USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2023 07 09

crossword answers
Clue Answer
MERIT EARN
Lumberjack World Championships tool AXE
Really, really dislike HATE
___ sleep (when most dreams occur) REM
STOP BY VISIT
Nose, cutesily SNOOT
'Lion' star Patel DEV
PASSED-DOWN STORIES LORE
Piece of cricket equipment BAT
'___ Baby' (Christmas song) SANTA
PRIVATE EYES SLEUTHS
TOP SQUAD ATEAM
POSES A QUESTION ASKS
YOUNG DEER FAWN
Cooking amount (Abbr.) TBSP
Line of stitching SEAM
Compete on a moguls course SKI
NOT IMAGINARY REAL
Rubbery pencil part ERASER
'DREAM ON!' ASIF
SMALL TOYMAKER ELF
Chess grandmaster Nepomniachtchi IAN
PUFFED-GRAIN CEREAL KIX
PREPARES PRIMES
City dubbed 'The Big Peach' (Abbr.) ATL
PER PERSON EACH
RAINPROOF COVER TARP
Network headquartered in 35-Across CNN
Hockey Hall of Famer Willie OREE
Actor Troy who won an Oscar for 'CODA' KOTSUR
'It was just OK' MEH
Genre similar to calypso SKA
PEACEFUL SERENE
WNBA legend Bird SUE
Spot next to a car's driver PASSENGERSEAT
'Today wasn't my day' ILOST
STEAMED BUN BAO
Enters, like data INPUTS
Sweetening ingredient SUGAR
'Make $10,000 in two days' post, probably SCAM
Firefly, for example BUG
FINALE END
BUDDIES PALS
THIRD-PERSON PRONOUN SHE
Brings into a private conversation PULLSASIDE
NOT HANGING LOOSE TAUT
ID targeted by a phisher SSN
___ OUT (BARELY MANAGES) EKES
Meat-and-veggie stir-fry dish PEPPERSTEAK
Genre for One Direction TEENPOP
Church choir's genre GOSPEL
ALLOW LET
POSSESS OWN
'It ___ what it looks like' ISNT
Where to buy Sherwin-Williams or Valspar products PAINTSTORE
USE A KEYBOARD TYPE
Close relatives of monkeys APES
Piece of outerwear COAT
YOUNG'UN KID
___ OF OFFICE OATH
TIME PERIOD ERA
Two-option question type YESNO
Fundamental change in understanding PARADIGMSHIFT