USA Today Clues and Answers February 27, 2024
Author: by Ada Nicolle
Across
Things open in web browsers | TABS |
“Over here!” | PSST |
Throw away | SCRAP |
Balm ingredient | ALOE |
Event in “Cars” | RACE |
Female friend, in Spanish | AMIGA |
Music player name-dropped in Iyaz’s “Replay” | IPOD |
Like Prozac | ORAL |
Zendaya, for one | MODEL |
Projectile at a pool party | WATERBALLOON |
Car whose logo is a caliper | ACURA |
Homes in trees | NESTS |
“Get ___ my lawn!” | OFF |
Midday snooze | NAP |
Mend clothing | SEW |
Where a sleepy kitty might rest | CATBED |
Looked intensely | STARED |
Done | OVER |
Self-appointed label for queer post-punk band Ekko Astral | MASCARAMOSHPIT |
SoCal school in Westwood | UCLA |
Small horses | PONIES |
___ trap (sexy selfie) | THIRST |
Exceptional grade | APLUS |
“Chopped” host Allen | TED |
Characteristic | TRAIT |
Somethin’ to eat | GRUB |
One might hold up a child’s drawing | FRIDGEMAGNET |
Childbirth specialist | DOULA |
She, in French | ELLE |
Leg up | EDGE |
“This way” symbol | ARROW |
Fixture for some dancers | POLE |
Drops in the forecast | RAIN |
Shrill cries | YELPS |
Snatched | TOOK |
Desires | YENS |
Down
Country where bubble tea originated | TAIWAN |
Llama relative | ALPACA |
Start, like a computer | BOOTUP |
Passover ritual | SEDER |
“No ___!” (“It’s all good!”) | PROB |
Alternative to aluminum foil | SARANWRAP |
Word after “pH” or “sliding” | SCALE |
Snitches | TELLS |
Savory South Asian pastry | SAMOSA |
“Can I get a break!?” | CMON |
Get ___ of (discard) | RID |
Get on in years | AGE |
Buddy | PAL |
___ pasta (rhyming fusion dish) | RASTA |
Available without an Rx | OTC |
“Of course,” in texts | OBVI |
Socks are worn on them | FEET |
New Deal prez | FDR |
Place for a stud or a spacer | EAR |
Gender-affirming procedure for some trans people | TOPSURGERY |
One of two gained after 32-Down | SCAR |
Moody music genre | EMO |
One of the Ninja Turtles | DONATELLO |
Mixed-breed dog | MUTT |
Dull pain | ACHE |
Glided on ice | SLID |
Tiny taste of mead | SIP |
“Hey Arnold!” character with a big pink bow | HELGA |
A shared milkshake might have two in it | STRAWS |
Prefix meaning “three” | TRI |
Dessert with hot fudge | SUNDAE |
Skilled | ADEPT |
Home for the fictional penguin Pingu | IGLOO |
Start | BEGIN |
Opposite of a blockbuster | FLOP |
Unlikely to speak up | MEEK |
Twenty-___ (decade after the aughts) | TENS |
Word-a-___ calendar | DAY |
Type of Minecraft block | ORE |
www.translifeline.org, for one | URL |