USA Today - Jul 17 2023

Tired of your current crossword puzzle? Try solving our daily crossword puzzles. GO TO DAILY PUZZLES!
Clues Answers
'. . . and so on' ETC
'American Idol' alum Lambert ADAM
'Cyberchase' channel PBS
'Eww!' NASTY
'Greetings, fellow pirate!' AHOY
'haha' LOL
'I hear you!' MESSAGERECEIVED
'Rap Sh!t' creator Rae ISSA
'___ complicated' ITS
5 5 TEN
50 org. with over 38 million members AARP
Artist ___ June Paik NAM
Bathroom, to Brits LOO
Boom's opposite BUST
Breach in security LEAK
Breathe heavily PANT
Camera part LENS
Canadian city in Pixar's 'Turning Red' TORONTO
Chile type ANCHO
Chill out CALMDOWN
Chopping one might make you cry ONION
City that hosts the largest Carnival in the world RIO
Click of the fingers SNAP
Cushion PAD
Desserts with chess and chiffon varieties PIES
Director DuVernay AVA
Dramatic person DIVA
Draped garment that can be styled more than 80 ways SARI
Explore a sunken ship DIVE
Extremely urgent DIRE
Failing to come up with the answer DRAWINGABLANK
Flatbread type ROTI
Formal agreements PACTS
Fuming ANGRY
Goof up ERR
Grps. that organize Teacher Appreciation Weeks PTAS
Heavy piece of boating equipment ANCHOR
Helium or neon, e.g GAS
Hit SWAT
Clues Answers
Its 2022 Word of the Year was 'goblin mode' (Abbr.) OED
Like spoken reports ORAL
Loads ATON
Maze LABYRINTH
More likely to geek out NERDIER
On the horizon AHEAD
Part of a list ITEM
People who see things as they are REALISTS
Person, place or thing NOUN
Picture within a picture INSET
Piece of pickleball equipment PADDLE
Professional offering student support SCHOOLCOUNSELOR
Respond REPLY
Second try REDO
Snow-removal vehicle PLOW
Social connections INS
Some binary code digits ONES
Some fiction books NOVELS
Some, but not much ATAD
Soup-serving utensil LADLE
Stop CEASE
Stuffed-up-sounding NASAL
Succulent with medicinal uses ALOE
Summer time zone in Ga EDT
Sun, in Spanish SOL
Super tasty DELISH
Supplement supporting gut health PROBIOTIC
Tampa Bay Rays org MLB
Tardy LATE
Third-person pronoun THEY
Unit of land ACRE
Warbling sound TRILL
Water, in French EAU
What dreadlocks are made of HAIR
Word after 'rhyme' or 'color' SCHEME
___ chaat (potatoes with spices and chutney) ALOO
___ Kippur YOM
___ Pope (Kerry Washington's character on 'Scandal') OLIVIA
___-bitsy ITSY