Daily Crossword Answers USA Today - January 24, 2026

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• Some Guitar Center purchases Crossword Clue

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  AMPS

• Tool with teeth Crossword Clue

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  COMB

• Dices or minces Crossword Clue

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  CUTS

• Suffered by comparison Crossword Clue

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  PALED

• Supervillain's hideout Crossword Clue

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  LAIR

• Immediately Crossword Clue

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  ASAP

• "Give Me One Reason" singer Chapman Crossword Clue

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  TRACY

• Norwegian capital Crossword Clue

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  OSLO

• Restore to health Crossword Clue

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  CURE

• Face-to-face segment of a job search process Crossword Clue

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  INTERVIEWSTAGE

• Insect whose global population is in the quadrillions Crossword Clue

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  ANT

• "___ definitely" (Magic 8 Ball answer) Crossword Clue

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  YES

• "That ship has ___" Crossword Clue

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  SAILED

• Closest pal Crossword Clue

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  BESTIE

• Get ___ of (discard) Crossword Clue

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  RID

• Total dump Crossword Clue

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  STY

• Reacts to a three-hanky movie Crossword Clue

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  CRIES

• Simple shelter Crossword Clue

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  LEANTO

• Chess, Risk and Catan Crossword Clue

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  STRATEGYGAMES

• Illusion in a desert Crossword Clue

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  MIRAGE

• Beyond angry Crossword Clue

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  LIVID

• Fictional newsman Burgundy Crossword Clue

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  RON

• Hi-___ video Crossword Clue

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  DEF

• Eye layer with cones and rods Crossword Clue

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  RETINA

• Excite Crossword Clue

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  AROUSE

• Soup served with lime wedges and bean sprouts Crossword Clue

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  PHO

• Like romantic lighting Crossword Clue

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  DIM

• Something that exemplifies a particular period Crossword Clue

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  SIGNOFTHETIMES

• Sounds all lovey-dovey Crossword Clue

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  COOS

• Word before "history" or "exam" Crossword Clue

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  ORAL

• Type of ray Crossword Clue

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  MANTA

• Sunburn salve Crossword Clue

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  ALOE

• Ploy Crossword Clue

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  RUSE

• Indiana NBAer Crossword Clue

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  PACER

• Journalist's intro Crossword Clue

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  LEDE

• Many a YA reader Crossword Clue

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  TEEN

• Insignificant Crossword Clue

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  MERE