USA Today Feb 23 2020 Sunday Crossword Puzzle Solutions

USA Today Crossword February 23 2020 Answers

Clues	Answers
'Cats' actor McKellen	IAN
'holy [cow emoji]!'	OMG
'I couldn't agree more!'	AMEN
'Pitch Perfect' star Kendrick	ANNA
'That ___ a close one!'	WAS
'Upside Down' singer Diana	ROSS
'Well, golly!'	OHGEE
Animals in pens	PIGS
Appealing	SEXY
Badminton barrier	NET
Big Apple-based fashion house	DKNY
Bosom buddy	CHUM
Bring together	UNITE
Camping gear retailer	REI
Centaur, for one	BEAST
Cooling appliances, for short	ACS
Cups, saucers, etc	TEASET
Defeatist's lament	ISUCK
Dejected	SAD
Delay cause	RAIN
Deli offering	TUNASALAD
Des Moines Register readers, often	IOWANS
End in ___ (come out even)	ATIE
Escalated	UPPED
Faux pas	ERROR
Garden with forbidden fruit	EDEN
Garment for messy meals	BIB
Go ___ (ignore orders)	ROGUE
Great Lake fed by the Detroit River	ERIE
Heart test, for short	EKG
Hill on CNN	ERICA
Hit the mall, say	SHOP
Hopping mad	IRATE
Landmass that sounds like part of a supermarket	ISLE
Language group that includes Swahili and Zulu	BANTU
Map app path (Abbr.)	RTE
Meadow hidden in 'pleasant'	LEA
Miranda Lambert, for one	COUNTRYSINGER
More than impress	AWE
Name that's alphabetically consecutive	STU
Name that's another name backward	ARI
On the subject of	ASTO
Outdoor stroll	NATUREWALK
Pale-looking	PASTY
Pants-on-fire person	LIAR
Picked out	CHOSE
Piercing inside the mouth	TONGUERING
Place for a seaweed wrap	SPA
Pot starters	ANTES
Prefix for 'net' or 'mural'	INTRA
Put into practice	USE
Puts a stop to	ENDS
Quadriceps-strengthening exercise	LUNGE
Queens-based baseball team	METS
Rest period	BREAK
Round hat	BERET
Sat at a red light	IDLED
Scrabble piece	TILE
Skilled person	PRO
Slightly burns	SINGES
Smidgen	TAD
Sneaker strings	LACES
Soccer star Morgan	ALEX
Speedy	RAPID
Striped candy shape	CANE
Sugar substitute	ASPARTAME
Summer camp boats	CANOES
Talent show segments	ACTS
Throws into the mix	ADDS
Tony winner Ramirez	SARA
Watch sound	TICK
Where an appeal may be heard	SUPERIORCOURT
Winter roof hangers-on	ICICLES
Word before 'child' or 'circle'	INNER
Workbench gripper	CLAMP
___ Banks (North Carolina coast area)	OUTER
___ Tacs	TIC
___-K (program for toddlers)	PRE