USA Today Crossword August 16 2023 Answers

The complete list of answers to the USA Today Crossword published on August 16 2023.

75
Total Clues
37
Total Across
38
Total Down

Clues Across (37 total)

(1)
Service animals that attended a relaxed performance of "Billy Elliot" to learn proper theater behavior
(5)
Resident of old Peru
(9)
Menzel who voiced Elsa in "Frozen"
(14)
Soothing plant
(15)
___ ex machina
(16)
Exorcism target
(17)
Something flown in the Festival of the Winds
(18)
Metal deposits
(19)
Full of attitude
(20)
Like a vetoed veto
(23)
___ v. Wade
(24)
Cups, saucers, kettle, etc.
(25)
Jerry's cartoon nemesis
(27)
Like a chapped lip
(29)
Upper limb
(30)
Celebrity
(33)
"Hijab Butch Blues" or "Becoming"
(35)
"Gangsta's Paradise" rapper
(37)
Sunrises
(38)
Veggie-based dessert similar to gajar ka halwa
(41)
Deck with Wands and Swords
(42)
Clown's height enhancer
(43)
Looked around in a store
(46)
May birthstone
(50)
Does some basic math
(51)
Lion's sound
(53)
Shorthand for a culinary staple
(54)
Reduced, like a list of possibilities
(58)
Martian, e.g.
(61)
Krispy ___ donuts
(62)
"Nasty"
(63)
Rule the ___
(64)
Ketchup on a carpet, for example
(65)
Actor Daniel ___ Kim
(66)
Prices
(67)
Stuff in museums
(68)
Cunning

Clues Down (38 total)

(1)
People for whom two U.S. states are named
(2)
Musical with the song "I'd Do Anything"
(3)
"Yay us!"
(4)
Oracles
(5)
"You're not alone in that"
(6)
Niche enthusiast
(7)
Signaled
(8)
Good trait to have
(9)
Passports, e.g.
(10)
Near and ___ to my heart
(11)
"Definitely count me in!"
(12)
Piece of facial jewelry that might hang from a septum
(13)
"Whichever!"
(21)
Vacation destinations
(22)
Opposite of a snub, for short
(26)
Interfere in other people's business
(28)
Soph., jr. and sr.
(31)
Key in a computer combo
(32)
Shreds
(34)
Bistro bigwig
(35)
Lookout perch on a ship
(36)
Jackets, coats, ponchos, etc.
(38)
Piece of birthday mail that might have a musical chip
(39)
Yankee until '16
(40)
Low-lit
(41)
Sched. placeholder
(44)
Step on your pet's perfect little foot, say
(45)
Dweebs
(47)
Shirks
(48)
Lite
(49)
___ Kong (video game)
(52)
Main artery
(55)
Six-legged workers on a hill
(56)
Give off
(57)
Family room
(58)
Curved shape
(59)
British potty
(60)
Siri's platform

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