USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2023 07 18

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Grown-up kitten CAT
JABS POKES
Long part of a flower STEM
ACTRESS ZELLWEGER RENEE
Mediocre, in slang MID
BYGONE OLDEN
Devices for speakers and singers MICS
CREATE OFFSPRING SPAWN
Main singing parts LEADVOCALS
Lego brand for young kids DUPLO
Chic and stylish POSH
LGBTQ advocacy grp. whose logo is a yellow equals sign on a blue background HRC
Gloria Gaynor genre DISCO
HOPPY BREW IPA
A SINGLE TIME ONCE
IT'S TRUE FACT
13- to 19-year-old TEEN
DISSUADE DETER
People who kept records by using quipus INCAS
GAVE MEDS TO DOSED
Distinct time period ERA
International airport area CUSTOMS
'Great' kid-lit detective NATE
Air show vehicle STUNTPLANE
___ and Ladders (board game) CHUTES
ENVIRONMENTAL PREFIX ECO
Preference for light-loving plants FULLSUN
LUGE, FOR ONE SLED
Recruiter's network of job candidates TALENTPOOL
One of 60 in a min SEC
MAKE VOID ANNUL
OPPOSED TO ANTI
School hidden in 'academic subject' CSU
___ Lasso (TV soccer coach) TED
Shape of a striped Christmas candy CANE
'The ___ are in!' RESULTS
'That's most unfortunate' ALAS
'Split' veggie in some soups PEA
PLATFORM FOR SIRI IOS
Makes tweaks to EDITS
___-driving car SELF
REVOLUTIONARY GUEVARA CHE
SELF-REFERENTIAL META
SFO LISTINGS ETAS
'Next . . .' THEN
OPPOSITE OF STRICT LAX
TAKE A LOAD OFF REST
USED A CHAIR SAT
V-SHAPED CUT NOTCH
ZION NATIONAL PARK'S STATE UTAH
Pride and envy, e.g SINS
SEE 24-ACROSS SHEPERSISTED
'The Last of Us' protagonist ELLIE
URGENT REQUEST PLEA
CLOSES SECURELY FASTENS
NOT GLOSSY MATTE
CHATS ON A PC IMS
POEM OF PRAISE ODE
MEASUREMENT ACROSS WIDTH
NEST EGG PARTS IRAS
NINCOMPOOPS ASSES
REUSABLE BAG TOTE
SOFTEST MINERAL TALC
SPIKY DESERT PLANTS CACTI
NOT VERY MUCH ATAD
Ph.D. holders DRS
Totally original ONEOFAKIND