Today's USA Today Puzzle Crossword Clues & Answers

Clues & Answers For The USA Today

(February 5, 2026)

ACROSS

• 1. Suspense-building sounds - Crossword Clue
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• 10. "Try a Little Tenderness" singer Redding - Crossword Clue
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• 14. Old-time film storage device - Crossword Clue
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• 15. Mom's partner, maybe - Crossword Clue
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• 16. Short audio clip - Crossword Clue
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• 17. Demanding a lot of attention - Crossword Clue
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• 18. Some Snowboard Big Air tricks - Crossword Clue
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• 19. "The Price Is Right" game with chips - Crossword Clue
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• 21. Programming pioneer Lovelace - Crossword Clue
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• 22. Stick in a relay race - Crossword Clue
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• 24. Prevail - Crossword Clue
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• 26. In tune - Crossword Clue
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• 28. Arizona city known for its pink sandstone formations - Crossword Clue
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• 30. Wandered aimlessly - Crossword Clue
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• 34. "Young Frankenstein" role - Crossword Clue
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• 35. Make less harsh - Crossword Clue
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• 36. "Friend Like Me" musical - Crossword Clue
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• 39. "Shoo!" - Crossword Clue
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• 40. Starchy morsel in some breakfast burritos - Crossword Clue
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• 42. The "K" of KCMO - Crossword Clue
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• 45. What most humans are born without - Crossword Clue
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• 46. Place to get a scrub - Crossword Clue
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• 47. Skin treatments - Crossword Clue
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• 49. For each - Crossword Clue
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• 51. Regard highly - Crossword Clue
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• 53. "In the Heights" actor Anthony - Crossword Clue
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• 55. Secret agents - Crossword Clue
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• 56. Soup base made from soybeans - Crossword Clue
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• 60. Did dressage, for example - Crossword Clue
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• 61. "That's definitely an accurate description of me!" - Crossword Clue
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• 62. Midmonth day - Crossword Clue
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• 63. Person who might fly to the rescue - Crossword Clue
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DOWN

• 1. "My ___ are open" - Crossword Clue
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• 2. "Fiddler on the ___" - Crossword Clue
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• 3. Body part sometimes seen when a cartoon character screams - Crossword Clue
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• 4. State fair desserts with holes - Crossword Clue
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• 5. Bamboo-eating raccoon relative - Crossword Clue
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• 6. Spheres - Crossword Clue
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• 7. Floral necklace - Crossword Clue
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• 8. Allow - Crossword Clue
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• 9. Snoozed - Crossword Clue
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• 10. Sign - Crossword Clue
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• 11. Martial art with kyorugi - Crossword Clue
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• 12. "Look at me!" - Crossword Clue
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• 13. "Can I ___ something?" - Crossword Clue
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• 17. Number of distinct medal events for short track speed skating, in the 2026 Winter Olympics - Crossword Clue
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• 20. ___ Angeles (host city for the 2028 Olympics) - Crossword Clue
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• 22. Flat hat - Crossword Clue
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• 23. "Yes, Captain" - Crossword Clue
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• 25. Palindromic bread - Crossword Clue
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• 27. Beer barrel - Crossword Clue
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• 29. Ran some numbers - Crossword Clue
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• 30. "Minna's ___" (children's book by Louise Gooding about the neurodiverse experience) - Crossword Clue
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• 31. Sci-fi emergency vehicle - Crossword Clue
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• 32. "On another note . . ." - Crossword Clue
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• 33. Goes out with - Crossword Clue
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• 37. "Foundation" actor Pace - Crossword Clue
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• 38. Material used for sketching - Crossword Clue
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• 41. GA's capital - Crossword Clue
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• 43. "Great" animals - Crossword Clue
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• 44. Spot - Crossword Clue
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• 48. TV awards - Crossword Clue
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• 50. "The Flight Attendant" actor Perez - Crossword Clue
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• 52. Golf-ball holders - Crossword Clue
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• 53. 46-Across garment - Crossword Clue
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• 54. Standout athlete at the Olympics - Crossword Clue
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• 55. ___ Lanka - Crossword Clue
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• 57. Promise of payment - Crossword Clue
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• 58. "How goes it?" - Crossword Clue
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• 59. Paramore genre - Crossword Clue
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