USA Today - Oct 9 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 USA Today - Oct 9 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
'I don't think so'	NAH
'Kinda mediocre'	MEH
'Last one in's a ___!'	ROTTENEGG
'Oh, really?'	THATSO
'That was quite a while ___'	AGO
'To recap . . .'	INSUM
'What ___ have you got?'	ELSE
'___ repeats itself!'	HISTORY
12/31, for short	NYE
Accounting reviews	AUDITS
All gobbled up	EATEN
Alternatives to zippers	SNAPS
Ballpark guess (Abbr.)	EST
Become rigid	HARDEN
Brink	EDGE
Buddy	AMIGO
Carrots and daikon	ROOTS
Ceramic art material	CLAY
Chinese for 'tea'	CHA
Cinco y tres	OCHO
Closes	SHUTS
Coffee drink named after a city in Yemen	MOCHA
Creak or squeak	NOISE
Cubes in Mul-naengmyeon broth	ICE
Czech-German range known for its mines	OREMOUNTAINS
Day of the week named after Thor (Abbr.)	THU
Deal with setbacks	COPE
Decadent	RICH
Desirable jeans 'flaw'	RIP
Dress shorts fold	PLEAT
Earth's 'Mother'	NATURE
Factoids for sports fans	STATS
Find the sum of	ADDUP
For a second time	AGAIN
Forest trails	PATHS
Garage sale label	TAG
Green crystal	EMERALD
Hen's home	COOP
His address is 123 Elf Road, North Pole, 88888	SANTA
Hockey score	GOAL
Human mind and soul	PSYCHE
Ink	TATS
Jacuzzi nozzle	JET
Kinda mediocre	SOSO
Like clothes that don't need much ironing	WASHANDWEAR
Like lumber that has been cut	SAWN
Like taco truck orders	TOGO
Lion's threat	ROAR
Long, long time	EON
Luau instruments, for short	UKES
Material for joots (jean boots)	DENIM
Music genre for Red Velvet	KPOP
Navigation tech	GPS
Noisy crib toy	RATTLE
Number of words that are in this clue	EIGHT
Nuts from oaks	ACORNS
Oriole who played in 2,632 consecutive games	CALRIPKENJR
Possible co-worker of a midwife	DOULA
Poyang Hu, for one	LAKE
Prodigious up-and-comers	PHENOMS
Restrict	LIMIT
Saga full of grandeur	EPIC
Shiba ___	INU
Signature perfume choice	SCENT
State of mind	MOOD
Straightener target	HAIR
Strongly advise	URGE
Stuffed dish similar to sarma	DOLMA
Summer time zone for Boulder	MDT
Sunday paper inserts	ADS
The Almighty, to most Uyghurs	ALLAH
They connect thigh bones to shin bones	ACLS
They cross columns	ROWS
Thumb or pinkie	DIGIT
Unit on eye cream packaging	OUNCE
Whale found in every ocean	ORCA
Winds down	ENDS
Zeus or Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli	GOD