USA Today Crossword Answers May 23, 2023

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Author: by Rafael Musa

Across

The first “a” in aka ALSO
“___ Butter Baby” (Ari Lennox album) SHEA
Go up RISE
Gleamed SHONE
“That’s a ___ order” TALL
Ruler in Qatar or Kuwait EMIR
Formidable team POWERHOUSE
Father, to a baby DADA
One-half base times height, for a triangle AREA
“The Diary of a Young Girl” author ___ Frank ANNE
Take the bait BITE
“___ my words . . .” MARK
Allow LET
Four-door cars SEDANS
University instructor, for short PROF
Choose OPT
___ off (cut away) LOP
Veggie sometimes added to carbonara PEA
Tennis great Arthur ASHE
Greek letter before kappa IOTA
Writer’s artistic freedom POETICLICENSE
N95 or KF94 MASK
Parts of pianos KEYS
University student instructors, for short TAS
Stuff in galleries ART
Auction offer BID
Theme park vehicle TRAM
Slept for a bit NAPPED
“Eureka!” AHA
“Oops! . . . ___ It Again” IDID
Additional MORE
Toot your own horn BRAG
Highest sudoku number NINE
___ broth BONE
Most spoken language in the Southern Hemisphere PORTUGUESE
Sources of valuable metals ORES
“Sadly . . .” ALAS
Furry aquatic animal OTTER
Marries WEDS
Toy that goes up and down YOYO
Word before “drive” or “tube” TEST

Down

Now, in Spanish AHORA
Decrease LOWER
Quick preview SNEAKPEEK
Opposite of ‘neath OER
Showing no emotion STONEFACED
“This is gonna come back to ___ me” HAUNT
Something ___ entirely ELSE
Medieval beverage ALE
Redecorated REDID
*shrug* IMATALOSS
“Unrelatedly . . .” SIDENOTE
Historical period ERA
Unwanted emails SPAM
Beyonce song with the lyric “I got my angel now” HALO
Play roulette BET
Design detail, for short SPEC
Business that might offer an LED facial SPA
Dumpster visitor RAT
“Really now?” OHISTHATSO
Moved to a later time POSTPONED
Sneaky SLY
“Soon!” INAMINUTE
“Still Into You” band PARAMORE
“Just joking!” IKID
Stat in which the A stands for “arrival” ETA
“Obie Is ___ Enough” (Schuyler Bailar novel) MAN
Spelling competition BEE
Pasta sauce brand RAGU
Leg ___ (quad exercise) PRESS
Wide variety ARRAY
Paleo, keto, etc. DIETS
Small map within a large map INSET
Bucks and fawns DEER
New Mexico’s state tie BOLO
Archer’s item BOW
___ transparency PAY
Obtained GOT