USA Today - Jul 18 2023

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Clues Answers
'Great' kid-lit detective NATE
'In that capacity . . .' ASSUCH
'Next . . .' THEN
'Split' veggie in some soups PEA
'That's most unfortunate' ALAS
'The Giver' author Lowry LOIS
'The Last of Us' protagonist ELLIE
'The ___ are in!' RESULTS
13- to 19-year-old TEEN
2016 Disney film inspired by Polynesian mythology MOANA
A single time ONCE
Actress Zellweger RENEE
Air show vehicle STUNTPLANE
Bygone OLDEN
Chats on a PC IMS
Chic and stylish POSH
Closes securely FASTENS
Cookbook author Sean Sherman aka The Sioux ___ CHEF
Cream of the crop ELITE
Create offspring SPAWN
Devices for speakers and singers MICS
Dissuade DETER
Distinct time period ERA
Environmental prefix ECO
Gave meds to DOSED
Gloria Gaynor genre DISCO
Grown-up kitten CAT
Hoppy brew IPA
International airport area CUSTOMS
It's true FACT
Jabs POKES
Lego brand for young kids DUPLO
LGBTQ advocacy grp. whose logo is a yellow equals sign on a blue background HRC
Long part of a flower STEM
Luge, for one SLED
Main singing parts LEADVOCALS
Make void ANNUL
Makes tweaks to EDITS
Mathematician Lovelace ADA
Clues Answers
Measurement across WIDTH
Mediocre, in slang MID
Message with an eggplant emoji, maybe SEXT
Nest egg parts IRAS
Nincompoops ASSES
Not glossy MATTE
Not very much ATAD
One of 60 in a min SEC
Opposed to ANTI
Opposite of strict LAX
People who kept records by using quipus INCAS
Ph.D. holders DRS
Platform for Siri IOS
Poem of praise ODE
Preference for light-loving plants FULLSUN
Pride and envy, e.g SINS
Recruiter's network of job candidates TALENTPOOL
Reusable bag TOTE
Revolutionary Guevara CHE
School hidden in 'academic subject' CSU
See 24-Across SHEPERSISTED
Self-referential META
SFO listings ETAS
Shape of a striped Christmas candy CANE
Sign of things to come OMEN
Softest mineral TALC
Something to fight for CAUSE
Spiky desert plants CACTI
Take a load off REST
Totally original ONEOFAKIND
Urgent request PLEA
Used a chair SAT
V-shaped cut NOTCH
Velvety tree growth MOSS
With 51-Across, feminist rallying cry since 2017 NEVERTHELESS
Zion National Park's state UTAH
___ and Ladders (board game) CHUTES
___ Lasso (TV soccer coach) TED
___-driving car SELF