USA Today 2023 07 22 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
CLUMP OF DIRT	CLOD
Claudia Rankine and Terrance Hayes, e.g	POETS
SWELL UP	BLOAT
REUSABLE BAG	TOTE
'___ Name Is George Floyd' (Pulitzer Prize-winning book)	HIS
'There's a hole in my boat!'	SOS
'The Fresh Prince of ___-Air'	BEL
'Psychobabble' co-host Oakley	TYLER
'Once you ___ me, you negate me'	LABEL
TAKE A LOAD OFF	REST
PIECE OF GRASS	BLADE
COMMERCIALS	ADS
COME OFF AS	SEEM
CRY LOUDLY	WAIL
COURTEOUS FELLOW	GENT
DOOFUS	DWEEB
STOCKHOLM NATIVE	SWEDE
SPEEDY	FAST
Arroz ___ cubana	ALA
CUL-DE-___	SAC
EVALUATE	ASSESS
Einstein ___ Bagels	BROS
Enjoyed some chow fun	ATE
Hoptimus Prime, for one	IPA
Losing brightness	FADING
Refused to pass	HOGGEDTHEBALL
'Imagine Me & You' actress Lena	HEADEY
Tired and out of it	GROGGY
SKILLFULLY	ABLY
MAJESTIC	REGAL
HAPPILY ___ AFTER	EVER
'It Ain't Over ___ It's Over'	TIL
Walk you might bring trekking poles on	HIKE
What staples are made out of	METAL
'Which is it gonna be?'	YESORNO
APPROVES	OKS
Bunches of	LOTSA
MIDDAY SNOOZES	NAPS
Cantina sauces	SALSAS
Chemist's eyewear	SAFETYGOGGLES
Streamer's annoyance	LAG
Company whose spokesduck screams its name	AFLAC
Soccer great Krieger	ALI
LAMB'S MOM	EWE
SCATTERED, LIKE SEEDS	SOWED
NOT GLOSSY	MATTE
Words denying consent	NOS
Pop star Rita	ORA
___ B. Wells-Barnett	IDA
___ Schemmenti ('Abbott Elementary' character)	MELISSA
Many Sharon Olds poems	ODES
Like spoken exams	ORAL
___ ANGELES	LOS
UNSPOKEN	TACIT
TRIPOLI'S COUNTRY	LIBYA
Performers' platforms	STAGES
MADE DO	GOTBY
Unchallenging class	EASYA
Scot's 'no'	NAE
GO OFF SCRIPT	ADLIB
HEAD OVER HEELS	INLOVE
Tingle-inducing video genre (Abbr.)	ASMR
Sinusitis treater	ENT

CLUMP OF DIRT

CLOD

Claudia Rankine and Terrance Hayes, e.g

POETS

SWELL UP

BLOAT

REUSABLE BAG

TOTE

'___ Name Is George Floyd' (Pulitzer Prize-winning book)

HIS

'There's a hole in my boat!'

SOS