USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2023 05 26

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