USA Today Crossword Answers December 23, 2022

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Author: by Li Ding

Across

A ___ of the tongue SLIP
Chocolaty coffee MOCHA
Use a machete CHOP
Moms in a coop HENS
Watering can part SPOUT
Currency in Spain EURO
Basics ABCS
Spicy cookie GINGERSNAP
Game with a bull’s-eye DARTS
Amal Clooney (___ Alamuddin) NEE
Bird in the USPS logo EAGLE
Number that’s “moja” in Swahili ONE
Be dishonest LIE
By a whisker BARELY
Degradation from regular use WEARANDTEAR
“The Catcher in the ___” RYE
Pieces in Joan Didion’s “The White Album” ESSAYS
Great time BLAST
Profound DEEP
___ choy (Chinese vegetable) BOK
Flower on “The Bachelorette” ROSE
Stop-motion sheep who lives at Mossy Bottom Farm SHAUN
Attach with heat IRONON
Alley-___ OOP
Version longer than a theatrical release EXTENDEDCUT
Hazardous UNSAFE
Long period of time EON
Long period of time ERA
Romantic rendezvous TRYST
“wow!!!” OMG
Resident of the country northeast of Yemen OMANI
Bit of good fortune LUCKYBREAK
K-pop star IDOL
Tennis legend Arthur ASHE
___ box (Japanese meal) BENTO
“Better ___ than never!” LATE
Relieved exclamation WHEW
Writes some software CODES
Went blond, for example DYED

Down

Followed someone around on the job SHADOWED
Cuisine known for baba ghanouj LEBANESE
Grow INCREASE
Attention-grabbing whisper PSST
NYC arena, for short MSG
Gave one’s take OPINED
Ice cream holder CONE
Massive HUGE
Had some jianbing ATE
Labor activist Chavez CESAR
“The ___ Games” HUNGER
By mouth ORALLY
Spinach-loving sailor POPEYE
Behinds REARS
“RuPaul’s Drag Race Holi-___ Spectacular” SLAY
___ and outs INS
Sheep’s sound BAA
Performs like Monaleo RAPS
Steak cut TBONE
State animal of Utah ELK
“You may ___ me in the very dirt/But still, like dust, I’ll rise” (Angelou) TROD
However BUT
How often some vitamins are taken ONCEADAY
Bad thing to end on SOURNOTE
Necessarily involved ENTAILED
Substantial HEFTY
Wood-splitting tool AXE
Phrase at the altar IDO
Nevada Museum of Art city RENO
Old West fugitive OUTLAW
Sudden surge ONRUSH
Human mind PSYCHE
Cancel out NEGATE
Off-kilter ASKEW
Nabisco cookie OREO
Patch up MEND
Salsa type MILD
“Doctor Who” network BBC
Boxing endings, for short KOS