USA Today 2023 07 31 - Crossword Answers

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

POSSESS

HAVE

NBC SKETCH SHOW

SNL

Ryan Gosling's 'Barbie' role

KEN

FOR EACH

PER

AS EASY AS ___

ABC

Boarded, like a bus

GOTON