USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2023 07 31

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