USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2023 09 27

crossword answers
Clue Answer
NOT LOOSE TAUT
FROZEN DRINK ICEE
Wriggly invertebrate WORM
CASH IN REDEEM
MORE PLEASANT NICER
Use a car's blinkers SIGNAL
Frog's partner in childrens' books TOAD
BRO AND SIS SIBS
SIMILAR AKIN
Number of lives cats are said to have NINE
Person talking to everyone at a party SOCIALBUTTERFLY
Come to an abrupt stop HALT
STOPPED SLEEPING WOKE
ACTIVIST BROCKOVICH ERIN
Congresswoman Bush CORI
HAD A NICE MEAL DINED
SPIRITUAL TEACHER GURU
Wine country county next to Napa SONOMA
NOT HOME AWAY
Catchall category, for short MISC
Part of a rapid COVID test SWAB
CHOCOLATE SOURCE CACAO
Town home to Canada's oldest national park BANFF
ICE CREAM BRAND EDYS
QUEEN OF ARENDELLE ELSA
Basic font ARIAL
Evelyn 'Champagne' King genre DISCO
EMERGED AROSE
Makes a sulky face POUTS
RAISON D'___ ETRE
PERIOD OF HISTORY EPOCH
What fitness trackers count STEPS
'Como ___ usted?' ESTA
Primate such as Zoboomafoo LEMUR
Sundubu-jjigae ingredient TOFU
Micro or macro subject ECON
Dialect coach's focus ACCENT
FLOWER PART STEM
Simba or Mufasa LION
GOT BY MADEDO
Gave kibble to FED
Some viral images MEMES
OLD RUSSIAN RULER TSAR
States of ___ (solid, liquid, gas, plasma) MATTER
Cooks in bubbling water BOILS
DECORATE ADORN
LAST GREEK LETTER OMEGA
Red 'Sesame Street' character ELMO
Total stranger RANDO
CORP. BIGWIGS CEOS
NANA GRAN
Apology offered after swearing PARDONMYFRENCH
Defusing a misunderstanding CLEARINGTHEAIR
Olivia Rodrigo's debut album SOUR
STOPWATCH BUTTON RESET
___-PITCH SOFTBALL SLO
Enemy of Simba and Mufasa SCAR
They have 60 mins HRS
Like a 30-degree angle ACUTE
AMUSEMENT PARK SHUTTLES TRAMS