USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2022 09 02

crossword answers
Clue Answer
'HOW COME?' WHY
'To recap . . .' INSUM
Spanish for 'for' POR
Movie director Lee ANG
NBA player ___ Porter Jr OTTO
'That's not a bad ___!' IDEA
SPLIT ___ SOUP PEA
DINED ATE
PAPA DAD
Prefix between bi- and quad- TRI
RELAXATION DESTINATION SPA
SIGNIFICANT PERIOD IN HISTORY ERA
MAKES A MISTAKE ERRS
People who spoke Quechua INCAS
D.C. IS ITS CAPITAL USA
Visitors from outer space (Abbr.) ETS
Show some ___ (hold back) RESTRAINT
Totally relaxed ATEASE
'If all ___ fails . . .' ELSE
Place for a cuddly cat LAP
VIETNAMESE HOLIDAY TET
YANK PULL
Crackling radio sound STATIC
April filing TAXRETURN
Reality show incentive PRIZEMONEY
Dividing line at zero longitude PRIMEMERIDIAN
SKILLED ADEPT
___ LATTE SOY
'What time ___?' ISIT
Industrial explosive TNT
TAKE IT ONE DAY ___ TIME ATA
'It ___ Nice' (protest song) ISNT
Miami time zone, for short EST
The Milky Way is one GALAXY
ASSORTMENT ARRAY
GREEK GOD OF LOVE EROS
Five-in-one Olympic sport PENTATHLON
START INITIATE
PART OF A TENNIS MATCH SET
Insect sometimes kept as a pet PRAYINGMANTIS
BE GOOD ENOUGH PASSMUSTER
PALINDROMIC TERM OF ADDRESS MADAM
EXAM TEST
OPERA SOLO ARIA
Broadway star Menzel IDINA
REGION AREA
JOURNEY TRIP
'So tragic' ITSSAD
LEAVE ALONE LETBE
Get via blackmail EXTORT
BIRD'S-___ VIEW EYE
Stuff in a volcano MAGMA
Akwaeke Emezi's nationality NIGERIAN
'Born This Way' singer Lady ___ GAGA
REALLY LOVE ADORE
MIDDLE EASTERN MARKETPLACE BAZAAR
The ___ Collective ('70s abortion network) JANE
ROUTE PATH
Grain used to make pumpernickel RYE
TYPE OF POEM ODE
YOGA SURFACE MAT
ALTER ___ EGO
They can be secret or mistaken IDENTITIES