USA Today Answers November 11, 2023
Author: by Amanda Rafkin
Across
Onetime capital of the Inca Empire | CUZCO |
Flexible | LITHE |
“You ___ me big time!” | OWE |
Outperform | ONEUP |
Walk on tiptoe, say | SNEAK |
Boat-rowing tool | OAR |
___ Cristo sandwich | MONTE |
Noah’s love in “The Notebook” | ALLIE |
Common Thanksgiving dessert | PIE |
Hooks up, like an appliance | INSTALLS |
Utah Jazz’s city (Abbr.) | SLC |
Least cooked | RAWEST |
“Butter” group | BTS |
Fine spray | MIST |
Greek war god | ARES |
“However . . .,” in a text | OTOH |
Seeing red | MAD |
To the ___ degree | NTH |
“That’s incredibly kind!” | YOURESONICE |
“___ Twist, Scientist” | ADA |
Unusual | ODD |
Person wearing the traje de luces | MATADOR |
“Story of Your Life” author Chiang | TED |
Experience that can often be explained by atmospheric phenomena | UFOSIGHTING |
First part of a musical | ACTI |
Some savings plans | IRAS |
Broadway backdrop | SET |
Baby ___ | BOOMER |
The “L” of UNLV | LAS |
Enjoys a jambon-beurre | EATS |
When it’s high, it might make hair frizzy | HUMIDITY |
Empty space | GAP |
Say “Go team!” | CHEER |
Titular role for Tyler Perry | MADEA |
Sixteenth prez | ABE |
Hit the big leagues | GOPRO |
Not very cool | UNHIP |
Particle in “pistachio nuts” | ION |
“Skip my turn” | IPASS |
Aches and ___ | PAINS |
Opposite of a snub | NOD |
Down
URL ending | COM |
Half of dos | UNO |
Buddhist discipline | ZEN |
Brand of tiny mandarin oranges | CUTIES |
Uncorks | OPENS |
Future judge’s exam | LSAT |
Preparing to give birth | INLABOR |
“Send along my greetings!” | TELLTHEMISAIDHI |
Flags down, like a cab | HAILS |
___ out (barely gets) | EKES |
Britney Spears song with the lyric “I played with your heart, got lost in the game” | OOPSIDIDITAGAIN |
Cries loudly | WAILS |
Upright | ERECT |
Didn’t budge | STOODFIRM |
Planned to pay later, at the bar | RANATAB |
1920s architectural style | ARTDECO |
“There was no choice for us!” | WEHADTO |
Sea cow | MANATEE |
Medieval architecture style | TUDOR |
Insects drawn to light | MOTHS |
“If ___ Give a Mouse a Cookie” | YOU |
Droop | SAG |
Downside | CON |
Use a rowing machine | ERG |
“Special Ops: Lioness” actress Zoe | SALDANA |
“She has my heart” | IMHERS |
Coins used in much of the E.U. | EUROS |
Oktoberfest glass | STEIN |
Culturally forbidden | TABOO |
Blow some cash | SPEND |
“No need to wake me!” | IMUP |
Small dogs’ barks | YAPS |
Special FX first used in the movie “Vertigo” | CGI |
Move like a kangaroo | HOP |
Energy Policy Act org. | EPA |