USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2021 12 06

crossword answers
Clue Answer
SMALL PETITE
___ around (snooped) NOSED
CAB TAXI
PASS OVER SKIP
Newest software version UPDATE
Fictional veteran whose name is an anagram of 'army person' PERRYMASON
MINING FIND ORE
___ MOINES DES
Black Girl ___ (Jamie Broadnax publication) NERDS
CANDY IN A COLLECTIBLE DISPENSER PEZ
ROCK STONE
They might be distant or checkered PASTS
PREFIX MEANING 'NEW' NEO
Large cats also known as cougars PUMAS
Cash sources ATMS
'MESSENGER' MOLECULE RNA
SMALL PIECE BIT
Spice amount (Abbr.) TSP
'I see what you mean!' POINTTAKEN
Annoying animal PEST
Fine sand SILT
___ & Young (accounting firm) ERNST
Romantic pair ITEM
Sycamore or sequoia TREE
START FROM SCRATCH REDO
Someone may be stuck in one RUT
Huge event space ARENA
SLIGHTEST SOUND PEEP
HALT STOP
Email function represented by a paper airplane SEND
VOLCANIC OUTPOURING LAVA
RETAINS KEEPS
CEO, for example EXEC
Word before 'circle' or 'peace' INNER
Morsel in chicken piccata CAPER
Fortnite dance move EMOTE
Opal, for example GEM
'Desperate Housewives' star Hatcher TERI
Flirty eye motion WINK
CLEAN A SPILL MOPUP
BIT OF WINTER OLYMPICS EQUIPMENT SKI
Sounds followed by tocks TICKS
COLORFUL EYE PART IRIS
SAVINGS PLAN INITIALS IRA
Real ___ agent ESTATE
DO A POST-VACATION CHORE UNPACK
Gibbons, etc APES
Furniture chain IKEA
REASONING LOGIC
Gratuity on a bill TIP
'___, and . . .' (improv principle) YES
AMAZES STUNS
LIGHT BROWN TAN
Rod's employer in 'Get Out' TSA
Superhero film starring Paul Rudd ANTMAN
SINK FIXTURES TAPS
FLY HIGH SOAR
Like naming a fish Fluffy IRONIC
Te ___ (Spanish for 'I love you') AMO
Nautical navigation tool SONAR
CONCLUDES ENDS
Blue, in Spanish AZUL
VINYL RECORDS LPS
Large bunch SLEW
NOT WARRANTED UNDUE
Appliance in which calzones are cooked PIZZAOVEN
SEE 3-DOWN ACID
Scoops up SNAGS