USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2022 05 05

crossword answers
Clue Answer
STROKE GENTLY PET
Hockey rink surface ICE
Arouse, like curiosity PIQUE
Apt rhyme of 'spot' DOT
AUTOS CARS
NOT YOUNG OLD
Try to act like EMULATE
'Mistake Creek Massacre' painter QUEENIEMCKENZIE
'My luck is coming soon!' IMDUE
The 'hump' of many workweeks WEDNESDAY
___ room (place for a pool table) REC
LONG FISH EELS
PHONE DOWNLOADS APPS
IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING SOTOSAY
COUPLES PAIRS
Wing eater's need NAPKIN
Frog's partner in children's lit TOAD
Membership costs FEES
Makes decisions on Tinder SWIPES
___ Mist (soda) SIERRA
Civil rights law of 1972 TITLEIX
DARK FILM GENRE NOIR
Pop-ups in a web browser ONLINEADS
Denver time zone (Abbr.) MST
WHIZZES ACES
Seats in a chapel PEWS
PUT PEN TO PAPER WRITE
RESTLESS ANTSY
Row in a calendar app WEEK
Central Plains tribe PAWNEENATION
REGRET RUE
CUSHIONS PADS
Delivery person's course ROUTE
Rx regulator FDA
Shakshuka ingredient TOMATO
Title for some profesoras (Abbr.) SRA
POSES A QUESTION ASKS
Award for Michaela Onyenwere in 2021 ROOKIEOFTHEYEAR
'Me day' locale SPA
PARKING PENALTY FINE
Deflating balloon sound PFFT
Egyptian boy king, for short TUT
USE AN OAR ROW
Genre from Jamaica SKA
Doesn't blink STARES
Chocolatey spread NUTELLA
'Five-fingered' footwear TOESHOES
LANGSTON HUGHES POEM ITOO
Charlotte Bronte's 'Jane ___' EYRE
Yellowfin or albacore, e.g TUNA
Chakapuli and gumbo, e.g STEWS
Many a college applicant, age-wise TEEN
BIG BURDEN ONUS
'That was a close one!' WHEW
LARGE HOLE PIT
BUTTON ALTERNATIVE SNAP
Word before 'pad' or 'pool' STENO
ENTERTAINED AMUSED
MAILED SENT
GRACEFUL BIRD SWAN
Toll-paying option EZPASS
'Obviously, silly!' DUH
STANDARDS OF PERFECTION IDEALS
Footwear outlet store DSW