USA Today – Nov 17 2022 Crossword Solutions
| Clues | Answers |
| ‘Gimme a frickin’ break!’ | OHCOMEON |
| ‘Near-ish,’ in a hiding game | WARM |
| ‘Over he-e-ere!’ | YOOHOO |
| ‘Ta-ta, dahling!’ | CIAO |
| ‘Yes,’ in France | OUI |
| ‘You said it’ | AGREED |
| 2022 US Open champ Swiatek | IGA |
| Actor’s improvisation | ADLIB |
| Adolescent | TEEN |
| Afternoon nap | SIESTA |
| All four parts of EGOT | AWARDS |
| Annual vaccine target | FLU |
| Bajillions | TONS |
| Better than the rest | SECONDTONONE |
| Board game regulation | RULE |
| Brings on to the team | HIRES |
| Bumper ding | DENT |
| Buttery caramel candy | TOFFEE |
| Colorful eye part | IRIS |
| Comedian and writer Adejuyigbe | DEMI |
| Comedian Sedaris | AMY |
| Cookie that’s filled with ‘Stuf’ | OREO |
| Deck of cards with The Tower | TAROT |
| Direct-selling cosmetics brand | AVON |
| Dry as a desert | ARID |
| End of a student’s email address | EDU |
| Gin and tonic garnishes | LIMES |
| Give the runaround | EVADE |
| Glowing gas | NEON |
| Goo from a tree | SAP |
| Goof up | ERR |
| Guarantee | ASSURE |
| Hardwood used in boatmaking | TEAK |
| Has | OWNS |
| Head-to-head dispute | CONFRONTATION |
| Illegally fix | RIG |
| Intent | AIM |
| IRS tax ID no | SSN |
| Jim Varney role | ERNEST |
| Mailed package | PARCEL |
| Make back, as losses | RECOUP |
| March for ___ Lives | OUR |
| Martini garnish | OLIVE |
| Misery | WOE |
| Most Van Gogh paintings | OILS |
| Nincompoop | BUFFOON |
| Norway’s capital | OSLO |
| Offline, for short | IRL |
| Old piece of cloth | RAG |
| Onomatopoeic sound of munching, like Cookie Monster makes | OMNOMNOM |
| Pac-Man’s enemies | GHOSTS |
| Period after sunset | NIGHT |
| Pestle’s partner | MORTAR |
| Plant used to make tequila | AGAVE |
| Precious stones | GEMS |
| Rainy period in Asia | MONSOONSEASON |
| Shallow, attention-seeking reaction | HOTTAKE |
| Sing ‘ski-bi dibby dib yo da dub dub,’ maybe | SCAT |
| Sixth sense, for short | ESP |
| Start of a new day or era | DAWN |
| String instrument smaller than a cello | VIOLIN |
| Swiss city or lake | GENEVA |
| Take a nosedive | EATIT |
| Title for Lancelot and Mix-a-Lot | SIR |
| To and ___ | FRO |
| Tropical fruit in some chutney | MANGO |
| Ube or beet, for example | ROOT |
| Underway, like a plan | INMOTION |
| Valuable trait | ASSET |
| Videochatting via iPhone | FACETIMING |
| Walla Walla veggie | ONION |
| Word after ‘web’ or ‘dash’ | CAM |
| www.change.___ | ORG |
| ___ Dew Baja Blast | MTN |
| ___ FireBall (spicy candy) | ATOMIC |
| ___ Hurcum, the world’s first openly nonbinary mayor | OWEN |
