USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2022 12 18

crossword answers
Clue Answer
'PIECE OF CAKE!' EASY
FRAUDULENT SCHEME SCAM
TRANSMITTED SENT
Cast headliner STAR
People, in Chinese REN
COLLEGE-LEVEL H.S. COURSES APS
Person in control of a racket CRIMEBOSS
Double bass relative CELLO
Run out of energy TIRE
UNFORGETTABLE ICONIC
Alison Bechdel's 'Fun Home,' for example MEMOIR
JIGSAW PUZZLE PART PIECE
STATE EAST OF INDIANA OHIO
Holes for shoelaces EYELETS
ADD NEW EMPLOYEES HIRE
CHEWING ___ GUM
Metered vehicles CABS
'. . . not ___ I care' THAT
Qinqiang backdrop SET
AMUSEMENT PARK FEATURE RIDE
FURIOUS FEELING IRE
Korean or Mongolian ASIAN
'Matilda' actress Wilson MARA
HOLLYWOOD AWARD OSCAR
Lacrosse goal components NETS
ELEMENTAL BUILDING BLOCK ATOM
LIKE A SNAIL'S PACE SLOW
Skin care brand named after an ancient Greek storyteller AESOP
YE ___ SHOPPE OLDE
SPOTTED SEEN
Number of colors on Poland's flag TWO
SPICY PICANTE
___ FOUR (SMALL PASTRY) PETIT
FAKES SHAMS
'Oh, who ___ kidding?' AMI
ONE-EYED NORSE GOD ODIN
Mister, in Spanish SENOR
2014 Winter Olympics host city SOCHI
PRALINE NUT PECAN
ELEVATOR COMPARTMENT CAR
Currently extremely popular ALLTHERAGE
Cacio e ___ (pasta dish) PEPE
Payment for a storage unit RENT
Pollock eggs ROE
Color of squid ink pasta BLACK
HIGHLIGHT ___ REEL
BRASS OR PEWTER ALLOY
Feeling after bowling ACHE
ROYAL HEIR APPARENT CROWNPRINCESS
Weep out loud SOB
GET OUT OF BED RISE
Detroit-___ pizza STYLE
PRYING PERSON SNOOP
First-aid boxes KITS
Food from a raw bar OYSTERS
Worker in finance, for short CPA
FROZEN PRECIPITATION HAIL
LONG TIME PERIOD EON
Our home EARTH
MAKE PREPARATIONS PLAN
COMMITTEE HEAD CHAIR
KNIGHT'S TITLE SIR
Competitor of Waffle House IHOP
WHERE TO GET A MUD WRAP SPA
Fact-checker's catch ERROR
UTTER DELIGHT GLEE