USA Today - Dec 27 2016

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Clues Answers
"Aladdin" parrot IAGO
"Checkered" period PAST
"Every kiss begins . . ." jeweler KAY
"Gay" city of song PAREE
"Not to mention . . ." AND
"The Lion King" lioness NALA
"Walk the dog" toy YOYO
"Works for me" IMHAPPY
After-the-fact analysis POSTMORTEM
Alan of "The West Wing" ALDA
Angler's hope BITE
Arm bar, e.g HOLD
Bend at a barre PLIE
Bert who played a lion LAHR
Birthstone for many Libras OPAL
Branded beast STEER
Business suit accessories TIECLASPS
Cease's partner DESIST
Cellular system structure TOWER
Cheese in a red rind EDAM
Colosseum garment TOGA
Comic Silverman SARAH
Common locket shape OVAL
Cool treats ICES
Dead heat at Belmont, say PHOTOFINISH
Dick Tracy's love TESS
Did a track meet job TIMED
Dubrovnik denizen CROAT
Dungeon hardware IRONS
Flash drive filler DATA
Got the ball rolling BEGAN
Guitars, slangily AXES
Hang in there LAST
Hitting the sauce big-time ONABENDER
How bald eagles mate FORLIFE
Illegal whiskey trade, e.g BLACKMARKET
Junkyard item OLDCAR
Kid-lit skater Brinker HANS
Krugerrand seller, perhaps COINDEALER
Clues Answers
Lacking a downside NORISK
Lake Nasser's river NILE
Lends support to AIDS
Lisa of "The Cosby Show" BONET
Maalox target, slangily AGITA
Maze-running rodent LABRAT
Ollie's pal in old comedies STAN
One way to play bass guitar SLAP
Order-taker's device, nowadays IPAD
Pass rushers' tackles SACKS
Pasta or potato, to a marathoner CARB
Polite response to a schoolmarm YESM
Pottery fragment SHARD
Prefix with lock or knock ANTI
Prefix with mural INTRA
Pricing word EACH
Printer's blue shade CYAN
Pro bono TV spot, briefly PSA
Reception problem STATIC
REM part EYE
Road or 'roid follower RAGE
Shooter ammo PEAS
Shop talk ARGOT
Steer clear of AVOID
Strike defiers SCABS
Terra ___ (pot material) COTTA
Texas Hold 'em holding PAIR
Three-time foe of Frazier ALI
Tippler's road offense, briefly DWI
Tribal tales LORE
Trident-shaped Greek letters PSIS
Tropical juice source PAPAYA
Trucker's toll unit AXLE
Wearer of a white hat CHEF
Wine glass feature STEM
Winslet of "Titanic" KATE
Word that can follow the first parts of 17-, 27-, 45- and 61-Across OPS
World Cup cheer OLE
Yardstick (Abbr.) STD