USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2023 07 31

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Openly queer OUT
'And . . .' ALSO
Long span of time EON
BEANIE OR BERET HAT
French Polynesian island TAHITI
'Tickle Me' Muppet ELMO
CRUISE STOPOVERS ISLES
Bat mitzvah figure RABBI
Slush Puppie cousin ICEE
FRUIT-FILLED PASTRY TART
'If it ___ broke . . .' AINT
JOUSTER'S HORSE STEED
SMARTPHONE DOWNLOADS APPS
Gas in Las Vegas signs NEON
BRIDLE STRAPS REINS
FOOT DIGITS TOES
*Minimal bikini bottom GSTRING
*'Country's Most Famous Stage' GRANDOLEOPRY
Last name in 'Evita' PERON
'West Side Story' actress Moreno RITA
Disease largely eradicated by Salk's vaccine POLIO
COAGULATE CLOT
'Sigh . . . oh, well' ALAS
MOUNTAIN LION PUMA
Spot for a clingy pet LAP
SUSPECT'S STORY ALIBI
MAYBE PERHAPS
___ DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL RIO
COURSE OF ACTION PLAN
CHAOTIC SITUATION SNAFU
PRACTICES BOXING SPARS
Helpful professional connections INS
TANDOORI FLATBREAD NAAN
CURRENTLY OCCUPIED INUSE
Luau entree ROASTPIG
RENTER'S AGREEMENT LEASE
Monte Cristo meat HAM
GLOWING RADIANT
BRO'S SIB SIS
'Beats me!' NOCLUE
*Start of many a commandment THOUSHALTNOT
'___ better to have loved and lost . . .' TIS
Clippers' org NBA
Community rec centers YMCAS
AS EASY AS ___ ABC
POSSESS HAVE
College funding source, often LOAN
Ryan Gosling's 'Barbie' role KEN
FOR EACH PER
Boarded, like a bus GOTON
'I wonder . . .' HMM
NBC SKETCH SHOW SNL
MOST AWFUL WORST
Fundraising soiree GALA
'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' genre SCIFI
EXISTENTIAL DREAD ANGST
'For ___ a jolly good fellow' HES
Listened to, like advice HEEDED
PAMPERING PLACE SPA
Abbreviation on an invitation RSVP
DROOPS SAGS
Eggy holiday drink NOG
CAESAR OR WALDORF SALAD
VICTORIOUS TRIUMPHANT
UNEXPECTED VICTORIES UPSETS
WOMEN IN HABITS NUNS
Thin streaks of smoke WISPS
*Disposable coffee pods KCUPS
Squidward's neighbor SPONGEBOB
WILD GUESSES STABS