Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Saturday April 18, 2020.

‘Little Fires Everywhere’ star Witherspoon – REESE
‘Nobody burned down your she ___, Cheryl’ – SHED
‘Oh, OK’ – ISEE
‘The Assistant’ star Julia – GARNER
‘We need to leave’ – LETSGO
2004 or 2016 – YEAROFTHEMONKEY
Actress PenaVega – ALEXA
Animals – BEASTS
Appear outwardly – SEEM
As graceful as ___ – ASWAN
Baseball Hall of Famer Willie – MAYS
Bringing up the rear – LAST
Brown shade – TAN
Bulb holder – LIGHTSOCKET
Business leader, for short – EXEC
Card with entrees – MENU
Carryout coffee cover – LID
Causes to yawn, say – BORES
Counterparts of cons – PROS
Deeply engaged with – INTO
Emotionally unengaged – ALOOF
Enclosed – CASED
Family – KIN
Fat for frying – LARD
Feel sore – ACHE
Fills with wonder – AWES
Fried bread – PURI
Game show prize – CAR
Golfers try to stay under it – PAR
Having a sharp incline – STEEP
Hit with a sharp blow – SWAT
Innovative thought – IDEA
Invite to enter – ASKIN
It might be written before shopping – LIST
Item in Frosty the Snowman’s mouth – CORNCOBPIPE
Journalist Shriver – MARIA
Laundromat appliance – DRYER
Make a mess of – BOTCH
Male cat – TOM
Middle East region often called ‘the cradle of civilization’ – FERTILECRESCENT
N.K. Jemisin’s genre – SCIFI
Narrow valley – GLEN
One of a limerick’s five – LINE
Opposite of beneath – ATOP
Part of a romantic bouquet – ROSE
Pastry at a tea party – SCONE
People in stadium seats – FANS
Performer who might be found funny or scary – CLOWN
Prefix akin to ‘self-‘ – AUTO
Pungent taste – TANG
Random ___ of kindness – ACTS
Rich cake – TORTE
Road surfacing goop – TAR
Sandal or sneaker – SHOE
Simple bed – COT
Singer Marlena – SHAW
Snack for Bugs Bunny – CARROT
Software customer – USER
Some eateries – CAFES
Sound effect in a cave – ECHO
Speak from a lectern, perhaps – ORATE
Stairway segment – STEP
Tablet downloads – APPS
They’re like fogs but thinner – MISTS
They/___ – THEM
To whom the Fresh Prince yelled ‘Smell ya later’ – CABBIE
Toddler’s minor injury – OWIE
Totally prepared – SET
Underpaid employee’s desire – RAISE
Upped the ___ – ANTE
Used to be – WAS
Used to be – WERE
Vacant shelf’s accumulation – DUST
Waist accessory – SASH
Waiting for the next task, say – IDLE
Winter vehicle brand – SNOCAT
___ eclipse – LUNAR
___ pool – GENE