USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2023 09 27

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Number of lives cats are said to have NINE
FROZEN DRINK ICEE
Wriggly invertebrate WORM
CASH IN REDEEM
NOT LOOSE TAUT
Person talking to everyone at a party SOCIALBUTTERFLY
Come to an abrupt stop HALT
STOPPED SLEEPING WOKE
ACTIVIST BROCKOVICH ERIN
Congresswoman Bush CORI
Red 'Sesame Street' character ELMO
Gave kibble to FED
Total stranger RANDO
CORP. BIGWIGS CEOS
NANA GRAN
BRO AND SIS SIBS
SIMILAR AKIN
Frog's partner in childrens' books TOAD
MORE PLEASANT NICER
Use a car's blinkers SIGNAL
'Como ___ usted?' ESTA
Primate such as Zoboomafoo LEMUR
Sundubu-jjigae ingredient TOFU
Micro or macro subject ECON
Dialect coach's focus ACCENT
FLOWER PART STEM
Simba or Mufasa LION
What fitness trackers count STEPS
GOT BY MADEDO
PERIOD OF HISTORY EPOCH
Some viral images MEMES
Apology offered after swearing PARDONMYFRENCH
Defusing a misunderstanding CLEARINGTHEAIR
DECORATE ADORN
Cooks in bubbling water BOILS
States of ___ (solid, liquid, gas, plasma) MATTER
OLD RUSSIAN RULER TSAR
LAST GREEK LETTER OMEGA
Like a 30-degree angle ACUTE
STOPWATCH BUTTON RESET
___-PITCH SOFTBALL SLO
They have 60 mins HRS
Olivia Rodrigo's debut album SOUR
AMUSEMENT PARK SHUTTLES TRAMS
Enemy of Simba and Mufasa SCAR
EMERGED AROSE
Makes a sulky face POUTS
Wine country county next to Napa SONOMA
SPIRITUAL TEACHER GURU
HAD A NICE MEAL DINED
NOT HOME AWAY
Part of a rapid COVID test SWAB
CHOCOLATE SOURCE CACAO
Catchall category, for short MISC
Town home to Canada's oldest national park BANFF
ICE CREAM BRAND EDYS
QUEEN OF ARENDELLE ELSA
Basic font ARIAL
Evelyn 'Champagne' King genre DISCO
RAISON D'___ ETRE