USA Today – Dec 16 2022
USA Today – Dec 16 2022
Clues | Answers |
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‘Cheers’ star Perlman | RHEA |
‘Heh, shucks . . .’ | OHGEE |
‘Same order as always’ | ILLHAVETHEUSUAL |
‘Welp, did my best’ | ITRIED |
‘___ what I think . . .’ | HERES |
Age of the birthday kid being asked ‘What’s it feel like being double digits?’ | TEN |
AOL rival | MSN |
Band’s jobs | GIGS |
Boats at a summer camp | CANOES |
Bowling venue | ALLEY |
Brave | GUTSY |
Clock display | TIME |
Collective pronoun | YALL |
Color system on a TV screen | RGB |
Come across as | SEEM |
Comic ___ (font) | SANS |
Company with lots of large ships | CRUISELINE |
Depend | RELY |
Device in many cash-only bars | ATM |
E on a compass | EAST |
Enjoy some eggs, say | EAT |
Great sorrow | WOE |
Great ___ (large dogs) | DANES |
Hints | CLUES |
Insult | DISS |
Invites to prom, say | ASKSOUT |
Jeans namesake Strauss | LEVI |
Leukocytes and platelets | BLOODCELLS |
Like some hair buns | MESSY |
Long, slippery fish | EELS |
Many ‘Riverdale’ characters | TEENS |
Massive | HUGE |
Microbe | GERM |
Nickname for an ideal partner, maybe | MRRIGHT |
Not imaginary | REAL |
Ogwumike of the WNBA | NNEKA |
Clues | Answers |
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Organ that processes glucose | LIVER |
Oscar or Tony | AWARD |
Paper quantity | REAM |
Part of T.G.I.F | ITS |
Payment to a landlord | RENT |
Photocopier powder | TONER |
Physical form of one’s inner self, in ‘His Dark Materials’ | DAEMON |
Played a part | ACTED |
Polynesian island country | SAMOA |
Put on the clothesline | AIRDRY |
Puts on TV | AIRS |
Putting to work | USING |
Raspy, like a voice | SCRATCHY |
Recurring cast member in a TV show | SERIESREGULAR |
Shed a tear | CRY |
Shoe with lots of holes | CROC |
Smart ___ (wisecracker) | ALECK |
Starbucks size that’s ‘twenty’ in Italian | VENTI |
Store sign | OPEN |
Studies at the last minute | CRAMS |
Subculture related to scene and goth | EMO |
Taking a shower, getting dressed, making coffee and so on | MORNINGROUTINE |
Talent | SKILL |
The ‘S’ in ‘iOS’ (Abbr.) | SYS |
Thin pancake | CREPE |
Top 10 songs | HITS |
Try to put out trick candles | BLOW |
Twitch streamer’s purchase that might look like cat ears | HEADSET |
Unexpected obstacle | SNAG |
Used to be | WERE |
Water filter brand | BRITA |
WNBA’s Sparks, for one | TEAM |
Woody’s owner in ‘Toy Story’ | ANDY |
Word after ‘gray’ or ‘tourist’ | AREA |
___ center (place for youth sports) | REC |
___-dairy (lactose-free) | NON |