USA Today 2023 01 27 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
BECOMES CORRODED	RUSTS
Copies on an email	CCS
Art class garment	SMOCK
At least as good	NOWORSE
Beams of sunlight	RAYS
Applies frosting to	ICES
BEGGED	PLEADED
Cape Verde's ocean	ATLANTIC
CAPITAL OF EGYPT	CAIRO
CHURCH SEATING	PEWS
Above all ___	ELSE
2019 movie about a prison warden	CLEMENCY
'___ MISERABLES'	LES
ACTRESS RUBY	DEE
Currency in France and Finland	EURO
Had an emotional release	CRIED
Finally reach a critical point	COMETOAHEAD
'Wow! I love it!'	SOCOOL
DECAY	ROT
'Transfer' or 'messenger' molecules	RNA
TIMID	MEEK
'The Pitfalls of Liberalism' essayist Kwame	TURE
'Promise!'	IGIVEYOUMYWORD
Fixed by a 21-Across	SPAYED
Lumber or timber	WOOD
PART OF A SHOE	SOLE
First encounter in a rom-com	MEETCUTE
___ CARTE MENU	ALA
Temporary stoppage of fighting	TRUCE
Nice and round	PLUMP
Orchestra tuning instrument	OBOE
Uppermost part of a pine or palm	TREETOP
SKETCHED	DREW
GRABBED A BITE	ATE
SCHEDULE OPENING	SLOT
Some digits in binary code	ONES
OPEN-___ QUESTION	ENDED
LAUGH SYLLABLE	HEH
Stops following a conversation	LOSESTHETHREAD
like a low blow	CHEAP
Parts of cups and caps	BRIMS
Political pushback	DISSENT
___-UP ENERGY	PENT
X, Oak or Plum	PROFESSOR
Provided funding for	ENDOWED
Shorter, wider alternative to fries	TOTS
Light-loving insect	MOTH
Drinks in one gulp	DOWNS
FANCY VASE	URN
TAKES ORDERS FROM	OBEYS
EXTRA PERIODS, FOR SHORT	OTS
DO SOME YARDWORK	MOW
___ MORTALS	MERE
SECOND-STRING PLAYERS	BACKUPS
Very kind person	ANGEL
DIPLOMATIC FINESSE	TACT

BECOMES CORRODED

RUSTS

Copies on an email

CCS

Art class garment

SMOCK

At least as good

NOWORSE

Beams of sunlight

RAYS

Applies frosting to

ICES