USA Today - Sep 11 2023

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Clues Answers
'. . . and I am being so serious' ITSNOTEVENFUNNY
'And you?' in Spanish YTU
'Awesome!' RAD
'I'll get to work!' ONIT
'It's not a ___, Mom!' PHASE
'Nifty!' NEAT
'On the Pulse of Morning' poet Maya ANGELOU
'Washboard' muscles ABS
'Yeah, sure, buddy' IBET
Absolute musts NEEDS
Absolutely must HASTO
African country home to Pendjari National Park BENIN
Amusement park vehicle TRAM
Ancient Roman robe TOGA
Beard's place CHIN
Button to transmit a text SEND
Carmen Liu undergarment BRA
Chew toy for infants TEETHINGRING
Dancer/choreographer Ailey ALVIN
Device in a convenience store ATM
Divide evenly SPLIT
Drum roll instrument SNARE
Easier to see in a crowd, maybe TALLER
ER essential workers RNS
Exfoliating product SCRUB
Fashion STYLE
Flaxen cloth LINEN
Frat dude BRO
Future D.A.'s exam LSAT
Giraffe marking SPOT
Good weather forecast for a beach day CLEAR
Hailed vehicle CAB
Heat in the microwave ZAP
Invertebrates lack them SPINES
Late passes and sales receipts SLIPS
Leaves out OMITS
Like a wet noodle LIMP
Like Loki and Thor NORSE
Clues Answers
Like many actors on Telemundo LATINO
Low tie ONEALL
Make a choice on Tinder SWIPE
Messenger molecule RNA
Narrow cuts SLITS
Obi-___ Kenobi WAN
Often-baked pasta ZITI
One less than an octet SEPTET
Organization addressing gender disparity in modern education WOMENINSTEM
Overact EMOTE
Painful brick to step on LEGO
Part of UAE ARAB
Penalties for traffic violations FINES
People who are present BUTTSINSEATS
Perched on ATOP
Person reading a manual USER
Platform for many performing arts STAGE
Political commentator Mystal ELIE
Potpie veggie PEA
Rage IRE
Rum-based tiki bar cocktail MAITAI
Shawarma bread PITA
Slithery fish EEL
Soothing gel ALOE
Southern African country named after a desert NAMIBIA
Sport whose highest rank is yokozuna SUMO
Stitches SEWS
Sugar-producing root vegetables BEETS
Super Mario Bros. 3 console NES
Table-for-two occasions, sometimes DINNERDATES
The 'A' of the ABC Islands ARUBA
The Penguin, to Batman ENEMY
Twitch streamer, often GAMER
Word after 'bubble' or 'iced' TEA
Wordlessly agrees NODS
Zone AREA
___ true (sounded about right) RANG
___-and-pepper hair SALT