USA Today 2023 07 31 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
BEANIE OR BERET	HAT
Bat mitzvah figure	RABBI
'___ better to have loved and lost . . .'	TIS
PAMPERING PLACE	SPA
'For ___ a jolly good fellow'	HES
'West Side Story' actress Moreno	RITA
*'Country's Most Famous Stage'	GRANDOLEOPRY
*Disposable coffee pods	KCUPS
*Minimal bikini bottom	GSTRING
*Start of many a commandment	THOUSHALTNOT
AS EASY AS ___	ABC
'Tickle Me' Muppet	ELMO
MOST AWFUL	WORST
Abbreviation on an invitation	RSVP
'Sigh . . . oh, well'	ALAS
'If it ___ broke . . .'	AINT
EXISTENTIAL DREAD	ANGST
Disease largely eradicated by Salk's vaccine	POLIO
'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' genre	SCIFI
'I wonder . . .'	HMM
Helpful professional connections	INS
'Beats me!'	NOCLUE
'And . . .'	ALSO
Boarded, like a bus	GOTON
Monte Cristo meat	HAM
Openly queer	OUT
FOR EACH	PER
CAESAR OR WALDORF	SALAD
TANDOORI FLATBREAD	NAAN
DROOPS	SAGS
MOUNTAIN LION	PUMA
GLOWING	RADIANT
VICTORIOUS	TRIUMPHANT
CRUISE STOPOVERS	ISLES
FRUIT-FILLED PASTRY	TART
College funding source, often	LOAN
COURSE OF ACTION	PLAN
BRO'S SIB	SIS
FOOT DIGITS	TOES
Ryan Gosling's 'Barbie' role	KEN
COAGULATE	CLOT
Spot for a clingy pet	LAP
French Polynesian island	TAHITI
POSSESS	HAVE
PRACTICES BOXING	SPARS
RENTER'S AGREEMENT	LEASE
SUSPECT'S STORY	ALIBI
MAYBE	PERHAPS
Last name in 'Evita'	PERON
SMARTPHONE DOWNLOADS	APPS
Listened to, like advice	HEEDED
NBC SKETCH SHOW	SNL
CURRENTLY OCCUPIED	INUSE
CHAOTIC SITUATION	SNAFU
Long span of time	EON
BRIDLE STRAPS	REINS
Clippers' org	NBA
UNEXPECTED VICTORIES	UPSETS
Fundraising soiree	GALA
JOUSTER'S HORSE	STEED
Gas in Las Vegas signs	NEON
Slush Puppie cousin	ICEE
___ DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL	RIO
WOMEN IN HABITS	NUNS
WILD GUESSES	STABS
Community rec centers	YMCAS
Eggy holiday drink	NOG
Thin streaks of smoke	WISPS
Squidward's neighbor	SPONGEBOB
Luau entree	ROASTPIG

BEANIE OR BERET

HAT

Bat mitzvah figure

RABBI

'___ better to have loved and lost . . .'

TIS

PAMPERING PLACE

SPA

'For ___ a jolly good fellow'

HES

'West Side Story' actress Moreno

RITA