USA Today 2023 06 12 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
'. . . fingers crossed!'	IHOPE
'30% off' event	SALE
'Also . . .'	AND
'it ___ never going to be okay' (jaye simpson book)	WAS
'OF COURSE!'	YES
'Still I Rise' writer Angelou	MAYA
'What time?'	WHEN
AFFIRMATIVE VOTES	AYES
Awareness ad	PSA
Big vase	URN
BOXER MUHAMMAD	ALI
DAY BEFORE A HOLIDAY	EVE
DO A LAWN CHORE	MOW
DROOP	SAG
EXAM	TEST
EXPERTS	PROS
Figurine in a miniature house	DOLL
HAVE A GO AT	TRY
HAVE A GO AT	ATTEMPT
PLUMBING PIECE	PIPE
ORCHARD FRUIT	APPLE
SNEAKY	SLY
TIME PERIODS	ERAS
HAWAIIAN PARTY	LUAU
SLEEVELESS GARMENT	VEST
SIGN AFTER PISCES	ARIES
FORTUNETELLER'S DECK	TAROT
REBUFF	SPURN
TAI ___	CHI
GREENISH-BLUE SHADE	AQUA
NUMERO ___	UNO
SALON TREATMENTS	MANIPEDIS
MOUNTAIN, IN HAWAIIAN	MAUNA
STAGE OF A PLAN	PHASE
Flip-flop, for example	SANDAL
Fringed hair accessory sometimes made from deerskin	BRAIDWRAP
Get clean in a tub	BATHE
In ASL, it looks similar to a salute	HELLO
Like a slog	TEDIOUS
Opportunity for a second chance at a high school dance	QUEERPROM
Provide percussion by foot	STOMP
SFO predictions	ETAS
Staircase hand bar	RAIL
Started beaming	LITUP
Steamy rooms	SAUNAS
Tom Collins or French 75	GINCOCKTAIL
UPRIGHT	ERECT
UNCOMMON	RARE
___-FORCE WINDS	GALE
___ AND ENDS	ODDS
UTAH'S CAPITAL, FOR SHORT	SLC
Translation of 17-Across	ONE
Tree consumed by bark beetles	ELM
Winter Games equipment attached to boots	SKIS
Work from ___	HOME
Writers of odes	POETS
___ and flowing	EBBING
Shape of a kiwi	OVAL
Metallic resource	ORE
Navajo house	HOGAN
School fundraising grp	PTA
STUFF FROM A VOLCANO	LAVA
Solid, liquid, ___	GAS
HIGH-FIVE SOUNDS	SLAPS
CAUSE TO TOPPLE	UPEND

'. . . fingers crossed!'

IHOPE

'30% off' event

SALE

'Also . . .'

AND

'it ___ never going to be okay' (jaye simpson book)

WAS

'OF COURSE!'

YES

'Still I Rise' writer Angelou

MAYA