USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2023 09 15

crossword answers
Clue Answer
COLORFUL EYE PART IRIS
Classic Puccini opera TOSCA
Cheerwine or Dr. Brown's SODA
Catches by surprise STARTLES
Blues great James ETTA
BAR MITZVAH OR BAPTISM RITE
ATLANTA-BASED AIRLINE DELTA
Alphabet system in which 'D' is 3-Down NATO
1984 mockumentary about a fictional heavy metal band THISISSPINALTAP
'Subway Art' singer TISHHYMAN
'Pi r squared' calculation AREA
'Great horned' bird of prey OWL
'According to legend . . .' ITISSAID
MOVE FURTIVELY SNEAK
SEARCH FOR SEEK
DEFECTIVE FIRECRACKER DUD
CONSUMES EATS
SIT FOR A PHOTO POSE
CLICKABLE DESKTOP IMAGE ICON
LIKE EASTER EGGS DYED
FAMILY KIN
GIVES OFF EMITS
Distorts, like data SKEWS
Do some electrical repairs REWIRE
Drum often heard on a backbeat SNARE
Endometriosis Awareness Day mo MAR
Enter a phone number DIAL
GloRilla's genre RAP
Headbutts RAMS
Ideal result of union negotiations RAISE
Joint covered by a high-top sneaker ANKLE
Object 'fed' when parking METER
Pressed Ctrl Z UNDID
Sap energy from DRAIN
Sci-fi ship UFO
INQUIRE ASK
OPPOSITE OF OBTUSE ACUTE
DIRT FOR A POTTED PLANT SOIL
DESTINED FATED
HOLE IN A NEEDLE EYE
'___ not, want not' WASTE
Tailor's pants measurement INSEAM
PART OF FWIW ITS
KEPT OUT OF SIGHT HID
'Me Day' place SPA
LUXURY BOATS YACHTS
MORE FROSTY ICIER
DISNEY SNOW QUEEN ELSA
RADIO STATION SIGN ONAIR
OVERPLAY A PART EMOTE
FEELING LOW SAD
NOT ATTEND SKIP
POKE BOWL FISH TUNA
Motorist's 180 UTURN
SMALL WHIRLPOOL EDDY
___ LAMA DALAI
SOFTEST MINERAL TALC
SLOW-COOKER MEAL STEW
~ TILDE
___/her SHE
Video chats, in a way SKYPES
What's not used in a barter system MONEY
FORMERLY NAMED NEE