USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2023 07 19

crossword answers
Clue Answer
MODIFY AMEND
DECAY ROT
FLIP OVER UPEND
CARIBOU RELATIVE ELK
CAPITAL OF IRAN TEHRAN
BITTER BREWS ALES
'How unfortunate!' WHATASHAME
'Barry' channel HBO
'A ___ coincidence!' MERE
IRRITATE IRK
NOT TAUT LOOSE
Cartoon explorer who says 'Come on, vamonos!' DORA
NOT FAKE REAL
GOT LARGER GREW
Cacio e ___ (pasta dish) PEPE
GET MARRIED WED
BIG TOP CIRCUSTENT
BIG JUMPS LEAPS
BELLYBUTTON NAVEL
Computer key seldom pressed by itself ALT
Didn't sit STOOD
Dump liquid over DOUSE
Feature of many annual Pride celebrations PARADE
Gave five stars to, say RATED
Hunt for prey PROWL
Like a messy calligrapher's hands INKY
Meal in a basket, maybe PICNIC
Metal found in old paint LEAD
Rainbow ___ (Mario Kart course) ROAD
'Ugly Betty' actor Mapa ALEC
'u crack me up' LOL
'Stop Kiss,' for example PLAY
'Snowy' wading bird EGRET
'It's a ___ come true!' DREAM
NEBRASKA CITY OMAHA
NOT GLOSSY MATTE
NOSTALGIC TUNE OLDIE
Wide road (Abbr.) AVE
GREEN PASTA SAUCE PESTO
Rich dessert often made in a springform pan TORTE
The Monkees or Gorillaz BAND
Unfounded bit of gossip RUMOR
PUTS IN OFFICE ELECTS
JAZZ SINGER JAMES ETTA
IN STYLE AGAIN RETRO
FORTUNETELLER'S TOOL CRYSTALBALL
PAPER FASTENER CLIP
INFANT BABY
MOUNTAIN LION PUMA
Computer key for exiting ESC
Many dorm room beds BUNKS
RECEDED EBBED
REASSURING TOUCH PAT
REVISES EDITS
ZILCH NADA
___ DHABI ABU
SMILE FROM EAR TO EAR BEAM
Japanese soup also known as omiotsuke MISO
Rough guess (Abbr.) EST
Four-award feat completed by Viola Davis in 2023 EGOT
Coricancha builder INCA
Available at a discount ONSALE
SACRED CEREMONIES RITES
SPOIL GOBAD
Edge of a skirt HEM
'The Little Red ___' (fable) HEN
Number of tracks on Curtis Mayfield's 'Super Fly' NINE
THE ___ OF MARCH IDES