2/23/16 Answer USA Today Crossword

2/23/16
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1C
Baby’s night spot
Crib

5C
Native American group
Tribe

10C
IOU marker
Chit

14C
Tiny quantity
Iota

15C
First light
Sunup

16C
Sprinter’s path
Lane

17C
Prepare, as a salad
Toss

18C
Pitching great Martinez
Pedro

19C
Nave’s neighbor
Apse

20C
Communicate by PC
Email

22C
Renders unreadable, as data
Encrypts

24C
Explode
Blow up

27C
Familiar and cozy (var.)
Homy

28C
Not near at all
Far

30C
Arid
Sere

31C
Walks like Frankenstein
Stomps

34C
Airport stat.
ETA

35C
Complete a contract
Sign

36C
Certain Balkan
Croat

37C
Hanky- (dive bar)
Tonk

39C
Changed, as wallpaper
Redid

42C
Sicily’s volcano
Etna

43C
Sanskrit’s language group
Indic

45C
Cheese in a red coat
Edam

47C
Unnamed woman
Her

48C
City near Dallas
Denton

50C
Notorious Roman emperor
Nero

51C
Game animal
Elk

52C
Sound boomerang
Echo

53C
Choirmaster
Cantor

55C
Carpenter’s support
Saw Horse

58C
Happen next
Ensue

61C
Unclothed sculpture
Nude

62C
Teases mercilessly
Rides

65C
How some sit by
Idly

66C
Present-day Persia
Iran

67C
As a whole
Inall

68C
Word with “candy” or “sugar”
Cane

69C
Accepts the cost
Pays

70C
In a demure manner
Shyly

71C
An unfledged or nestling hawk
Eyas

1D
Refer to, as a research paper
Cite

2D
Study or den
Room

3D
Optimist’s motto upon waking
It’s a Brand New Day

4D
Mint family member
Basil

5D
1/6 of an ounce (Abbr.)
TSP

6D
Wish undone
Rue

7D
July 4
Independence Day

8D
Incinerate
Burn

9D
They last a long time
Epochs

10D
Large, double-edged broadsword
Claymore

11D
Oft-stated phrase in May
Happy Mothers Day

12D
“Meet Me Louis”
Inst

13D
Golf platforms
Tees

21D
Dieter’s win?
Loss

23D
Campus cadet org.
ROTC

25D
Fishing dam
Weir

26D
Hankering
Urge

28D
Offensive-smelling
Fetid

29D
Repair a wrong
Atone

32D
Science fair judges, e.g.
Panel

33D
Type of naked
Stark

38D
Sink spots
Kitchens

40D
What a lightbulb symbolizes
Idea

41D
Mend by stitching
Darn

44D
Salmon variety
Coho

46D
Dust particle
Mote

49D
Action star Chuck
Norris

54D
Reserved or preserved
On Ice

55D
Bit of barbering
Snip

56D
Subtle vibe around a person
Aura

57D
Trigonometric function
Sinh

59D
Bone in the human arm
Ulna

60D
Head set?
Eyes

63D
90-degree extension shape
Ell

64D
Adjective for a fox
Sly