USA Today 2023 02 13 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
BERT'S ROOMMATE	ERNIE
LAGER ALTERNATIVE	ALE
IN NEED OF A MAP	LOST
CUL-DE-___	SAC
CROCKPOT MEALS	STEWS
Cleaning supply in a dish pit	SOAP
ESCALATOR PART	STAIR
Car takeback, for short	REPO
Astrological archer, for short	SAG
Arm muscles worked by bench dips	TRIS
A year has 12 (Abbr.)	MOS
'You already told me'	IKNOW
'You almost had it!'	SOCLOSE
'Water' or 'tiger' flower	LILY
'This moment!'	ASAP
Dishes served before mains, for short	APPS
Kaluuya to Palmer, in 'Nope'	COSTAR
Medical drama settings	ERS
Mesh trap	NET
Numbered part of a book	PAGE
Retractable part of a cat	CLAW
Setting of Dante's 'Inferno'	HELL
Many basketball shoes	HIGHTOPS
Give off photons	EMITLIGHT
'There's a new romance in my life . . .'	IMETSOMEONE
Stat for a distance runner	PACE
Sticky sweetener	HONEY
The O in IMHO	OPINION
NOT WELL-LIT	DIM
READY TO GO	SET
DEDICATED POEM	ODE
FISH EGGS	ROE
REBOUND	RICOCHET
UNOPENED	NEW
JANITOR'S TOOL	MOP
FENDER IMPERFECTIONS	DENTS
GREW OLDER	AGED
GELATO HOLDER	CONE
Tu or usted, in English	YOU
Underground tomb	CRYPT
'___ of Passion' (1980 Pat Benatar album)	CRIMES
THIS MOMENT	NOW
SORE ALL OVER	ACHY
ROAD TRIP STOPOVER	INN
PAPER FACTORIES	MILLS
PLACES TO GET PEELS	SPAS
Spades or clubs	SUIT
RAINBOW'S SHAPE	ARC
TIDY	NEAT
'MORNING EDITION' BROADCASTER	NPR
Bit of trash talk	DISS
WANDERS	ROAMS
UTTER DELIGHT	GLEE
___-CAPS (MOVIE CANDY)	SNO
___ UP (ABSORB)	SOP
___ CARD (PHONE INSERT)	SIM
BOXING LEGEND MUHAMMAD	ALI
Small recipe amount (Abbr.)	TSP
TWIRL	SPIN
Share a ride to school	CARPOOL
Object-oriented video game goal	ITEMCOLLECTION
Social media profile full of funny images	MEMEACCOUNT
Specification on some nametags	ANYPRONOUNS
Water-covered ecosystems	SWAMPS
___ PAULO, BRAZIL	SAO
YANG'S COUNTERPART	YIN
Suffix for 'Taiwan'	ESE

BERT'S ROOMMATE

ERNIE

LAGER ALTERNATIVE

ALE

IN NEED OF A MAP

LOST

CUL-DE-___

SAC

CROCKPOT MEALS

STEWS

Cleaning supply in a dish pit

SOAP