USA Today Crossword Answers December 22, 2023

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Author: by Alice Liang

Across

___ pants (midlength trousers) CAPRI
Big band instrument TUBA
Bonobos and orangutans, e.g. APES
Play a guitar STRUM
Storefront sign during business hours OPEN
Actor Liu who plays Shang-Chi SIMU
Graceful elegance POISE
What a lightbulb often signifies in cartoons IDEA
Aware of INON
Casual businesswear brand seen in many malls ANNTAYLORLOFT
Part of a basketball hoop or tennis court NET
Word before a maiden name NEE
Also TOO
Askew OFF
“Howl’s Moving Castle” and “Spirited Away” production company STUDIOGHIBLI
Quinoa or farro GRAIN
“___ bien!” MUY
Gas used in lighting NEON
Protest call CHANT
Ruin MAR
Feature of some retro pant legs FLARE
____-back (chill) LAID
“When Harry Met Sally . . .” actress Ryan MEG
Author Ferrante ELENA
Very quickly INNOTIMEFLAT
___-Man (arcade game) PAC
G.I. entertainment group USO
Sixth sense, for short ESP
By way of VIA
Pants that come in a “mom” style HIGHRISEJEANS
Sweethearts BAES
Helps out AIDS
God, in Arabic ALLAH
First word of a fairy tale ONCE
____ ale (light beer) PALE
Genetic copy CLONE
Figurative “jab” on Facebook POKE
A cookie sheet might be used as one SLED
Writer Attiah KAREN

Down

Senate hearing channel CSPAN
Make amends ATONE
Cursive alternative PRINT
Result of oxidation RUST
“That wasn’t a joke!” IMEANTIT
Labored TOILED
Wedding hairstyle option UPDO
Guided trip through one or more breweries BEERTOUR
“Tree is to leaf as flower is to petal,” e.g. ANALOGY
“Yeah, right!” ASIF
Reddish-brown burrito morsel PINTOBEAN
Moody punk subgenre EMO
The center of our solar system SUN
“Minari” actor Steven YEUN
___ and aah OOH
Fauna’s counterpart FLORA
“Okay, then” FINE
Japanese lunch item with slices of milk bread SANDO
Picture IMAGE
Arm of the sea INLET
Accra’s country GHANA
Ticket issued for later use RAINCHECK
Chip bag fastener CLIP
___ Day (last Monday of May) MEMORIAL
Pancake FLAPJACK
Unlucky accidents MISHAPS
If’s partner, in programming ELSE
Pull TUG
___ up (admitted it) FESSED
Bravery in battle VALOR
Silly INANE
Very pale ASHEN
“Gotcha” ISEE
Laze IDLE
Jazz singer Fitzgerald ELLA
___ It (toy with buttons, cranks and handles) BOP
Year, in Portuguese ANO