USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2023 07 19

crossword answers
Clue Answer
BIG JUMPS LEAPS
NOT TAUT LOOSE
DECAY ROT
FLIP OVER UPEND
Cacio e ___ (pasta dish) PEPE
BITTER BREWS ALES
PAPER FASTENER CLIP
INFANT BABY
BIG TOP CIRCUSTENT
BELLYBUTTON NAVEL
Available at a discount ONSALE
'Ugly Betty' actor Mapa ALEC
'u crack me up' LOL
'The Little Red ___' (fable) HEN
'Stop Kiss,' for example PLAY
'Snowy' wading bird EGRET
FORTUNETELLER'S TOOL CRYSTALBALL
Edge of a skirt HEM
'It's a ___ come true!' DREAM
Computer key seldom pressed by itself ALT
Coricancha builder INCA
Didn't sit STOOD
Dump liquid over DOUSE
Feature of many annual Pride celebrations PARADE
Gave five stars to, say RATED
Hunt for prey PROWL
Japanese soup also known as omiotsuke MISO
Like a messy calligrapher's hands INKY
Meal in a basket, maybe PICNIC
Metal found in old paint LEAD
Number of tracks on Curtis Mayfield's 'Super Fly' NINE
Rainbow ___ (Mario Kart course) ROAD
NOT FAKE REAL
IRRITATE IRK
MODIFY AMEND
GOT LARGER GREW
CARIBOU RELATIVE ELK
GET MARRIED WED
Wide road (Abbr.) AVE
MOUNTAIN LION PUMA
Rich dessert often made in a springform pan TORTE
The Monkees or Gorillaz BAND
Unfounded bit of gossip RUMOR
NEBRASKA CITY OMAHA
NOT GLOSSY MATTE
NOSTALGIC TUNE OLDIE
GREEN PASTA SAUCE PESTO
PUTS IN OFFICE ELECTS
JAZZ SINGER JAMES ETTA
IN STYLE AGAIN RETRO
Computer key for exiting ESC
___ DHABI ABU
SACRED CEREMONIES RITES
ZILCH NADA
RECEDED EBBED
REASSURING TOUCH PAT
SMILE FROM EAR TO EAR BEAM
REVISES EDITS
THE ___ OF MARCH IDES
Rough guess (Abbr.) EST
SPOIL GOBAD
'A ___ coincidence!' MERE
'Barry' channel HBO
'How unfortunate!' WHATASHAME
Many dorm room beds BUNKS
Four-award feat completed by Viola Davis in 2023 EGOT
Cartoon explorer who says 'Come on, vamonos!' DORA
CAPITAL OF IRAN TEHRAN