Crosswords have been an extremely popular enjoyment for millions of people across the world, with the first crossword being published in the early 1900s and have since only increased in popularity and difficulty. USA Today as a publication was founded in 1982, with the first day of issue being on September 15, 1982, however more recently expanded with an international print edition, which was launched on July 10, 1984, being printed in countries such as England, Belgium, Germany, Hong Kong, and more.
The USA Today Crossword is one of the most popular crosswords in the United States and played by millions every single month. The publisher releases a new crossword every day, along with several other games on their puzzle section of the website. All of which are definitely worth checking out if you’ve only ever played the daily crossword.
As with any crossword though, the USA Today Crossword can be as difficult as it can be fun, due to the breadth of knowledge required to know all of the categories within the clues. We are here to help with that though and have all of the USA Today Crossword Clues and Answers for December 5 2022, to either help you onto the next clue, or finish the puzzle for the day ahead of tomorrow.
USA Today Crossword Clues and Answers for December 5 2022
We have collated all of today’s clues below, you will need to click into each clue to view the answer, but feel free to come back to this page to cross-reference any of the clues if you need a helping hand.
- Baking powder amts.
- Catch
- Lends a hand
- Three-syllable purple berry
- Got older
- Inbox contents
- What the Myers-Briggs test reveals
- ___ egg soup (Laotian dish)
- Herringbone or paisley
- Stitch
- In vogue
- Android competitor
- Lair for a bear
- Knee part for short
- ___ else is new?
- Country with the most Hebrew speakers
- Owned
- I’m keeping my options ___
- Like some dorms
- Photoshop company
- Cookie dipped in milk
- Muscles strengthened by planking
- Hand that beats a full house
- ___ spray
- Actress Streep
- ___ Culturistas (Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers podcast)
- Bath bar
- File format developed by 42-Across
- Red (___) (2021 album)
- Mined resource
- Light-sensitive eye part
- Chimney powder
- Steeped drink
- Goes too fast
- ___ TV (network for women of color)
- In one ___ and out the other
- The A in MFA
- Norwegian capital
- Spanish small plates
- How some animals mark their territory
- Festive outfit
- Member of the fam
- Grannies
- Mystery writer Christie
- Taekwondo rank indicator
- Watch it bud!
- CPR pro
- Sets down
- Object in a 1929 Magritte painting (or not)
- Whole bunch
- Monopoly cube
- Express a view
- Prefix between bi- and quad-
- Go down like a ___ balloon
- Trembled
- Washing the dishes for one
- Work
- Annual cry after pulling a prank
- Lovergirl singer Marie
- Leave it to me
- Noodles sometimes served with tsuyu sauce
- ___ Gan Ma (chili oil brand)
- Go against
- Agrees wordlessly
- Word before fire or diving
- Absolutely astounds
- Swiss mountains
- Language in the film CODA
- Pupusa relative
- Genre that gave birth to house music
- Reusable grocery bag
- Length x width for a rectangle
- Once around the sun
- The Sympathizer author ___ Thanh Nguyen
- Concludes
- Dorm overseers
- Pere ___ (French Santa)
- ___ close to call
If you found this guide useful, we also cover many other crosswords within our Crossword Clues section of the website. We’ll also be back tomorrow with further clues and answers for the USA Today Crossword and many more of your favourite crosswords and puzzles.