7/2/16 Answer USA Today Crossword

7/2/16

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1C
Sacrificial spot
Altar

6C
Fabric with diagonal ribs
Twill

11C
Ruby or topaz
Gem

14C
Michaels of “SNL”
Lorne

15C
“Roots” author Alex
Haley

16C
World Cup cheer
Ole

17C
NBC CEO, 1981-86
Grant Tinker

19C
Small fry
Tot

20C
Envelope insert (Abbr.)
Enc

21C
One-in-a-million
Rare

22C
Desktop symbols
Icons

24C
Vermin-eradicating pets
Ratters

26C
Geek Squad workers
Techs

28C
Savile Row wizard
Master Tailor

32C
Like old jeans
Faded

35C
Begin a card game
Deal

36C
Baseball’s Steroid
Era

37C
Ready for business
Open

38C
Portraitist’s stand
Easel

40C
Hammer end
Peen

41C
Gen. Lee’s nation
CSA

42C
Glowing review
Rave

43C
Redcap’s workplace
Depot

44C
Cavalryman
Horse Soldier

48C
Uta of stage and screen
Hagen

49C
Gives one’s word
Assures

53C
Island where Minos ruled
Crete

55C
Olympic fencer’s weapon
Epee

56C
Guns N’ Roses singer Rose
Axl

57C
“I knew it!”
Aha

58C
Apple commonly used in pies
Northern Spy

62C
Part of mph
Per

63C
Check for proper fit
Try on

64C
Destroy beyond repair
Total

65C
Chow down
Eat

66C
Part of an act
Scene

67C
Having a bluish-gray hue
Slaty

1D
Rags-to-riches novelist Horatio
Alger

2D
Doone (cookie brand)
Lorna

3D
Political pamphlet
Tract

4D
Actress -Margret
Ann

5D
Recycled tire
Retread

6D
Parched feeling
Thirst

7D
Taper off
Wane

8D
Type, derogatorily
Ilk

9D
Poe’s “Annabel
Lee

10D
Like an ode
Lyrical

11D
Take a snooze
Go to Sleep

12D
SpaceX CEO Musk
Elon

13D
“Amazin'” team of 1969
Mets

18D
Surfaces, as a street
Tars

23D
The Windy City, briefly
Chi

25D
Some govt. agents
Tmen

26D
Support for a backyard swing
Tree

27D
And others, for short
Etal

29D
Son of Henry Ford
Edsel

30D
Creme-filled cookie
Oreo

31D
Speak irrationally
Rant

32D
Nina of “Spartacus”
Foch

33D
Lhasa (Tibetan breed)
Apso

34D
1964 Glenn Ford romantic comedy
Dear Heart

38D
Stress-free existence
Easel

39D
The Bard’s river
Avon

40D
Lima’s land
Peru

42D
College board members
Regents

43D
Leaves in the lurch
Deserts

45D
Held a meeting
Sat

46D
“Rebecca” novelist du Maurier
Daphne

47D
“Understood!”
I See

50D
Dreadlocks wearer, perhaps
Rasta

51D
Political exile, for short
Expat

52D
In a furtive manner
Slyly

53D
Garment for Dracula
Cape

54D
Perlman of “Cheers”
Rhea

55D
English school since 1440
Eton

59D
“Lord of the Rings” beast
Orc

60D
Reuben bread
Rye

61D
Cambodian leader Lon
Nol