USA Today 2022 07 28 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
'Passing' star Negga	RUTH
'There's no place I'd ___ be'	RATHER
'___ Been Loving You Too Long'	IVE
BORED FEELING	ENNUI
DO AN IMPRESSION OF	MIMIC
RAINBOW'S SHAPE	ARC
FRAGRANCE	SCENT
TRIM A LAWN	MOW
REGIONS	AREAS
PAL	AMIGO
TAIL MOVEMENT	WAG
DESCENDANT OF HARDCORE PUNK	EMO
COURTROOM DEFENSE	ALIBI
Ending for 'culp-' or 'palp-'	ABLE
Este Haim's instrument	BASS
Graceful manner	POISE
Messy place, metaphorically	STY
Naaasty	RAUNCHY
NFL player Ankou	ELI
Notes given on first drafts	EDITS
One appearing on a talk show	GUEST
Only appealing to a small audience	NICHE
Perfect score in diving	TEN
Pirate's hello	AHOY
Silver screen showing	MOVIE
Some filler words	ERS
Surprised words to a familiar face	ITSYOU
The Babadook, for example	GAYICON
The best of ___ worlds	BOTH
___-DE-FRANCE	ILE
COMMUNAL	SHARED
AUNT, IN SPANISH	TIA
ATLANTIC OR PACIFIC	OCEAN
ADORABLE ONE	CUTIE
Tumblr sites	BLOGS
Wii avatar	MII
Word after 'fairy' or 'folk'	TALE
___ angst	TEEN
___ high (be ambitious)	AIM
'SEE YA!'	TATA
'Boring!'	SNORE
'Ave ___'	MARIA
'And more' (Abbr.)	ETC
PANTS PART	HEM
TIMELINE SEGMENTS	ERAS
SCANT	MERE
PHYSICIAN, FOR SHORT	DOC
GET WELL	HEAL
Spiders have eight	LEGS
STARCHY VEGETABLE	YAM
Part of TGIF (Abbr.)	FRI
___-MO	SLO
VOLCANIC EVENT	ERUPTION
House, in Spanish	CASA
___-FI	SCI
VIBE	AURA
Up-and-___ (rising star)	COMER
BATTER'S STAT	RBI
Lenovos and Dells and such	PCS
Irish cream liqueur brand	BAILEYS
Inside cuddler	LITTLESPOON
First word of a rhyming cocktail	MAI
STATES STRONGLY	ASSERTS
Dubstep is a genre of it	EDM
'To review . . .'	INSUM

'Passing' star Negga

RUTH

'There's no place I'd ___ be'

RATHER

'___ Been Loving You Too Long'

IVE

BORED FEELING

ENNUI

DO AN IMPRESSION OF

MIMIC

RAINBOW'S SHAPE

ARC