USA Today Crossword Clues and Answers January 16, 2024

Author: by Billy Ouska

Across

Clues and Answers

Volcanic output ASH
Viola’s larger relative CELLO
Lollapalooza equipment AMPS
Cambodia’s neighbor LAOS
Go around AVOID
Swampy area MIRE
“One Day ___ All Make Sense” (Common album) ITLL
“Cool beans!” NEATO
Lightbulb, in cartoons IDEA
Modern alternative to over-the-air television VIDEOONDEMAND
Makes certain ENSURES
Parts to play ROLES
“___ the season . . .” TIS
Sharp side of a blade EDGE
12/24 or 12/31 EVE
Dried chili pepper ANCHO
Like a song’s radio edit CLEAN
Spanish for “sun” SOL
“Can’t say I’ve heard of it . . .” DOESNTRINGABELL
Uninterested in relationships, for short ARO
Corrodes RUSTS
Party that might end at 7 a.m. RAVE
___ soup (sushi bar starter) MISO
Woodcutter’s tool AXE
Free drink at most restaurants WATER
Paper towel holder ROD
Cambodian’s neighbor THAI
College-level education HIGHERLEARNING
Bat mitzvah text TORAH
___ for the hills HEAD
Newborn horse FOAL
Without any help ALONE
Effortlessness EASE
Toddler’s scrape OWIE
Flower in the violet family PANSY
Some primates APES
Powerful wind GALE

Down

Still in the game ALIVE
Glossy fabric SATIN
Wrestlers’ moves HOLDS
Boats used in courtship in the early 1900s CANOES
Makes level EVENS
Fill, like a truck LOAD
Word indicating a software version with fewer functions LITE
Tony winner Leslie ___ Jr. ODOM
___ acids AMINO
Undesirable airplane spot, for many MIDDLESEAT
Prefix in “prefix” PRE
Poseidon’s domain SEA
Nancy Drew and Encyclopedia Brown, e.g. SLEUTHS
Hunter constellation ORION
Basketball venue ARENA
Develop over time EVOLVE
Depop user SELLER
Actress Neal ELISE
Minor fender damage DENT
Jokes or chokes GAGS
“Ferrari” actor Driver ADAM
Sushi seaweed NORI
Corp. leaders CEOS
Key point CRUX
Fantasy football transaction TRADE
Mental sluggishness BRAINFOG
Cathedral instruments ORGANS
Simple card game WAR
“Funny seeing you here!” OHHEY
Poke fun at TEASE
2020 video game that takes place in the Greek underworld HADES
Spanish for “hello” HOLA
Metal in some skillets IRON
“Better Call Saul” star Seehorn RHEA
Big jump LEAP
State that is nearly 90% farmland IOWA
Perform perfectly NAIL
Unadulterated joy GLEE
“Swipe, insert or ___ to pay” TAP

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