USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2022 12 08

crossword answers
Clue Answer
'Whenever you have time!' NORUSH
Basil, for example HERB
'Fire' gem OPAL
'Alas!' sound SIGH
'Where You Lead,' for 'Gilmore Girls' THEMESONG
Chicken ___ (fried Japanese dish) KATSU
Children's illustrator Carle ERIC
FC Dallas plays in it MLS
FEMALE SHEEP EWE
FIRST AMENDMENT TOPIC FREESPEECH
OUT OF STYLE DATED
ROUSED FROM SLEEP WOKE
SMALL PIECE SCRAP
Close confidant, for short BFF
In need of an activity BORED
BRIC-A-___ BRAC
BIG PRIMATES APES
EXAM TEST
PERIMETER EDGE
Edge of a skirt HEM
DARK PURPLE FRUIT ELDERBERRY
FORMAL AGREEMENT PACT
Like raw cookie dough UNBAKED
Moisturizer form CREAM
BAD MOOD SNIT
ACTRESS JESSICA BIEL
Large wooden barrel CASK
Sound of a bubble bursting POP
Protein for non-vegetarians MEAT
KITTEN NOISE MEOW
Ruby anniversaries FORTIETHS
Football gains (Abbr.) YDS
Got takeout, for example ATEIN
Sequoia or baobab TREE
Serious in demeanor STERN
SHORT-LIVED EPHEMERAL
Player of a large brass instrument TUBIST
MAC ALTERNATIVES PCS
SOUND REBOUND ECHO
HESITATING SOUNDS UHS
SMALL INSECTS ANTS
INDIAN OCEAN ISLAND COUNTRY EASTTIMOR
___ basil THAI
___ Crunch cereal CAPN
___ Turner's rebellion NAT
Store for later, like a cold drink KEEPONICE
The M in STEM MATH
Person from Edinburgh SCOT
Travel stats ETAS
Noodles, etc PASTA
Vegetable in banh khoai mon TARO
SHEEPSKIN BOOTS UGGS
Jean-___ Picard LUC
MOSQUITO STOPPERS NETS
SNUCK CREPT
Sleeping sound SNORE
HAWAIIAN INSTRUMENT, FOR SHORT UKE
WORN-DOWN CRAYONS NUBS
Movie runtime units (Abbr.) HRS
JAMES ___ JONES EARL
Part of a bird's nest TWIG
Place in a mall SHOP
TIME PERIODS ERAS
UK TV NETWORK BBC
Yellowjacket or hornet WASP
Tomato impact sound SPLAT
Versatile bag TOTE