USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2023 05 26

crossword answers
Clue Answer
STAIRCASE RAIL BANISTER
HAWAIIAN DANCE HULA
Fan's unconfirmed interpretation of a character or story HEADCANON
AirPod, for example EARBUD
2015 movie whose title is a fruit TANGERINE
'Go ahead, see if ___!' ICARE
'Funny!' HAH
'An ___ to Bats' (Gertrude Sturdle poem) ODE
'Choose ___!' WISELY
THROW OUT TOSS
CONSTRUCTS ERECTS
ACCUMULATE OVER TIME ACCRUE
ACT AS A GO-BETWEEN LIAISE
Iconic female singer DIVA
Kindergartner's golden reward STAR
Distorts beyond recognition WARPS
HAPPEN OCCUR
Poles for sails MASTS
'Sounds good!' IMIN
DEEP, NARROW VALLEY RAVINE
Showed generosity SHARED
THROW OUT SCRAP
Tree rings are used to measure it AGE
Turnable control KNOB
Unavoidable future FATE
Upper-right icon on a shopping website CART
Scalp bug LOUSE
EXTRA BONUS
Second word of a rhyming nickname for a Bay Area city FRAN
Word after 'slinky' or 'babydoll' DRESS
Simple and stylish ELEGANT
DRESS REHEARSAL PRACTICERUN
STEP BETWEEN FLOORS STAIR
STRONG DESIRE LUST
GET OUT OF BED RISE
SUCCESSFUL SONGS HITS
SNOW MONSTER YETI
AID AND ___ ABET
GOES ON TO SAY ADDS
MAILED SENT
LIKE PASTEL COLORS PALE
SPRANG LEAPT
VOICEMAIL SOUND BEEP
Girl, in Spanish CHICA
H.S. exams for college credit APS
UNTROUBLED SERENE
Head of a company CEO
___ VERA ALOE
___'s Pieces REESE
Musician like Nikhil Banerjee SITARIST
Performed in a scene ACTED
UNTROUBLED ATEASE
'___, como estas?' HOLA
Windowsills, for example LEDGES
MOST UNCOMMON RAREST
REMOVE FROM A SACK UNBAG
REALLY BUGS IRKS
Salty solution for soaking food BRINE