USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2023 01 12

crossword answers
Clue Answer
COMES TO A CLOSE ENDS
'Hold on a ___!' SEC
MOOSE RELATIVES ELKS
THAT, IN SPANISH ESO
PART OF A SPREADSHEET ROW
ABSENCE OF DIFFICULTY EASE
CALLERS OF STRIKES AND BALLS UMPS
BARN BIRDS OWLS
Great Lake near Buffalo ERIE
GET-GO ONSET
SHIPPED SENT
BECOME LESS INTENSE LETUP
SOLEMN PROMISE OATH
POSITIVE ASPECT UPSIDE
UTILIZES USES
WNBA VENUES ARENAS
'EWW!' ICK
'Mona ___' LISA
___ on (urged) EGGED
Baton Rouge school LSU
Person from Denmark DANE
'You're my ___ model' ROLE
Animals in vampire movies BATS
Halle Berry won one in 2002 ACADEMYAWARD
Voice of Alexandra Trese in 'Trese' SHAYMITCHELL
HINDMOST PARTS REARS
VIETNAMESE LUNAR NEW YEAR TETNGUYENDAN
FREEZER CUBES ICE
Like too-old blackberries MOLDY
Abu Dhabi's country UAE
Salad dressing bottle instruction SHAKEWELL
'So true!' AMEN
ARBOR DAY PLANTING TREE
'It was just OK' MEH
VICTORY WIN
What a stargazer looks toward SKY
Suffix for 'lemon' or 'Gator' ADE
Classroom activity often depicted in 'Calvin and Hobbes' SHOWANDTELL
Throwers of TDs QBS
Shows up to ATTENDS
Tentative look PEEK
'If all ___ fails . . .' ELSE
Chocolate ___ (airy dessert) MOUSSE
Prefix for 'freeze' or 'hero' ANTI
CARVE INTO METAL ETCH
YOUNG BOY LAD
'Te ___' (Spanish for 'I love you') AMO
Book finished in a short time QUICKREAD
'Whichever is fine!' EITHEROR
Passports, etc IDS
COOLING UNITS, FOR SHORT ACS
Track practice unit LAP
Mixed-gender COED
___ off (dozes) NODS
'A Strange Loop' actress L Morgan ___ LEE
President whose national memorial is next to MLK's FDR
PARTS OF EYEGLASSES RIMS
Small recipe amount (Abbr.) TSP
State next to Ida ORE
Ohio Players genre FUNK
'My bad!' in a text SRY
Optional ingredient ADDIN