USA Today Puzzle Clues and Answers January 02, 2024

Author: by Lindsay Rosenblum

Across

Clues and Answers

Get in touch with REACH
More, in Spanish MAS
___-mo SLO
Redhead in “Betty & Veronica” comics ARCHIE
World’s busiest airport, for short ATL
Chop down HEW
Candy-filled party item PINATA
Indoor surfing venue WAVEPOOL
Person gazing into a crystal ball SEER
Ponzi scheme, e.g. SCAM
Put on clothes DRESS
Faithful LOYAL
Mature, like wine AGE
Manicurist’s design NAILART
Snuggle up NESTLE
In a heap PILED
Take it easy for a bit REST
Goat with curved horns IBEX
“Green ___ and Ham” EGGS
S’mores are cooked over them FIRES
Finished DONE
What lips may do in the winter CHAP
Vulgar LEWD
Awaits resolution PENDS
Music player STEREO
Online show where celebrities are interviewed while eating spicy wings HOTONES
Little troublemaker IMP
Arctic people INUIT
Malian currency FRANC
Constellation component STAR
Pop SODA
Bras, negligees, corsets, etc. LINGERIE
Pair of small drums BONGOS
Like a polar cap ICY
Super-long time EON
Decorates ADORNS
Beverage made from Camellia sinensis leaves TEA
Distress letters at sea SOS
Most current NEWEST

Down

Performs like GloRilla RAPS
Warmest Great Lake ERIE
Condition tretinoin might treat ACNE
“Heartstopper” protagonist CHARLIESPRING
Song on Japan’s Oricon chart, e.g. HIT
Polite term of address MAAM
Off-roader ATV
Sister ___ (“We Are Family” band) SLEDGE
“If the ___ fits . . .” SHOE
Some July babies LEOS
Birds that can swivel their necks 270 degrees OWLS
Class that’s a piece of cake EASYA
Role for which Bryan Cranston won six Emmys WALTERWHITE
“Hunger Games” villain featured in the 2023 prequel PRESIDENTSNOW
Stephen King’s debut novel CARRIE
From way back OLD
Picnic pests ANTS
One of eight for Hanukkah NIGHT
Pond scum ALGAE
Choice steak cut TBONE
Gives temporarily LENDS
Former flings EXES
Chest muscles, for short PECS
Red Rock State Park city SEDONA
___ era (unsuccessful phase) FLOP
Polynesian taro paste POI
Show hosts EMCEES
Sikh head wrap TURBAN
Dart FLIT
Jambalaya base RICE
“The Queen’s Gambit” star Taylor-Joy ANYA
Things confessed to a priest SINS
Creature with onionlike layers, according to Shrek OGRE
Puts on DONS
No. 2 (Abbr.) ASST
Kanga’s kid ROO
Praiseful poem ODE

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