USA Today Crossword Puzzle Answers January 22, 2024
Author: by Shannon Rapp
Across
Cook with high heat | SEAR |
“___ Skirt/Long Jacket” (2001 Cake song) | SHORT |
Fantasy novel diagram | MAP |
Pay for a poker hand | ANTE |
Social no-no | TABOO |
Need to repay | OWE |
Partially joking | HALFSERIOUS |
Mesh part of a soccer goal | NET |
Reddit Q&A sesh | AMA |
Dragon roll fish | EEL |
Three-legged camera stands | TRIPODS |
Signal boost to one’s followers | RESHARE |
Cease | STOP |
Joy Oladokun’s vocal range | ALTO |
Boyz II ___ | MEN |
Bother a bedmate | SNORE |
Voting day (Abbr.) | TUE |
Jazz guitarist Montgomery | WES |
___bake (seafood feast with Wampanoag origins) | CLAM |
“How have things been lately?” | WHATSNEWWITHYOU |
Off-the-ground tricks | AERIALS |
Group of three | TRIO |
Assign stars to | RATE |
“Obamacare” initials | ACA |
Composition assignment | ESSAY |
WNBA scoreboard stat | PTS |
Document-duplicating machine | COPIER |
The Guardians, on MLB scoreboards | CLE |
Cecile Pin novel about a Vietnamese refugee family | WANDERINGSOULS |
Diet that avoids dairy | PALEO |
Orange drink mix | TANG |
Fruit used to make Umeshu | PLUM |
Head off | AVERT |
Lake south of Niagara Falls | ERIE |
High pony, for one | UPDO |
Mexican money | PESOS |
Changed the color of | DYED |
Tulip’s support | STEM |
Down
Largest hot desert | SAHARA |
Coating on some Dutch ovens | ENAMEL |
“Finally!” | ATLAST |
NBA official | REF |
Direct a go-kart | STEER |
“___ Shuffle” (Colson Whitehead novel) | HARLEM |
Belt worn with a yukata | OBI |
Orange part of a carrot plant | ROOT |
Sightseeing trips | TOURS |
Board game with a thimble token | MONOPOLY |
Blown away | AWED |
House cats, for example | PETS |
Caribbean or Mediterranean | SEA |
Pops a squat | SITS |
Disposable raincoats | PONCHOS |
Good-looking person | HOTTIE |
“That’s gross!” | EWW |
Small salamander | NEWT |
“Avatar” actor Dileep | RAO |
Bird whose eggs can weigh 2 pounds | EMU |
Simone Biles’ Olympic team | USA |
Intertwine | ENLACE |
Polite term of address | SIR |
“Time ___” (“The Rocky Horror Picture Show” song) | WARP |
Stretch of ultra-warm weather | HEATWAVE |
Gallery events | ARTSALES |
Went with | ESCORTED |
Wedding cake layers | TIERS |
Collection of beehives | APIARY |
Make art from clay | SCULPT |
Make a reference | ALLUDE |
Kid’s obedient reply | YESMOM |
Bellybutton type | INNIE |
Pelted with yolky ammo | EGGED |
“Fiddling” Roman emperor | NERO |
Braille symbols | DOTS |
Numbered musical work | OPUS |
___ smear | PAP |