USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2023 05 16

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Act of imitation MIMICRY
Ball of lettuce HEAD
Belches BURPS
Boxer and actor Canada ___ LEE
Brings tumbling down TOPPLES
Canada's currency code CAD
ROLL CALL RESPONSE HERE
PALE WAN
GORILLA, FOR EXAMPLE APE
FEMALE DEER DOE
TAKE A STAND AGAINST OPPOSE
DESERVED EARNED
ACCEPTING CUSTOMERS OPEN
'WHY NOT?' SURE
Doc for a croc VET
Introduce a ban on OUTLAW
Lightweight wood used for model airplanes BALSA
Podcast installment EPISODE
Prefix for 'climactic' ANTI
Pretend-quiet delivery STAGEWHISPER
Product of brainstorming IDEA
Pursued prey HUNTED
Samba or salsa DANCE
Someone who inspires an artist MUSE
Straighten out like a hose UNCOIL
___ ray (large fish) MANTA
___ vulture CULTURE
___-O JELL
'LOL' HAHA
'It Ain't Over ___ It's Over' TIL
'Count me out' ILLPASS
Suffix for 'Japan' or 'Taiwan' ESE
SMALLER LITTLER
NONDAIRY COFFEE ADDITIVE CREAMER
SHOE BOTTOM SOLE
TRANSPARENT SHEER
EGYPTIAN CHRISTIAN COPT
THE DEVIL SATAN
FOLKS PEOPLE
SQUANDERS WASTES
PLACE TO DOCK A BOAT PIER
Stare in amazement GAPE
Specialty of Homer EPICPOETRY
SOFTEST MINERAL TALC
GAS IN BRIGHT SIGNS NEON
Knowledgeable sort NERD
Haitian revolutionary Toussaint LOUVERTURE
Function following a formal AFTERPARTY
'NOW I SEE!' AHA
'Oh, really?' ISTHATSO
CONFIDENTLY CLAIMS ASSERTS
Applied like finger paint SMEARED
'Count me in' IMGAME
'Don't text and drive' ad, for example PSA
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