USA Today Friday - July 10 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

USA Today Friday Puzzle - Jul 10 2020 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
'Be that ___ may . . .'	ASIT
'Here's a perfect example . . .'	CASEINPOINT
'I can't hear you'	WHAT
'Works for me'	FINE
Ab strengthener	TOETAP
Attaches, in a way	GLUES
Basic part of speech	NOUN
Bit of chocolate	CHIP
Boring routines	RUTS
Brought into the world	BORN
Cause a rift between	DRIVEAPART
Continent with 11 time zones	ASIA
Cradles and cribs	BEDS
Defeat decisively	ROUT
Downright mean	NASTY
Draw the short straw, say	LOSE
Eggs on sushi	ROE
Family reunion attendee	AUNT
Fill with wonder	AWE
Fixed course of action	SETPLAN
Fuss's rhyming partner	MUSS
Gas stove flame	PILOTLIGHT
Get groceries, for example	RUNANERRAND
Girls Who ___	CODE
Go public with	AIR
Go unrenewed	LAPSE
Guides for dressmakers	PATTERNS
Has the courage	DARES
Historical periods	ERAS
Holey kitchen utensil	SIEVE
Illuminated	LITUP
Image problem	BADREP
In one piece	WHOLE
In ___ straits	DIRE
Ingredient in some bar soaps	ALOE
Investment initials	IRA
Knitting material	YARN
Letter before kappa	IOTA
Letters of urgency	ASAP
Lightbulb unit	WATT
Lump of dirt	CLOD
Mari Copeny's city	FLINT
MLK's title (Abbr.)	REV
Much of the time	ALOT
Much-admired person	IDOL
Mystery or romance	GENRE
Not sharp	BLUNT
Operatic solo	ARIA
Part of a deck	CARD
Periodic table listing	ELEMENT
Play loudly	BLARE
Presentation stand	EASEL
Produce flowers	BLOOM
Pulled up a chair	SAT
Puts on an unhappy face	POUTS
Quite some time	AGES
Regions	AREAS
Risked a ticket	SPED
Singer Redding	OTIS
Small bodies of water	BAYS
Sovereign rulers	EMPERORS
Springing movement	LEAP
Still in the running	ALIVE
Supermarket section with a slicer	DELI
Team photo, e.g	GROUPPIC
The 'P' in a PG rating	PARENTAL
Thought-provoking	DEEP
Tomato often used for tomato paste	ROMA
Trot or pace, for a horse	GAIT
TV correspondent Marsh	RENE
Vague amount	SOME
Voice actress ___ Jill Miller	LARA
Website that becomes a name if you add a B at the beginning	ETSY
Wedding phrase	IDO
___ Alto, California	PALO
___ Miss	OLE
___ out (say suddenly)	BLURT
___ tots	TATER