USA Today Puzzle Answers July 05, 2024
Author: by Nate Cardin
Across
| Papa’s partner, sometimes | MAMA |
| Balconette undergarment | BRA |
| Practice boxing | SPAR |
| “Sign me up!” | IMIN |
| Like intoxicating brews | HEADY |
| French fashion magazine | ELLE |
| Itty bitty | TINY |
| Nimble | AGILE |
| ___ Cuisine (frozen food brand) | LEAN |
| Revise | EDIT |
| Social call | VISIT |
| HBO post-apocalyptic drama “The ___ of Us” | LAST |
| Most decorated gymnast in American history | SIMONEBILES |
| Iron-deficient, maybe | ANEMIC |
| Most certain | SUREST |
| Rotated car parts | TIRES |
| One of many in a recent Taylor Swift world tour | ERA |
| Analyze for purity | ASSAY |
| Hawaiian garland | LEI |
| Lead actor in Marvel’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” | SIMULIU |
| Gratuity increasingly requested at self-checkout kiosks | TIP |
| Got 100% on | ACED |
| Sacred object | TOTEM |
| Common dog biscuit shape | BONE |
| Word before “Street” or “seed” | SESAME |
| Converts into a screenplay, say | ADAPTS |
| Human rights advocate and former chairperson of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission | SIMASAMAR |
| Maze routes | PATHS |
| Papa’s partner, sometimes | DAD |
| Specialized area | NICHE |
| Pizza serving | SLICE |
| Birth control option, for short | IUD |
| Cruise stops | ISLES |
| Submarine tracker | SONAR |
| Binary digit | ONE |
| Post office purchase | STAMP |
| The NFL has 32 | TEAMS |
| Feeling down | SAD |
| Feeling up | HAPPY |
Down
| Small parasite | MITE |
| During | AMID |
| Limited-run show | MINISERIES |
| Whenever | ANYTIME |
| Start | BEGIN |
| Salary increase | RAISE |
| Improvise on stage | ADLIB |
| Buyers’ counterparts | SELLERS |
| “That’s quite enough” | PLEASESTOP |
| “What a shame!” | ALAS |
| Tenant’s payment | RENT |
| Chaos that might be wreaked | HAVOC |
| Abominable snowmen | YETIS |
| “___ Congeniality” (2000 comedy) | MISS |
| Hawaiian feast | LUAU |
| Geographer’s book | ATLAS |
| Nephew’s sister | NIECE |
| New Orleans football player | SAINT |
| Uses a keyboard | TYPES |
| Expressive rock genre | EMO |
| Road groove | RUT |
| Word after “ginger” or “pale” | ALE |
| Tabloid couple | ITEM |
| Mosque leader aptly found in “Muslim American” | IMAM |
| Recording device on a windshield | DASHCAM |
| Coffee shop employee | BARISTA |
| Penny-pinchers | MISERS |
| Breakfast pastry | DANISH |
| “Sayonara,” in Spanish | ADIOS |
| Bathhouse hot spot | SAUNA |
| Summed | ADDED |
| “Hey, you!” | PSST |
| Soothing plant | ALOE |
| Butt-obsessed “Bob’s Burgers” teen | TINA |
| Applaud | CLAP |
| Rope-making fiber | HEMP |
| 2023 award for Caitlin Clark | ESPY |