USA Today Crossword Answers January 17, 2024
Author: by Jess Rucks
Across
| “Notorious” ___ (former SCOTUS member) | RBG |
| Beret, for example | HAT |
| Frosted | ICED |
| “Right on, bro!” | YEAHDUDE |
| Like a bro who’s ripped | SWOLE |
| Well-regarded | ESTEEMED |
| Astonishes | SHOCKS |
| Enter angrily | STORMIN |
| Defeat soundly | SPANK |
| Head-to-toe mindfulness exercise | BODYSCAN |
| ___ Bo | TAE |
| “Bummer!” | AWMAN |
| Flight stat | ETA |
| Banjo sound | TWANG |
| Iranian coins | RIALS |
| Li Hing Mui ___ (Hawaiian take on a classic tequila drink) | MARGARITA |
| Noah’s boat | ARK |
| She/___ pronouns | HER |
| Blinking body part | EYELID |
| Trip to buy brewskis | BEERRUN |
| One-named Irish singer | ENYA |
| Fantasize | DREAM |
| Notoriously cute mammal whose “behaviors would result in criminal charges if water weasels had a justice system” (per an “Ologies” episode) | SEAOTTER |
| Horrify | APPALL |
| Linguistics expert on “Star Trek” | UHURA |
| Sip noisily | SLURP |
| Citrusy scrapings | ZESTS |
| ___ Lanka | SRI |
| Walkman insert | CASSETTE |
| Needed scratching | ITCHED |
| Wide rd. | AVE |
| Word on some sugar-free drinks | DIET |
| “White water” river parts | RAPIDS |
| Irate | MAD |
| Some window units, for short | ACS |
| Bronte heroine Jane | EYRE |
Down
| Spicy whiskeys | RYES |
| “Simply the ___” (Tina Turner hit) | BEST |
| Cat, in Spanish | GATO |
| Muggy | HUMID |
| Port city on the Arabian Peninsula | ADENYEMEN |
| Lasso who said, “If God would have wanted games to end in a tie, she wouldn’t have invented numbers” | TED |
| Champion’s cry | IWON |
| Mixologist’s concoction | COCKTAIL |
| Large deer | ELK |
| ___ Moines, Iowa | DES |
| Like some decaf teas | HERBAL |
| Evil spirits | DEMONS |
| Phrase a drag race contestant hopes to hear RuPaul say | SHANTAYYOUSTAY |
| Place for a mud bath | SPA |
| Lasting mark | SCAR |
| The sun, for one | STAR |
| Against | ANTI |
| “Good heavens!” | EGAD |
| The “A” of UAE | ARAB |
| Hopped-up on coffee | WIRED |
| Creator | MAKER |
| Circular holiday decoration | WREATH |
| “The Notebook” actress Rowlands | GENA |
| Feature of a camel | HUMP |
| Keisters | REARS |
| Sang like Missy Elliott | RAPPED |
| Snakelike fish | EELS |
| Rains ice | SLEETS |
| Keister | TUSHIE |
| Spelled weird “wierd,” say | ERRED |
| Late-night trips to the fridge, e.g. | RAIDS |
| Quetzalcoatl worshipper | AZTEC |
| Bamboozle | SCAM |
| Magma that’s aboveground | LAVA |
| Pre-owned | USED |
| Makeshift swing | TIRE |
| Aunt, in Spanish | TIA |
| Lifesaving procedure | CPR |