USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2023 04 06

crossword answers
Clue Answer
DIRECTION OPPOSITE NNW SSE
Better late ___ never THAN
Caked-on dirt CRUD
CASINO SECTION SLOTS
CLEARHEADED SANE
CORN CHIP BRAND FRITOS
DAILY GRIND RATRACE
'I Can't ___ Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)' HELP
DESERT DRINKING SPOTS OASES
CHEERIOS GRAIN OAT
LARGE DEER ELK
COMPLETE COLLECTION SET
12/31, FOR SHORT NYE
'___ it!' ('Tell me already!') SPILL
'Unique New ___' (tongue twister) YORK
ABHORS DETESTS
Dish similar to clam chowder OYSTERSTEW
Divine Nine sorority, for short DST
'This ain't my first ___' RODEO
Minnesota's NHL team WILD
'NOW I SEE!' OHH
One who starts a video meeting HOST
'GO AWAY!' SHOO
Reap's counterpart SOW
Sound of feline contentment PURR
TIGHTLY PACKED DENSE
FURY IRE
OOZES SEEPS
PRECIOUS STONE GEM
ONE OF 12 ON A DIE EDGE
Like winter track meets INDOOR
Mentions specific people NAMESNAMES
Freddie Mercury, for Queen LEADSINGER
STRONG SMELL ODOR
One bench press, for example REP
Patty Talahongva's tribe HOPI
Test-run participants GUINEAPIGS
Greta Thunberg and Alfred Nobel, for example SWEDES
SUMMER PEST GNAT
___ around (do some snooping) NOSE
Rough guess (Abbr.) EST
TREE OF LIFE GARDEN EDEN
WORD BEFORE A MAIDEN NAME NEE
VEGETABLE IN A POD PEA
SOME POEMS ODES
Fishing rod attachment REEL
DIVE LIKE AN EAGLE SWOOP
FLUFFY CHOCOLATE DESSERT MOUSSE
OPPOSITE OF HARDSHIP EASE
KILT FOLD PLEAT
QUICK-TEMPERED FIERY
VERY STYLISH CHIC
OPERATE USE
TOLERATED STOOD
God, in Spanish DIOS
GROWS FAINT DIMS
HERBAL DRINKS TEAS
MALES WHO MEOW TOMCATS
UPS COMPETITOR DHL
Squishy shoe insert GELPAD
Wood applications STAINS