USA Today Crossword Clues and Answers January 27, 2024
Author: by Matthew Stock
Across
Baby horse | FOAL |
Enjoy some bubblegum | CHEW |
Involuntary movement | SPASM |
Rice-shaped pasta | ORZO |
Extinct flightless bird | DODO |
Green pasta sauce | PESTO |
Like a one-point lead | RAZORTHIN |
“High-five!” | UPTOP |
Approve of | LIKE |
Frozen desserts named for an animal | OTTERPOPS |
Starter dishes, for short | APPS |
Green pod veggie in southern cuisine | OKRA |
Egg hunt holiday | EASTER |
Volleyball player’s protective gear | KNEEPADS |
Percussion parts of marching bands | DRUMLINES |
Chunk taken out of the ground | DIVOT |
Molecular biology unit | GENE |
Nonstarters | NOGOS |
Donate | GIVE |
Hairy, horned bovine | YAK |
Search one’s own name online | EGOSURF |
MTN ___ (soda) | DEW |
“I’ll buy it!” | SOLD |
Matching duo | PAIR |
TV remotes might be used to change them | CHANNELS |
Grabs | NABS |
Few and far between | RARE |
What a good first impression might earn a prospective partner | SECONDDATE |
Ready for sleepytime | INBED |
School fundraisers with sweets | BAKESALES |
Hard liquor | BOOZE |
Dry beers | ALES |
Collect from a field | REAP |
Tornado warning | SIREN |
Cincinnati MLB players | REDS |
Cloud’s location | SKY |
Down
“I’m all ___ it!” | FOR |
Taken by mouth | ORAL |
UConn women’s basketball player Fudd | AZZI |
“Your attention, please!” | LOOKATME |
Summer hrs. in STL | CDT |
Cream-filled Hostess treats | HOHOS |
Make changes to | EDIT |
Dumplings-and-chicken-broth dish | WONTONSOUP |
Goaded | SPURRED |
Rebecca Rabbit’s friend on kids’ TV | PEPPAPIG |
Regarding | ASTO |
“Don’t go any further!” | STOP |
Swiffer WetJets, e.g. | MOPS |
Push away | REPEL |
___ out (barely get) | EKE |
Chips in a cylindrical can | PRINGLES |
Avant-garde | EDGY |
57,600 square feet, for an NFL field | AREA |
Like a loser’s ship in Battleship | SUNK |
Large root beer containers | KEGS |
Enthusiastic | AVID |
Bird that cries in a Prince song | DOVE |
Hearty dish in a soup pot | STEW |
Restaurant where you might order ramen | NOODLEBAR |
Mrs., in Spanish | SRA |
Long time | EON |
Discovers | FINDS |
“Achoo!” action | SNEEZE |
Aircraft-detecting technology | RADAR |
MTV show featuring tours of celebrity homes | CRIBS |
Capital of Vietnam | HANOI |
Ann ___, Michigan | ARBOR |
C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C, e.g. | SCALE |
Rolls of hay | BALES |
The “turf” of surf and turf | STEAK |
Signed off on | OKED |
Super Smash Bros. teen | NESS |
Annual athletic award | ESPY |
Cozy room | DEN |