USA Today - Apr 12 2023

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Clues Answers
'. . . approximately' ISH
'. . . if that makes ___' SENSE
'Are you hungry?' 'I could ___' EAT
'My alarm didn't go off' is one EXCUSE
'Stay in your ___!' LANE
'That's exactly right!' YES
'This looks bad!' UHOH
'We Do This ___ We Free Us' (Mariame Kaba book) TIL
'Where the heck are we?' WHATISTHISPLACE
'___ favor' POR
A really long time EONS
Actress Mendes EVA
Adorn DECORATE
Al pastor food TACO
Animal in a pride LION
Author of 'Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity' JULIASERANO
Band device AMP
Beaver's project DAM
Biased against seniors, for example AGEIST
Birch or beech TREE
Birds in coops HENS
Boom's opposite BUST
Buffalo BISON
Come to a close END
Competed in a marathon RAN
Customer without an appointment WALKIN
Embroidery and beadwork, for two ARTS
Enjoying a hot streak ONFIRE
Exams TESTS
Finds a purpose for USES
Firstborn ELDEST
Former flame EXLOVER
Game, ___ and match SET
Gently persuade COAX
Get groceries SHOP
Get married secretly ELOPE
Grindr or Tinder APP
Has to pay back OWES
Health class subject SEX
Clues Answers
Homeowner's document DEED
Horse gaits TROTS
In a legal position to play the ball, in soccer ONSIDE
Italian for 'three' TRE
Japanese dogs AKITAS
Jar top LID
Jean ___ (item of clothing, or the UFO in 'Nope') JACKET
Joined forces TEAMEDUP
Largest continent ASIA
Leaks slowly SEEPS
Least shallow DEEPEST
Like a flight with no layovers DIRECT
Look impolitely STARE
Make more interesting SPICEUP
Mechanical keyboard instrument PLAYERPIANO
Member of the Pakistani diaspora, for example DESI
Middle of a tennis court NET
Missouri city (Abbr.) STL
Most achy SOREST
Move furtively SNEAK
Music genre from Michigan DETROITTECHNO
North Pole helper ELF
Not ___ the joke INON
Number of kings on a chessboard TWO
Payment to the IRS TAX
Person from Glasgow SCOT
Place for a garter LEG
Self-focused period METIME
Shoe patterns TREADS
Small amt. in recipes TSP
Subtle alternative to 'Hey, you!' PSST
Suffix in many language names ESE
Surrounded by AMIDST
Their and my OUR
Tons ALOT
Tops of semicolons DOTS
Water bottle size LITER
y-___ (vertical line on a graph) AXIS