USA Today Crossword October 5 2024 Answers (10/5/24)

Our USA Today Crossword October 5, 2024 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. USA Today Crossword is a popular daily puzzle that tests the player’s vocabulary, spelling, and general knowledge skills. The puzzle is available in print and digital format and is enjoyed by people of all ages. The clues can range from easy to challenging and the player must use their critical thinking abilities to solve the puzzle. It is a great way to pass the time and challenge oneself.

USA Today Crossword October 5, 2024 Answers

If you need help solving the USA Today Crossword on 10/5/24, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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#	Clue
1A	Gift-bearing trio
5A	"Little ___ Sunshine" (quirky 2006 movie)
9A	Borders on
14A	Lemon juice or vinegar
15A	Italian bubbly
16A	Navratan ___ (South Asian curry dish)
17A	Skedaddle
18A	Women in ___ (org. addressing a gender gap)
19A	Greek column style
20A	Cost a lot of money
23A	Divisive flavor in black jelly beans
24A	Word often said with a sigh
25A	Exams for high school jrs.
29A	Double-hyphenated ID
30A	So far
32A	Bring into harmony
34A	"It's about time!"
37A	Key artery
38A	Starter undergarment
40A	Device used to remove a pineapple's center
42A	Maryland state bird
43A	Window-shop
45A	Kerfuffle
46A	Rachel Maddow has one in poli-sci
49A	Dinner and a movie, maybe
50A	"It Gets Better" ad, e.g.
53A	Less cordial
55A	Choreography with flapping and clapping
59A	Mixture of metals
62A	Stinky
63A	"Aw, man!"
64A	Up-tempo jazz genre
65A	"While you're ___ . . ."
66A	Soulful Redding
67A	Store walkway
68A	PC alternatives
69A	Like some veils
1D	Fast snakes
2D	They're nuts
3D	Cave
4D	Lightbulbs, in comics
5D	Sail supporter
6D	"So . . . you're declining?"
7D	"Stainless" material
8D	Friend of Timon and Pumbaa
9D	Of a feather
10D	Place for a bibliophile to shop
11D	Large coffee dispenser
12D	"OMG! I don't want to know that!"
13D	Ink ___ (octopus's defense)
21D	Hybrid instruments
22D	Naked ___ jaybird
26D	Ineffable quality
27D	Destructive ACME product
28D	Chilean ___ bass
31D	Name found in "white lie"
33D	Gossipy newspaper
34D	"Is everything okay between us?"
35D	What Marcie calls Peppermint Patty
36D	"Years and Years" actress Miller
38D	Horse gait
39D	Alanis Morissette's role in "Dogma"
40D	Oil made from hemp
41D	"Want that in a cup ___ cone?"
44D	Prefix for "dermis"
46D	Party animal?
47D	Chaotic
48D	Like a black-tie event
51D	"Skedaddle!"
52D	Japanese dog breed
54D	"Do You Hear What I Hear?," e.g.
56D	Puffery
57D	It's a long story
58D	Table tennis dividers
59D	Org. for lawyers
60D	___ Day (rhyming Hawaiian celebration)
61D	Abbr. on a box of kitty litter

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