USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2023 07 18

crossword answers
Clue Answer
LGBTQ advocacy grp. whose logo is a yellow equals sign on a blue background HRC
URGENT REQUEST PLEA
'Next . . .' THEN
Totally original ONEOFAKIND
Mediocre, in slang MID
Distinct time period ERA
SPIKY DESERT PLANTS CACTI
USED A CHAIR SAT
CREATE OFFSPRING SPAWN
ACTRESS ZELLWEGER RENEE
OPPOSED TO ANTI
IT'S TRUE FACT
Lego brand for young kids DUPLO
NOT VERY MUCH ATAD
'Split' veggie in some soups PEA
Makes tweaks to EDITS
___-driving car SELF
Ph.D. holders DRS
V-SHAPED CUT NOTCH
___ and Ladders (board game) CHUTES
ZION NATIONAL PARK'S STATE UTAH
Gloria Gaynor genre DISCO
A SINGLE TIME ONCE
CLOSES SECURELY FASTENS
SOFTEST MINERAL TALC
'The ___ are in!' RESULTS
Long part of a flower STEM
MEASUREMENT ACROSS WIDTH
Preference for light-loving plants FULLSUN
___ Lasso (TV soccer coach) TED
MAKE VOID ANNUL
SFO LISTINGS ETAS
International airport area CUSTOMS
BYGONE OLDEN
'That's most unfortunate' ALAS
One of 60 in a min SEC
HOPPY BREW IPA
NEST EGG PARTS IRAS
'The Last of Us' protagonist ELLIE
Devices for speakers and singers MICS
13- to 19-year-old TEEN
Main singing parts LEADVOCALS
POEM OF PRAISE ODE
Grown-up kitten CAT
SELF-REFERENTIAL META
TAKE A LOAD OFF REST
JABS POKES
LUGE, FOR ONE SLED
Pride and envy, e.g SINS
CHATS ON A PC IMS
People who kept records by using quipus INCAS
REVOLUTIONARY GUEVARA CHE
Shape of a striped Christmas candy CANE
Recruiter's network of job candidates TALENTPOOL
Air show vehicle STUNTPLANE
GAVE MEDS TO DOSED
Chic and stylish POSH
NINCOMPOOPS ASSES
NOT GLOSSY MATTE
OPPOSITE OF STRICT LAX
School hidden in 'academic subject' CSU
SEE 24-ACROSS SHEPERSISTED
PLATFORM FOR SIRI IOS
DISSUADE DETER
REUSABLE BAG TOTE
ENVIRONMENTAL PREFIX ECO
'Great' kid-lit detective NATE