USA Today Crossword December 5 2024 Answers (12/5/24)

Our USA Today Crossword December 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 December 5, 2024 Answers

If you need help solving the USA Today Crossword on 12/5/24, 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	Formal agreement
5A	Caracals have tufted ones
9A	Transcript stats
13A	School that's the answer to the joke "What happens when the fog lifts in SoCal?"
14A	Edinburgh native
15A	Weak and delicate
16A	Facial feature of Dr. Drakken
17A	Long freshwater fish
18A	Word before "retirement" or "riser"
19A	Nursery rhyme figure who fell to pieces
22A	GI-entertaining grp.
23A	"___ live and breathe!"
24A	Faraway
28A	Danger
30A	Capital One competitor
33A	"Woe is me!"
34A	"Uh-uh" responses
36A	Aspiring band's recording
38A	Rihanna's cosmetics brand
40A	Vowel-heavy blade
42A	Actress Issa
43A	Recline
44A	Oboist's need
45A	Makes a selection
47A	Cookies first sold in 1912
51A	"Oh, fiddlesticks!"
53A	Greek T
55A	___-___ (ballroom dance)
56A	Clockwise, in a mnemonic
60A	Largest city in France
63A	"The Good Dinosaur" dinosaur
64A	___ and aahs
65A	Wear away
66A	Property claim
67A	500 sheets of paper
68A	High point
69A	Mine deposit
70A	Punta del ___, Uruguay
1D	"Wide-arm" exercise
2D	"Before You ___ Me" (Bo Diddley song)
3D	Uproar
4D	Rainproof cover
5D	Awards for A'ja Wilson
6D	Like lime juice and wine
7D	___ City (metropolis in a certain streaming device's screen saver)
8D	Goblet part
9D	Brain tissue
10D	Golf hole number
11D	Have a bug
12D	Surreptitious
15D	Lavish bash
20D	Buzzard's claw
21D	Like basic instincts
25D	"Love the Skin You're In" brand
26D	"What's on ___?" (question at a bar)
27D	Suffix for "Taiwan" or "legal"
29D	"PLEASE drive me there"
31D	"Seems likely . . ."
32D	Driving range peg
35D	Powerful
37D	"Absolutely, monsieur!"
38D	Cow's chow
39D	Talk and talk and talk
40D	"Red," e.g., for Taylor Swift
41D	Cathedral bench
46D	Fashioned
48D	Canyon sounds
49D	"You meant this thing?"
50D	"I'm telling you, that's who!"
52D	"Still I ___" (Maya Angelou poem)
54D	Make things right
57D	"Great" room in a palace
58D	Huey, Dewey and Louie, e.g.
59D	Slasher movie staple
60D	"Marrowfat" legume
61D	___ de Triomphe (60-Across monument)
62D	___-com ("Love Actually" genre)

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