Showers someone with affection Crossword Clue

Looking for the answer to “Showers someone with affection” from the USA Today crossword of November 26, 2024? It has 5 letters. Flip the tiles one at a time, try a hint first, or look through the rest of that puzzle.

Crossword answer

USA TODAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2024

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Hints

Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.

Hint 1 Meaning

Hint 2 Anagram

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More clues from the USA Today (November 26, 2024)

Across

1. Beauty queen's accessory
5. "No ___, ands or buts"
8. Spot of land in a lake
12. In the wee hours of the morning
13. Winery vessel
14. Prepares vegetables
16. Censor sound
17. Prefix for "friendly" and "feminism"
18. Spine-tingling
19. Fictional shepherd with missing sheep
21. Proof that something is true
23. Attack like a turtle
24. Showers someone with affection
26. To-do list item
27. Cord for a collar
29. Keep from unraveling
31. Wrathful
34. Bird in a coop
36. Lessen, like rain
40. Emerged from a dream
41. "Te ___ por siempre"
42. Constellation points
43. Natural gift
45. Lets go of harmful teachings
47. "Como ___ usted?"
48. Valuable trait
50. Misplaced
51. Honeycomb homes
54. Enter a phone number
56. High card in a royal flush
57. Not suitable
62. Ray of light a cat might bask in
64. Emit, like heat
66. Make shoes from plastic waste, for example
67. One of five on a 5-year-old's birthday cake
68. So-so
69. ___ Talks
70. Gets down for gardening work

Down

1. Place to go platinum
2. Venezuelan corn cake
3. Get some good deep rest
4. Puffery
5. "___ had it up to here!"
6. Accept consequences
7. Frying pan spot
8. Like many summertime drinks
9. Thin pieces of steel
10. "Everrrything" artist Simpson
11. Sprawling tales
12. Recedes to the sea
15. Go questing for
20. Smooching on a bus, for short
22. ". . . kinda sorta"
25. Worker safety org.
28. Garden Lilith was banished from
30. "What ___ is new?"
31. In the wee hours of the night
32. "___ gonna say that!"
33. Battery unit
35. "Not in a million years"
37. Root vegetable in mumu
38. Coffee dispensers
39. Quiet "Hey!"
44. ___ kwon do
46. Cell service letters
49. Made to feel humiliated
52. Vote in
53. Sarra Idris and Alek Wek's home country
54. Swindle
55. Move like a caterpillar
58. First digit in West Coast ZIP codes
59. Dwindle
60. "___ be fine"
61. "Graphic" tops
62. Addition total
63. "Pale" or "amber" beer
65. Sound of dismay

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Questions

What is the answer to “Showers someone with affection”?

DOTES, 5 letters: to show excessive affection.

When was “Showers someone with affection” last seen in a crossword?

In the USA Today crossword of November 26, 2024.

How many letters does the answer have?

5 letters, starting with D.