USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2023 09 02

crossword answers
Clue Answer
One-up intellectually OUTSMART
PUSH FORWARD PROPEL
CORE MUSCLES ABS
SUSHI SEAWEED NORI
Where bears hibernate DEN
COMPASS DIRECTION NORTH
COMPASS DIRECTION EAST
COMPASS DIRECTION WEST
COMPASS DIRECTION SOUTH
BIG DEER ELK
'This is making my head ___!' SPIN
MED SCHOOL GRADS DRS
Familiar regimens ROUTINES
Some unsuccessful at-bats STRIKEOUTS
Dish like ramen or pho NOODLESOUP
___ nerve (eye-brain connection) OPTIC
Device for catching butterflies NET
Midriff-revealing shirt CROPTOP
REQUIRING ASSISTANCE INNEED
Gobi or Atacama, for example DESERT
APP CUSTOMER USER
___ DECO ART
PERU'S CAPITAL LIMA
MODIFIED EDITED
Title for a gentleman SIR
ARIZONA CITY KNOWN FOR ITS RED ROCKS SEDONA
CARLY ___ JEPSEN RAE
Mary J. Blige genre SOUL
QUICK SNOOZE NAP
GOOF OFF FOOLAROUND
Sitting pretty for a photoshoot POSING
'All is good between us' WERECOOL
QUICK SWIM DIP
Polish boiled dumpling PIEROGI
Apt rhyme for 'grab' NAB
Faux ___ (goof) PAS
'The Addams Family' cousin ITT
Singer Richie LIONEL
'You can't come in here' sign DONOTENTER
'Bye, now' SOLONG
Seine, Nile, Tigris, etc RIVERS
Like a 49-Down DRY
EXPANSIVE VAST
Gay ___ (Lady Gaga and Cher, e.g.) ICONS
FISH EGGS ROE
___ OF LEAST RESISTANCE PATH
Ring above an angel HALO
Stir up, like an emotion AROUSE
VERBALIZE SAY
Groups of mountains RANGES
KING, IN PORTUGUESE REI
Wall Street debut, for short IPO
Tight-fitting ballet garment LEOTARD
Summer or winter SEASON
Think ___ of (admire) HIGHLY
___ away (eats) PUTS
THUS ERGO
Podcast installments, for short EPS
From rags to ___ RICHES
PUB PINT ALE
PLACE FOR A PEEPHOLE DOOR
___ AND OUTS INS
'I'm down' YEAH