USA Today Answers July 02, 2024
Author: by Dena R. Witkes
Across
| Well-behaved children | ANGELS |
| Brouhaha | ADO |
| Thereabouts | ISH |
| “I wish I was a little bit ___ . . .” (Skee-Lo lyric) | TALLER |
| Gobsmacked | AWED |
| Cha siu ___ (barbecue pork dumpling) | BAO |
| People never seen in “Peanuts” | ADULTS |
| “Ditto!” | SAMEHERE |
| May 10th and July 2nd, e.g. | DATES |
| Vegetable often found in soul food | OKRA |
| Part of a graph | AXIS |
| U-turn from WSW | ENE |
| Serengeti scavengers | HYENAS |
| Have | OWN |
| Lhasa ___ (Tibetan dog) | APSO |
| Burj Khalifa’s city | DUBAI |
| Professional whistle-blower | REF |
| Skirts often made of tulle | TUTUS |
| Smiles | GRINS |
| “I’m all ___!” | EARS |
| “Come Away With Me” singer Jones | NORAH |
| Thereabouts | ORSO |
| Outdo | ONEUP |
| LGBTQ+ advocacy group mentioned in “Reality Bites” | PFLAG |
| Sine ___ non | QUA |
| Title with a tilde | SENOR |
| Namesake of ESPN’s Courage Award | ASHE |
| Strike caller | UMP |
| Midday nap | SIESTA |
| “J to ___ L-O! The Remixes” | THA |
| Double-reed instrument | OBOE |
| Talc-to-diamond hardness scale | MOHS |
| Baton-passing race | RELAY |
| Inconsistency in a story | PLOTHOLE |
| “Mind your manners” | BENICE |
| Devilish toon | TAZ |
| No longer into | OVER |
| Hindu text | TANTRA |
| ___/her/hers | SHE |
| Jazz guitarist Montgomery | WES |
| Buffy, for one | SLAYER |
Down
| The littlest bit | ATAD |
| Spanish for “nothing” | NADA |
| Like a diet that avoids wheat | GLUTENFREE |
| Astronaut Ochoa | ELLEN |
| “Mangia!” | LETSEAT |
| Soon-to-be alums | SRS |
| In the loop | AWARE |
| Supply’s counterpart | DEMAND |
| “___ to the Loop-de-Loop” (Clint Smith poem) | ODE |
| Long-horned goat | IBEX |
| Dress worn with a choli | SARI |
| Weed whackers | HOES |
| Frustrated mother’s retort, maybe | ASKYOURFATHER |
| Company that owns Boggle | HASBRO |
| “You’re making me blush” | OHSTOP |
| National Clown Day mo. | AUG |
| 112-year-old cookie brand | OREO |
| Stops breastfeeding gradually | WEANS |
| “Whiteboards are remarkable,” e.g. | PUN |
| Measure of environmental pollutants affected by wind, temperature and humans | AIRQUALITY |
| “To recap . . .” | INSUM |
| Some chip dips | SALSAS |
| Ivory or Coast product | SOAP |
| It follows the golden hour | SUNSET |
| “Funny!” | HAH |
| Luau paste | POI |
| “Be serious!” | GETREAL |
| Excise | REMOVE |
| They’re underfoot | SOLES |
| Dye applied for a Hindu wedding | HENNA |
| Chooses | OPTS |
| Lackluster | BLAH |
| Emanate, like charisma | OOZE |
| Zoning unit | ACRE |
| 1984 or 2024 | YEAR |
| “And ___!” (“Very much so!”) | HOW |
| “Butter” K-pop band | BTS |