Daily Crossword Answers USA Today - May 23, 2023

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• "___ Butter Baby" (Ari Lennox album) Crossword Clue

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  SHEA

• Allow Crossword Clue

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  LET

• Tennis great Arthur Crossword Clue

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  ASHE

• Greek letter before kappa Crossword Clue

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  IOTA

• Writer's artistic freedom Crossword Clue

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  POETICLICENSE

• Stuff in galleries Crossword Clue

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  ART

• Go up Crossword Clue

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  RISE

• Gleamed Crossword Clue

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  SHONE

• "That's a ___ order" Crossword Clue

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  TALL

• Ruler in Qatar or Kuwait Crossword Clue

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  EMIR

• Father, to a baby Crossword Clue

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  DADA

• Take the bait Crossword Clue

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  BITE

• University instructor, for short Crossword Clue

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  PROF

• N95 or KF94 Crossword Clue

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  MASK

• "Oops! . . . ___ It Again" Crossword Clue

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  IDID

• Toot your own horn Crossword Clue

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  BRAG

• Sources of valuable metals Crossword Clue

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  ORES

• Formidable team Crossword Clue

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  POWERHOUSE

• One-half base times height, for a triangle Crossword Clue

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  AREA

• "The Diary of a Young Girl" author ___ Frank Crossword Clue

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  ANNE

• Four-door cars Crossword Clue

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  SEDANS

• Parts of pianos Crossword Clue

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  KEYS

• "Eureka!" Crossword Clue

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  AHA

• Most spoken language in the Southern Hemisphere Crossword Clue

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  PORTUGUESE

• Furry aquatic animal Crossword Clue

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  OTTER

• Word before "drive" or "tube" Crossword Clue

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  TEST

• "___ my words . . ." Crossword Clue

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  MARK

• Veggie sometimes added to carbonara Crossword Clue

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  PEA

• University student instructors, for short Crossword Clue

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  TAS

• Auction offer Crossword Clue

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  BID

• Additional Crossword Clue

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  MORE

• ___ broth Crossword Clue

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  BONE

• "Sadly . . ." Crossword Clue

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  ALAS

• Marries Crossword Clue

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  WEDS

• Choose Crossword Clue

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  OPT

• ___ off (cut away) Crossword Clue

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  LOP

• Slept for a bit Crossword Clue

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  NAPPED

• Highest sudoku number Crossword Clue

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  NINE

• The first "a" in aka Crossword Clue

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  ALSO

• Toy that goes up and down Crossword Clue

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  YOYO

• Theme park vehicle Crossword Clue

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  TRAM