USA Today 2022 09 27 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
BATON ___, LOUISIANA	ROUGE
Actor ___ Abdul-Mateen II	YAHYA
AS WELL	ALSO
C-suite head	CEO
'Yet to Come' K-pop band	BTS
'That's gotta hurt'	OUCH
'Such a pity . . .'	ALAS
2016 RIHANNA ALBUM	ANTI
AND SO ON (ABBR.)	ETC
'What ___ is new?'	ELSE
Blu-ray shape	DISC
DOUBLE-REED INSTRUMENT	OBOE
Grain used in onigiri	RICE
ROYAL DECREE	EDICT
Konbini currency	YEN
NOT AL FRESCO	INDOOR
Nasal rinse target	SINUS
Alternative to a trackpad	MOUSE
'Sounds good!'	YES
'That's gotta hurt'	OOF
Hiddleston or Holland	TOM
Place to rest in an RPG	INN
Rugby scoring attempt	TRY
Mega Millions is one	LOTTO
Satellite's trajectory	ORBIT
Nickname for Ariana Grande	ARI
'I'll have what ___ having'	SHES
'Golden goal' periods, for short	OTS
'Bendito ___ Dios'	SEA
POSTPONES	DEFERS
FASHIONABLE	CHIC
SHARPEN	HONE
Suffix for 'major'	ETTE
Tax form IDs, for short	SSNS
Unlayered hairstyle	BLUNTCUT
FIX ILLEGALLY	RIG
COMMENCES	STARTS
'Oh, OK'	ISEE
DRYER DEBRIS	LINT
REALLY LIKING	INTO
NOT OFTEN SEEN	RARE
Free of danger	SAFE
Nerf darts, for example	AMMO
Rideshare app stat	ETA
Surgical areas, for short	ORS
DH'S STATS	RBIS
Prefix for 'mural'	INTRA
Publicly support	ENDORSE
Part of a question mark	DOT
SPIDER'S TRAP	WEB
New ___ (user of healing crystals)	AGER
Coffee'd up	WIRED
UNQUESTIONABLE	TRUE
Doodling during a lecture, for example	BOREDSTIFF
Fish in unagi no kabayaki	EEL
Place to get local crowd support	HOMETURF
Sans commercial interruptions	ADFREE
Some egg layers	HENS
CAMPFIRE TREATS	SMORES
Goes off-script	ADLIBS
___ GRAS	MARDI
TAKES A LOAD OFF	SITS
Words of emotional support	ICARE

BATON ___, LOUISIANA

ROUGE

Actor ___ Abdul-Mateen II

YAHYA

AS WELL

ALSO

C-suite head

CEO

'Yet to Come' K-pop band

BTS

'That's gotta hurt'

OUCH