USA Today Crossword Puzzle Answers March 03, 2024
Author: by Rachel Fabi
Across
| Kathmandu’s continent | ASIA |
| Where land and sea meet | SHORE |
| Chopped brunch dish | HASH |
| “That hurt!” | OUCH |
| Movie in which Liam Neeson’s character has “a very particular set of skills” | TAKEN |
| Geometry class calculation | AREA |
| Leg joint | KNEE |
| Bitter-tasting | ACRID |
| Convent sisters | NUNS |
| Becky Chambers’ solarpunk book series | MONKANDROBOT |
| “I’ve got it!” | AHA |
| Card worth 1 or 11 in blackjack | ACE |
| It’s for the birds! | AVIARY |
| “Top Gun” planes | FIGHTERJETS |
| ___ Book Club | OPRAHS |
| Have debts | OWE |
| Prefix meaning “before” | PRE |
| Columns with views | OPEDS |
| ___ out a living | EKE |
| Well-founded | VALID |
| “Piggy” in a nursery rhyme | TOE |
| “Insecure” actress Issa | RAE |
| Walking anxiously, perhaps | PACING |
| School associated with Simon’s Rock | BARDCOLLEGE |
| ___ crackers (s’more ingredients) | GRAHAM |
| Tailless primate | APE |
| “My boat’s sprung a leak!” | SOS |
| Free-floating interstellar objects | ROGUEPLANETS |
| “Ferrari” actor Driver | ADAM |
| Impudent | SAUCY |
| Rewrite for clarity | EDIT |
| Pixar clownfish | NEMO |
| Not warranted | UNDUE |
| Curved structure | ARCH |
| Person who acts | DOER |
| “It ___ me to say this, but . . .” | PAINS |
| Little kid | TYKE |
Down
| Hunky-dory | AOK |
| Center of a solar system | SUN |
| Cocktail “rocks” | ICE |
| “I’m standing right here!” | AHEM |
| Ideological positions | STANCES |
| Computer whiz who might help with a heist | HACKER |
| “Fighting” veggie mascot of Delta State University | OKRA |
| Horse rider’s strap | REIN |
| When a given time period is over | ENDDATE |
| Tower of ___ (logic puzzle) | HANOI |
| The “A” of the ABC islands | ARUBA |
| Mister, en Espanol | SENOR |
| Quick | HASTY |
| Sacred promises sworn by paladins | OATHS |
| Campers or motorhomes, e.g. | RVS |
| “The game is ___!” | AFOOT |
| “Fantasia” creature in a tutu | HIPPO |
| Say yes | AGREE |
| Owned | HAD |
| Kidded around | JOKED |
| Lady sheep | EWE |
| Layers of toilet paper | PLIES |
| Drummer Starr | RINGO |
| Peripheries | EDGES |
| Corn unit | EAR |
| Parking option | VALET |
| Part of the 17-Across | ACL |
| Steadily increases | RAMPSUP |
| Fried chicken chain | POPEYES |
| Sweetheart | BAE |
| Yucatan destination | CANCUN |
| Impressively large | GRAND |
| Sport with several roping events | RODEO |
| Best effort | AGAME |
| Indulge | HUMOR |
| Singer Del Ray | LANA |
| Car company with a four-ring logo | AUDI |
| A ___ at the table | SEAT |
| Parched | DRY |
| “Gross!” | ICK |
| “Video Killed ___ Radio Star” | THE |