USA Today Crossword Solutions January 08, 2024

Author: by Deanne Cliburn

Across

Clues and Answers

“I can ___ cheezburger?” (meme with bad grammar) HAS
Frogs’ habitats PONDS
Stud muffins HUNKS
Tolkien monster ORC
Now, in Spanish AHORA
Inbox item EMAIL
Metallic rock ORE
Complete and utter TOTAL
Caregiver such as Mary Poppins or Fran Fine NANNY
Substitute slugger PINCHHITTER
Wicked things EVILS
Played hooky SKIPPED
Art ___ (1920s architectural style) DECO
Word after “karaoke” or “Klondike” BAR
In an unsettling way EERILY
Kilt pattern TARTAN
Feeling anxious TENSE
Video record of a fender bender DASHCAMFOOTAGE
This, that and the ___ OTHER
Broadcast on Twitch STREAM
Louisiana religion practiced by Marie Laveau VOODOO
Title for Lewis Hamilton SIR
Suddenly back out BAIL
Person trained in CPR EMT
“However . . .” BUT
Long cloud of smoke PLUME
Supposed hangover remedy HAIROFTHEDOG
Not sink FLOAT
Boise’s state IDAHO
Once ___ blue moon INA
Sauce similar to toum AIOLI
Yak’s relative BISON
___ Tacs TIC
Latin phrase preceding the word “committee” ADHOC
Contest submission ENTRY
Pigpen STY

Down

Played basketball HOOPED
Show up ARRIVE
Picturesque SCENIC
Trails PATHS
“Pick me! Pick me!” OHOH
“Wasn’t me,” more formally NOTI
“Aww, darn!” DRAT
Treats, like a winter road SALTS
“The Immortal Life of ___ Lacks” HENRIETTA
“Red, White & Royal Blue” actress Thurman UMA
Photographer Goldin NAN
Aunts, grandfathers, cousins, etc. KIN
Like a fox SLY
Not nude CLOTHED
___ by (barely manage) EKE
First part of the U.S. Constitution PREAMBLE
___-Pong PING
Otherwise ELSE
Hair-coloring product DYE
“Nursing” or “sports” garment BRA
$$$ dispensers ATMS
Whitewater vessels RAFTS
Like a trapeze artist ACROBATIC
Temaki seaweed NORI
Plunged into a pool headfirst DOVE
Particle with a nucleus ATOM
Goal-scoring attempt SHOT
Opposite of ‘neath OER
French for “yes” OUI
___ a class (sits in on a course without earning credit) AUDITS
“Will do!” IMONIT
Long-lasting impact LEGACY
Comanche Nation, e.g. TRIBE
Total fake PHONY
___ Top (ice cream brand with an angelic name) HALO
Major Norse deity ODIN
Speedy FAST
56-Down’s son THOR
Air traffic control org. FAA
Part of a peanut butter jar LID
“I’m in awe!” OOH

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