Daily Crossword Answers USA Today - December 14, 2023

across

• Puppy or kitty's "kiss" Crossword Clue

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  LICK

• "Diary of the Flow Queen" rapper Banks Crossword Clue

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  ERICA

• Place at the table Crossword Clue

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  SEAT

• Donkey Crossword Clue

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  ASS

• Once around a track Crossword Clue

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  LAP

• Public transit vehicle Crossword Clue

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  BUS

• Purpose Crossword Clue

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  AIM

• Large sheet of ice Crossword Clue

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  FLOE

• Antlered animal Crossword Clue

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  DEER

• Cookie whose creme is called "RE," in a meme Crossword Clue

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  OREO

• Complain loudly Crossword Clue

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  MOAN

• "That's ___ what I meant" Crossword Clue

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  NOT

• Like better Crossword Clue

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  PREFER

• In the center of Crossword Clue

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  AMID

• Successful person Crossword Clue

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  TOPDOG

• "Salt" singer Max Crossword Clue

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  AVA

• Nowhere to be found Crossword Clue

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  GONE

• Zodiac ram Crossword Clue

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  ARIES

• Ruby and scarlet, for two Crossword Clue

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  REDS

• Probabilities Crossword Clue

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  ODDS

• Open-top pastry Crossword Clue

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  TART

• Counterpart of longitude (Abbr.) Crossword Clue

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  LAT

• Marvel character with an interstellar name Crossword Clue

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  NEBULA

• Flat land by the water Crossword Clue

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  COASTALPLAIN

• Repeatedly bring up a win Crossword Clue

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  GLOAT

• Like freshly painted walls Crossword Clue

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  WET

• Poems of praise Crossword Clue

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  ODES

• Use a stencil Crossword Clue

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  TRACE

• Nut containing oak seeds Crossword Clue

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  ACORN

• Value of a face card in blackjack Crossword Clue

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  TEN

• Grade on a ___ Crossword Clue

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  CURVE

• Stop Crossword Clue

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  END

• Command that leads to a bark Crossword Clue

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  SPEAK

• ___ Sun (juice brand) Crossword Clue

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  CAPRI

• Italian volcano Crossword Clue

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  ETNA

• Indistinct shape Crossword Clue

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  BLOB

• Mya song about a past lover Crossword Clue

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  CASEOFTHEEX

• Class where students may learn three-point turns Crossword Clue

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  DRIVERSED

• At any time Crossword Clue

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  EVER

• Inserts for woodwind instruments Crossword Clue

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  REEDS