USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2023 06 23

crossword answers
Clue Answer
SpongeBob wears a red one TIE
Approx EST
Vibrantly colored, like '80s spandex NEON
*Wipes brow* WHEW
Space Race country USSR
Opposite of 'in real life' ONLINE
Photographer and activist Goldin NAN
LIKE A BUG IN A RUG SNUG
BLACK BIRD CROW
OSTRICH RELATIVE EMU
INDIAN STATE KNOWN FOR ITS TEA ASSAM
REALLY SERIOUS DIRE
LANGUAGE AT GALLAUDET ASL
Muesli grain OAT
___ buddies (close friends) BOSOM
'Help! We've sprung a leak!' SOS
'The Crown' actress Staunton IMELDA
Cook, like Peking duck ROAST
Like some bases and hearts STOLEN
Revered community member ELDER
Some promo CDs DEMOS
Winter wonderland powder SNOW
___ coat (P.I.'s garment) TRENCH
'The Woman King' actor John BOYEGA
SEPHORA COMPETITOR ULTA
FLASHES OF LIGHTNING BOLTS
__ Feliz (L.A. neighborhood) LOS
'So lovely to meet you' CHARMEDIMSURE
No. on a Medicare app SSN
CARNE ___ ASADA
BIG HUNKS SLABS
LESS WET DRIER
'La ___ en Mango Street' (Cisneros novel) CASA
FESS UP TO ADMIT
Feels yucky AILS
Smash songs HITS
'It's for ___ best' THE
___Trip (convenience store chain) QUIK
Stegosaurus or triceratops, for short DINO
SOME SAVINGS PLANS IRAS
___ DHABI ABU
SUBMERGE IMMERSE
Smokey Robinson's genre MOTOWN
Rank smell ODOR
Uni grad ALUM
Canberra currency DOLLAR
CONSIDER TO BE DEEM
REAR HIND
SKILLFULLY ABLY
GENTLE TOSS LOB
SUDAN'S NEIGHBOR CHAD
___ CLASSIC CULT
'Sure' OKAY
One A Day product VITAMIN
Junior officer's refusal NOSIR
'It's not looking good for me' IMAGONER
Custom crafts site ETSY
River beginning at Lake Victoria NILE
___ Punk (electronic music duo) DAFT
Location for some cabanas SEASIDE
'Sad Keanu,' for one MEME
GIVES A NEW TITLE TO RENAMES