3/14/16 Answer USA Today Crossword

3/14/16
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1C
Raises, as stakes
Ups

4C
Snake’s sound
Hiss

8C
Lend an ear
Listen

14C
Anatomical pouch
Sac

15C
Boxers’ contest
Bout

16C
Sharply focused
Intent

17C
Place to order a pint
Ale House

19C
Stop the flow of
Stanch

20C
Santa , Calif.
Ana

21C
The Beatles’ ” a Woman”
Shes

23C
Verdi slave girl
Aida

24C
Track meet component
Event

26C
German military decoration, once
Iron Cross

29C
On-ramp sign
Merge

30C
Muesli morsel
Oat

31C
Opposite of paleo-
Neo

32C
Response to “You wouldn’t dare!”
Try Me

33C
Plays the ponies
Bets

35C
Pt. of PTA
Assn

36C
Type of thin pasta
Angel Hair

39C
Read a bar code
Scan

42C
Trout’s home
Lake

43C
Dull and dirty
Dingy

47C
Charged particle
Ion

48C
“Rings on Fingers” (Fonda flick)
Her

49C
River through Tours
Loire

50C
Wall protrusion
Bay Window

54C
Park in Colorado
Estes

55C
Play the lead role
Star

56C
Neatnik’s opposite
Slob

58C
Reveal, poetically
Ope

59C
Subway gates
Stiles

61C
Word that can follow the last parts of 17-, 26-, 36- and 50-
Dressing

64C
Convene again
Remeet

65C
Defeat, barely
Edge

66C
Spy org. in “Argo”
CIA

67C
Ukrainian port
Odessa

68C
Wall Street inits.
NYSE

69C
Lock go-with
Key

1D
“Anytown, ”
USA

2D
Idle chitchat
Palaver

3D
Stage background
Scenery

4D
“Game of Thrones” network
HBO

5D
Written promises
IOUs

6D
Seaweed-wrapped fare
Sushi

7D
Take the wheel
Steer

8D
Fleur-de
Lis

-9D
Without damage
Intact

10D
Way up or down
Stair

11D
Muscle-to-bone connectors
Tendons

12D
Protects, as in glass
Encases

13D
Ultimate degree
Nth

18D
Pencil-and-paper word game
Hangman

22D
Use aloe on
Soothe

24D
CPR expert
EMT

25D
Many a new driver
Teen

27D
Canaveral org.
NASA

28D
Ill, to Jr.
Son

33D
Parts of Santa costumes
Beards

34D
Antlered bugler
Elk

35D
Melodic opera passages
Ariosos

37D
Secluded valley
Glen

38D
Just lying around
Idle

39D
Bro or sis
Sib

40D
Went sledding
Coasted

41D
“Whenever”
Any Time

44D
Criticize the small stuff
Nit Pick

45D
Amphetamine, in sports lingo
Greenie

46D
“You bet!”
Yes

48D
New additions to the staff
Hirees

51D
Charles’ princedom
Wales

52D
Like times gone by
Olden

53D
Long-winded
Wordy

57D
Asks on bended knee
Begs

59D
Sign of a full house
Sro

60D
Subway stop (Abbr.)
Sta

62D
Get the gist
See

63D
Part of LGBT
Gay