am I

42D
Dorothy Gale’s state
Kansas

43D
Stage offerings
Dramas

45D
Grouchy sorts
Crabs

46D
Model in a bottle
Ship

47D
Relinquish by treaty
Cede

48D
“Can’t argue with that”
TRUE

49D
Commuter’s expense
Fare

50D
Commodore Perry’s lake
Erie

51D
Abbr. similar to 8-Down
Etal

54D
Miscalculate or misspeak
Err

55D
There’s one garaged in 17- and 53-Across and 11- and 28-Down
Car