USA Today 2023 08 24 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
___ Up (AIDS advocacy group)	ACT
'Glad to hear it'	GOOD
BIG LAUGHS	YUKS
OPTIMAL	IDEAL
'You're it!' game	TAG
Message like 'You've just won a free cruise!' probably	SCAM
Like many AUREA volunteers, for short	ARO
Canadian shoe chain	ALDO
Black church letters	AME
INITIAL POKER PAYMENT	ANTE
Like some coffee	DECAF
Steamy stories	EROTICA
DELIVERY VEHICLE	VAN
'Ciao!'	LATER
Frog's buddy in kid lit	TOAD
HYPNOTIC STATE	TRANCE
FORMERLY NAMED	NEE
'Darn it'	RATS
SIMPLICITY	EASE
HAWK'S CLAW	TALON
RADIO DIAL	KNOB
LARGE TUBS	VATS
'Wise' bird	OWL
Stuffed snack at a Jewish deli	KNISH
Fantasy football numbers	STATS
STILL KICKING	ALIVE
ROAD GOOP	TAR
'I've got it!'	AHA
'I've got it!'	EUREKA
WANDERERS	NOMADS
'Nuestra Senora de ___ Iguanas' (Graciela Iturbide photo)	LAS
Social influence	CLOUT
Lavishly celebrated	FETED
USE A COLANDER	STRAIN
Smoked Polish sausage	KIELBASA
'No Scrubs' group	TLC
Two-time star of 'iCarly'	MIRANDACOSGROVE
CHUNK OF HISTORY	ERA
Aunt ___ (euphemism for a period)	FLO
LOVE TO PIECES	ADORE
Direct a vehicle	STEER
BACKSIDE	REAR
PASS INTO LAW	ENACT
Two-player card game	WAR
PSEUDONYM	ALIAS
UNWELL	ILL
MAIL OUT	SEND
'Bonnie & ___' (2011 Broadway musical)	CLYDE
FORTUNE TELLER	ORACLE
SEVERE	STERN
Animal measured in hands	HORSE
ANGRY	MAD
Pale purple flower	LILAC
'___ be my pleasure!'	ITD
One might include shows in L.A. and NYC	USTOUR
Major religion in Indonesia	ISLAM
BEAVER'S CREATION	DAM
YELLOWFIN TUNA	AHI
TOP-TIER	ELITE
WISE PEOPLE	SAGES
'Jolene' singer Parton	DOLLY
FOREARM BONE	ULNA
JUST A SINGLE TIME	ONLYONCE

___ Up (AIDS advocacy group)

ACT

'Glad to hear it'

GOOD

BIG LAUGHS

YUKS

OPTIMAL

IDEAL

'You're it!' game

TAG

Message like 'You've just won a free cruise!' probably

SCAM