1/18/17 Answer USA Today Crossword

1/18/17

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1A
Went from tween to teen, say
Aged

5A
Sensei’s teaching
Judo

9A
Stares slack-jawed
Gapes

14A
Roll to the runway
Taxi

15A
Rush-job initials
ASAP

16A
ERA part
Equal

17A
Kleenex, Sinex or Rolex
Brand Name

19A
Assisted living attendant
Nurse

20A
Better qualified
Abler

21A
Made beloved
Endeared

23A
Maggie Simpson or Stewie Griffin
Tot

24A
Mount Carmel’s land (Abbr.)
ISR

27A
It may be pierced or plugged
Ear

28A
Deeply ingrained habit
Second Nature

34A
View from a mountaintop, say
Panorama

37A
Flag pin’s place
Lapel

38A
Plus others, briefly
Etal

39A
Boombox component
Radio

42A
Sci-fi escape vessels
Pods

43A
Called a halt to
Ended

45A
Sort of
In a Sense

47A
Heaping chips-and-cheese fare
Loaded Nachos

50A
Obit, essentially
Bio

51A
Marauding horde member
Hun

52A
Unsettled issues
Ifs

55A
Guacamole needs
Avocados

60A
Farr of “M*A*S*H”
Jamie

62A
Fastener that’s “bucked”
Rivet

63A
Crime lab specimen, and a part of 17-, 28- and 47-Across
DNA Sample

66A
Totally absurd
Inane

67A
Nutty, slangily
Loco

68A
Like Clark Kent, but not Superman
Meek

69A
Arm-raising muscles, for short
Delts

70A
Barnyard females
Ewes

71A
Former GM make
Olds

1D
Ready for a pitch
At Bat

2D
Greta of “Grand Hotel”
Garbo

3D
Speak reverently of
Exalt

4D
Sup in style
Dine

5D
Brady who said, “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!”
Jan

6D
Letters on a Forever stamp
USA

7D
Many a titled Brit
Dame

8D
Began a Broadway run
Opened

9D
James Mattis was one
General

10D
Shade similar to turquoise
Aqua

11D
Manx murmur
Purr

12D
Comfortable state
Ease

13D
Coasting toy
Sled

18D
More thirsty
Drier

22D
Dapper (snappy dresser)
Dan

25D
Evidence of a laceration
Scar

26D
Oblong tomato
Roma

28D
Repaired, as a boot
Soled

29D
Comaneci with five gold medals
Nadia

30D
Captures on cassette
Tapes

31D
“Once” follower, in stories
Upon

32D
Wine list column
Reds

33D
Other than that
Else

34D
Marmalade tidbit
Peel

35D
Periodic table fig.
At No

36D
Zilch
Nada

40D
Screen dimension unit
Inch

41D
Diamond Head’s island
Oahu

44D
Pre-election face-offs
Debates

46D
Skating legend Henie
Sonja

48D
Served, as time
Did

49D
Lo mein morsel
Noodle

52D
Urge forward
Impel

53D
Placed in an archive
Filed

54D
Ferrets out
Seeks

55D
Like Death Valley
Arid

56D
Napa Valley climber
Vine

57D
Caplet shape
Oval

58D
Weight-and-fortune cost, once
Cent

59D
Cause of a white Christmas
Snow

61D
Shooter’s stockpile, briefly
Ammo

64D
Unreturned serve
Ace

65D
Sinking ship’s signal of old
SOS