USA Today - Oct 17 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 USA Today - Oct 17 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
'Burlesque' star	CHER
'Dynamite' group	BTS
'First I've heard of it!'	NEWSTOME
'Isn't that fantastic'	OHGREAT
'Perfect! Don't change a thing!'	NONOTES
'The Umbrella Academy' actor Elliot	PAGE
'Up' voice actor Ed	ASNER
A, in the NATO phonetic alphabet	ALFA
Acting and dancing, for example	ARTS
Aloo matar veggies	PEAS
Alters for a perfect fit	TAILORS
App testing stage	BETA
Approx. guess	EST
Assigned a duty to	TASKED
Athlete's rep	AGENT
Becomes firm, like jello	SETS
Begged	PLED
Begins to blossom	BUDS
Body parts outlined to make turkey drawings	HANDS
Chopper's landing spot	HELIPAD
Cookware for frying	PANS
Corner store that may have a cat	BODEGA
Detail of interest to a book collector	EDITION
Drive to work against traffic	REVERSECOMMUTE
Element with a museum in Las Vegas	NEON
F1 racing or 'RuPaul's Drag Race' assistants	PITCREW
Faded and dirty	DINGY
Finish	END
Fist ___ (celebratory gesture)	PUMP
Foolish, chaotic search	WILDGOOSECHASE
Formal agreement	PACT
Genetic screening procedure	DNATEST
Gumbo vegetable	OKRA
Harvey Milk Terminal's airport code	SFO
Huff and puff	PANT
ID no. on a W-2	SSN
Incense residue	ASH
Infectious microorganism	GERM
Jelly containers	JARS
Jewish text divided into weekly portions	TORAH
Joke around	JEST
Kit ___ bar	KAT
Many 'Grey's Anatomy' characters (Abbr.)	DRS
Methods	WAYS
Minty cocktails	JULEPS
Morally correct	JUST
NASA space probe named after the wife of Jupiter	JUNO
Not bright	DIM
Observes	SEES
Opera solos	ARIAS
Option at the beginning of a Netflix episode	SKIPINTRO
Peach State capital (Abbr.)	ATL
Pool stick	CUE
Praiseful poem	ODE
Preacher's title, for short	REV
Qatar's capital	DOHA
Right this minute	NOW
Roadies' loads	AMPS
San Diego baseball player	PADRE
Sarcastic applause	SLOWCLAP
School support orgs	PTAS
Sencha or matcha	TEA
Settle the score	GETEVEN
Snapping parts of snapping turtles	JAWS
Sound made when passing notes in class	PSST
Spock's home planet	VULCAN
Stand up to	RESIST
Taken by mouth	ORAL
Tater snacks	TOTS
Unit of corn	EAR
Upgrades some circuitry	REWIRES
Upright	ERECT
Water down	DILUTE
www.barnard.___	EDU
___ and proper	PRIM
___-tac-toe	TIC