USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2023 04 06

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