USA Today Answers July 04, 2024
Author: by Jared Goudsmit
Across
| Car radio letters | AMFM |
| Swindler’s schemes | SCAMS |
| “Alter” selves | EGOS |
| “Need I say ___?” | MORE |
| Word after “fire” or “picky” | EATER |
| “Bye-bye!” | TATA |
| “Enough! We aren’t buddies anymore!” | IVEHADITWITHYOU |
| “Holy moly!” | GEE |
| Subway tunnel painting | MURAL |
| Resist authority | REBEL |
| Spots that might be unskippable | ADS |
| Green prefix | ECO |
| Symbol contrasted with devil horns | HALO |
| Tool for fishing or trekking | POLE |
| “You know what ___ say . . .” | THEY |
| Batter’s stat | RBI |
| Apple TV assistant | SIRI |
| Avoid | SHUN |
| Place to store a wheelbarrow | SHED |
| “I Am Not This Body” photographer | BARBARAESS |
| Christmas, in French | NOEL |
| “Indeed, madame!” | OUI |
| Down-to-___ | EARTH |
| Cartoon dog whose name is a synonym of “silly” | GOOFY |
| Perform in “Radio Golf” | ACT |
| Potala Palace’s continent | ASIA |
| Boisterous | ROWDY |
| Vacationer’s destination | RESORT |
| Bills aka sawbucks | TENS |
| “So we’re dealing with a real smart aleck, hm?” | OHAWISEGUYEH |
| City square | PLAZA |
| Makes a query | ASKS |
| American Gothic House state | IOWA |
| Congo or Amazon | RIVER |
| Speed away | FLEE |
| Cinco menos dos | TRES |
| Baker’s ingredient | YEAST |
| Small amounts | TADS |
| Informal meetup | SESH |
Down
| Female friend, in Spanish | AMIGA |
| Emotionally affected | MOVED |
| Nonconformists | FREESPIRITS |
| “Wasn’t bad, wasn’t great” | MEH |
| Entice | SEDUCE |
| City home to the Egyptian Museum | CAIRO |
| Gehun ka ___ (type of flour) | ATTA |
| Whine like a kitten | MEWL |
| ___ Lanka | SRI |
| Jazz musician Ennis | ETHEL |
| Chicago’s Boystown, e.g. | GAYBORHOOD |
| Chiwere speakers | OTOE |
| Name hidden in “somersault” | SAUL |
| Aviator who said “Adventure is worthwhile in itself” | AMELIAEARHART |
| Cafeteria platter | TRAY |
| Mother chickens | HENS |
| Magic 8 Ball’s shape | ORB |
| Letter before iota | THETA |
| “Stop talking!” | HUSH |
| Brawny | BEEFY |
| Without urgency | IDLY |
| Goma dare or pesto | SAUCE |
| Draped garment | SARI |
| Winter garments for kids | SNOWSUITS |
| ___’s Head (deli food brand with a wild pig in its logo) | BOAR |
| Follower of Jah | RASTA |
| Gamelan percussion instrument | GONG |
| ___ Pieces (rhyming candy) | REESES |
| Slowly flows | OOZES |
| Made a scolding sound | TSKED |
| Drift, like a nice smell | WAFT |
| Actress Fisher | ISLA |
| Days of ___ (long-ago times) | YORE |
| Mamas who go “Maa” | EWES |
| Corned beef dish | HASH |
| Be nosy | PRY |
| Deceitful statement | LIE |
| “Do Revenge” actress Capri | AVA |