USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2022 12 08

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Chicken ___ (fried Japanese dish) KATSU
Noodles, etc PASTA
SMALL PIECE SCRAP
'Fire' gem OPAL
Travel stats ETAS
UK TV NETWORK BBC
SNUCK CREPT
ROUSED FROM SLEEP WOKE
Tomato impact sound SPLAT
Person from Edinburgh SCOT
DARK PURPLE FRUIT ELDERBERRY
Vegetable in banh khoai mon TARO
Place in a mall SHOP
FC Dallas plays in it MLS
TIME PERIODS ERAS
Sleeping sound SNORE
Close confidant, for short BFF
KITTEN NOISE MEOW
PERIMETER EDGE
Children's illustrator Carle ERIC
Player of a large brass instrument TUBIST
SOUND REBOUND ECHO
The M in STEM MATH
Part of a bird's nest TWIG
SMALL INSECTS ANTS
MAC ALTERNATIVES PCS
Movie runtime units (Abbr.) HRS
WORN-DOWN CRAYONS NUBS
Serious in demeanor STERN
Jean-___ Picard LUC
Large wooden barrel CASK
Sequoia or baobab TREE
JAMES ___ JONES EARL
Versatile bag TOTE
OUT OF STYLE DATED
'Alas!' sound SIGH
MOSQUITO STOPPERS NETS
'Whenever you have time!' NORUSH
Sound of a bubble bursting POP
Like raw cookie dough UNBAKED
In need of an activity BORED
Edge of a skirt HEM
Basil, for example HERB
BAD MOOD SNIT
INDIAN OCEAN ISLAND COUNTRY EASTTIMOR
___ Crunch cereal CAPN
SHEEPSKIN BOOTS UGGS
Football gains (Abbr.) YDS
Protein for non-vegetarians MEAT
___ Turner's rebellion NAT
BRIC-A-___ BRAC
Yellowjacket or hornet WASP
___ basil THAI
SHORT-LIVED EPHEMERAL
FEMALE SHEEP EWE
Moisturizer form CREAM
HAWAIIAN INSTRUMENT, FOR SHORT UKE
'Where You Lead,' for 'Gilmore Girls' THEMESONG
EXAM TEST
HESITATING SOUNDS UHS
FORMAL AGREEMENT PACT
FIRST AMENDMENT TOPIC FREESPEECH
Store for later, like a cold drink KEEPONICE
BIG PRIMATES APES
ACTRESS JESSICA BIEL
Got takeout, for example ATEIN
Ruby anniversaries FORTIETHS