5/23/16 Answer USA Today Crossword

5/23/16

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1C
Light touches
Dabs

5C
Show anxiety, in a way
Pace

9C
Suffix with theater or concert
Goer

13C
Give the green light to
Allow

15C
Scored 100 on
Aced

16C
Seldom seen
Rare

17C
Loretta Swift “M*A*S*H” role
Hot Lips Houlihan

20C
Guitar master Paul
Les

21C
Showers affection (on)
Dotes

22C
Tickle pink
Amuse

23C
Bang-up
Aone

24C
Co. that developed Watson
IBM

25C
Host’s friendly greeting
Warm Welcome

30C
“For instance . . .”
Say

33C
Dickens’ Uriah
Heep

34C
With no lapse, as in computer games
Real Time

36C
“Cast Away” setting
Isle

37C
Like slasher films
Scary

39C
“Frozen” princess
Anna

40C
Touring troupe
Road Show

42C
Secret retreat
Lair

43C
007, for one
Spy

44C
Tidy sum of cash
Cool Million

48C
Carvings, e.g.
Art

49C
Lemony drinks
Ades

50C
Drum kit unit
Snare

53C
Tribal historian
Griot

55C
Not waste
Use

58C
The Warsaw Pact, for one
Cold War Alliance

61C
Initial stake
Ante

62C
Like a concert CD
Live

63C
Rafael, tennis’s “King of Clay”
Nadal

64C
Light gas
Neon

65C
Made like
Aped

66C
Strong attraction (with “the”)
Hots

1D
Willy Wonka’s creator
Dahl

2D
Succulent plant
Aloe

3D
Crispy sandwiches
BLTs

4D
Fa follower
Sol

5D
Degas medium
Pastel

6D
Aleve target
Ache

7D
Corp. heads
CEOs

8D
College URL ender
Edu

9D
The Brothers of fairy tales
Grimm

10D
Honolulu’s locale
Oahu

11D
Bullpen stats
ERAs

12D
Russo of “The Intern”
Rene

14D
Lehar’s “The Merry
Widow

18D
Dixie bread
Pone

19D
File stick-on
Label

23D
Really stoked
Amped

24D
Noncommital answer
I May

25D
Blender noises
Whirs

26D
Man of morals?
Aesop

27D
Pass on
Relay

28D
Swimmer’s stroke
Crawl

29D
Anthem contraction
Oer

30D
Egypt’s Peninsula
Sinai

31D
Prenatal test, for short
Amnio

32D
Feel nostalgic
Yearn

35D
Some Starbucks orders
Talls

37D
Bar order
Shot

38D
Affectionate sound
Cool Million

41D
Prison guard, slangily
Screw

45D
Sent off
Mailed

46D
Fan mail receiver
Idol

47D
Grant access to
Let In

48D
Cosmetics mogul Elizabeth
Arden

50D
Glance over
Scan

51D
Zippo
None

52D
Choir voice
Alto

53D
Golf club part
Grip

54D
Wild party
Rave

55D
Bring to ruin
Undo

56D
Cab Calloway specialty
Scat

57D
Jellied (English seafood dish)
Eels

59D
Eggs Suisse
A La

60D
Sound from a masseur’s client
Aah