USA Today Crossword Answers April 24, 2024
Author: by Stella Zawistowski
Across
| Nonalcoholic fizzy beverage | SODA |
| Plopped into a chair | SAT |
| Earn, like money | MAKE |
| “On the ___ side . . .” | PLUS |
| Fibrous | ROPY |
| Domain | AREA |
| Ctrl+P command | |
| Some healthcare heroes | EMTS |
| Even scores | TIES |
| 3.0 GPA | BAVERAGE |
| Recorded, in a way | ONTAPE |
| Type of whiskey in a Manhattan | RYE |
| Extra, extra dry | ARID |
| Neither here ___ there | NOR |
| Spitting Andes animal | LLAMA |
| Change for a twenty | TENS |
| Chinese philosophic principle | TAO |
| Advice that encourages authenticity | BEYOURSELF |
| Group of actors | CAST |
| Part of a bedroom set | DRESSER |
| Elite groups of invitees | ALISTS |
| French for “no” | NON |
| Gossip that you can “spill” | TEA |
| Actress who played Dorothy on “The Golden Girls” | BEAARTHUR |
| Secret agent | SPY |
| Dewrinkling tool | IRON |
| Org. with vaccine recommendations | CDC |
| Animated creation | CARTOON |
| “Never gonna happen!” | DREAMON |
| On top of that | ALSO |
| “Please remember . . .” | BEARINMIND |
| In real time | LIVE |
| ___ Lauder (beauty brand) | ESTEE |
| Resident of old Peru | INCA |
| Atlas parts | MAPS |
| Worries a lot | STEWS |
| Goes out with | SEES |
Down
| Aerosol can’s output | SPRAY |
| Savory fruit | OLIVE |
| Hill of sand | DUNE |
| Word before “plane” or “projection” | ASTRAL |
| Vague future time | SOMEDAY |
| Like the name Sue, for a lawyer | APT |
| Supermodel Beckford | TYSON |
| One might be a twin | MATTRESS |
| Jessye Norman solo | ARIA |
| Hold onto | KEEP |
| With the greatest of ___ | EASE |
| Authoritarian government | REGIME |
| Cheap beer letters | PBR |
| The “A” of UAE | ARAB |
| ___ Dame (Paris cathedral) | NOTRE |
| “___ luck!” | LOTSA |
| Gets ready to welcome a baby, say | NESTS |
| What melatonin can help people do | SLEEP |
| “___ as old as time . . .” | TALE |
| Drag queen O’Hara | ASIA |
| Gross smell | ODOR |
| Big coffee container | URN |
| Wear at the edges | FRAY |
| Ride that can be hailed | CAB |
| Group of three | TRIO |
| Pulsing lights | STROBES |
| Religious sister | NUN |
| Sincere | HONEST |
| Shows great joy or sadness | CRIES |
| Lion’s lair | DEN |
| Strappy tops, for short | CAMIS |
| Unflappable | CALM |
| “RRR” actress Bhatt | ALIA |
| Answer an evite | RSVP |
| Polydactyl cats have extra ones | TOES |
| Doodled | DREW |
| “I call dibs!” | MINE |
| A single time | ONCE |
| Secrecy-protecting docs | NDAS |
| “She ___ and left no crumbs!” | ATE |
