1/6/17 Answer USA Today Crossword

1/6/17

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1A
“Better Call ” (“Breaking Bad” spinoff)
Saul

5A
Slinky’s shape
Coil

9A
Music licensing org.
ASCAP

14A
Event with booths, for short
Expo

15A
Guesstimate phrase
Orso

16A
Cello’s smaller cousin
Viola

17A
It may elicit a “Whew!”
Close Call

19A
Earth’s longest mountain range
Andes

20A
Campground support
Tent Pole

21A
Collection of abridged works
Digest

22A
Ripken Jr. in Cooperstown
Cal

23A
Fly off the shelves
Sell

24A
Opera troupe member
Basso

28A
Pained cry, in comics
Yeow

30A
At all times
Ever

34A
Real thing
Entity

36A
Pledge of Allegiance ending
All

37A
South Pacific nation
Fiji

38A
World Cup announcer’s shout
Goal

39A
Hopelessly confused
At Sea

41A
Completed, as cupcakes
Iced

42A
Razor feature
Edge

43A
Hand-wringer’s word
Woe

44A
Elsa’s frozen home, in “Frozen”
Palace

46A
Archie or Jughead
Teen

47A
Approves silently
Nods

49A
Clorets alternative
Certs

50A
Wearying journey
Trek

52A
Favorable factor
Pro

54A
Soda shop order
Malted

57A
Loses potency, like a painkiller
Wears Off

62A
Follows orders
Obeys

63A
Knight’s flexible garb
Chainmail

64A
Grabbed some shut-eye
Slept

65A
yesterday (naïve)
Born

66A
“How horrible!”
Ohno

67A
Toast starter, often
Heres

68D
Lippy language
Sass

69D
ho (enthusiastic)
Gung

1D
Religious spinoff
Sect

2D
Shaft beneath the floorboard
Axle

3D
Perched atop
Upon

4D
Drew the short straw, say
Lost

5D
Ski lodge beverage
Cocoa

6D
How cough syrup is taken
Orally

7D
Castaway’s home
Isle

8D
“I’m cracking up,” in a tweet
LOL

9D
Prove helpful to
Avail

10D
One behind the next
Single File

11D
Word after bar or binary
Code

12D
Some pub offerings
Ales

13D
Days gone by
Past

18D
Disney theme park
Epcot

21D
The flap of skin on an iguana’s neck
Dewlap

23D
Boot’s bottom
Sole

24D
Sire, biblically
Beget

25D
Jumper cable hookup point
Anode

26D
Play area
Stage

27D
One of few words
Silent Type

29D
Made more bearable
Eased

31D
Church of England title
Vicar

32D
Blu-ray player button
Eject

33D
Hitchhikers’ hopes
Rides

35D
Showed boredom
Yawned

40D
Helped oneself to
Took

45D
Snack for Chip int Dale
Acorn

48D
Cavemen’s weapons
Spears

51D
Chills out
Rests

53D
Comes down
Rains

54D
Dance violently
Mosh

55D
Weil-qualified
Able

56D
Villainous glance
Leer

57D
Oater “Halt!”
Whoa

58D
Skyline obscurer
Smog

59D
Pearl Harbor’s island
Oahu

60D
Sawyer’s pal
Finn

61D
Beat with a belt, say
Flog

63D
“NCIS” network
CBS