USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2023 05 26

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