USA Today 2023 08 05 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
DID LAPS	SWAM
TRY AGAIN	REDO
'OK, fair point'	TOUCHE
Carry on and on	RANT
ASSIGNED STARS TO	RATED
___ PAULO, BRAZIL	SAO
SHAKESPEAREAN KING	LEAR
RAISON D'___	ETRE
Popular tabletop role-playing game (Abbr.)	DND
'YEAH, RIGHT!'	PFFT
Locs or box braids, e.g	HAIRSTYLE
Hit up privately on IG	DMED
'I just took a ___ test, turns out I'm 100% . . .'	DNA
Contents of some balloons	HOTAIR
Response to a relatable meme	ITME
THWACK	HIT
Third-largest land mammals	HIPPOS
Bhindi fry veggie	OKRA
Bleating females	EWES
HELD ON TO	KEPT
TAKES A LOAD OFF	SITS
Patti LaBelle genre	SOUL
EVADES	ELUDES
Bureaucratic nuisance	REDTAPE
'___ National Fall-Madly-In-Love-Day' (Mindy Nettifee poem)	ITS
MOST SUGARY	SWEETEST
Old-timey pronoun	THEE
'OK, so my victory wasn't exactly legit . . .'	ICHEATED
Off-roading vehicle	ATV
DELIVER A SPEECH	ORATE
KOREAN MARTIAL ART	TAEKWONDO
WANDER OFF COURSE	STRAY
'Namely . . .'	TOWIT
NOT AS MANY	FEWER
'Ho-ho-ho' speaker	SANTA
___ City (nickname for Detroit)	MOTOR
MEASURING STICKS	RULERS
Cave sound effect	ECHO
MODEL BUNDCHEN	GISELE
BRONTE'S JANE	EYRE
'Ciao!'	TATA
PLAYFUL MARINE MAMMAL	OTTER
'LITTLE PIGGY'	TOE
'So cute!'	AWW
POETIC TRIBUTES	ODES
Taboo subject	NONO
Civil rights activist Korematsu	FRED
SOUND ON A DAIRY FARM	MOO
Layered veggies	ONIONS
'THAT'S SO TRUE!'	AMEN
Sound from a territorial cat	HISS
GROUP OF EIGHT	OCTET
MUSIC PLAYER	STEREO
CITY IN NEW MEXICO	TAOS
SOUND OF RELAXATION	AHH
Black ___ (DC character)	ADAM
Website for crafters	ETSY
___ Jones (Doctor Who companion)	MARTHA
'NOW I GET IT!'	OHH
Document covering significant career achievements	CURRICULUMVITAE
WATER-FILLED DITCH AROUND A CASTLE	MOAT
SPOIL	MAR
Prefix for 'space'	AERO
EGYPTIAN BOY KING	TUT
'No issues on my end!'	IMCOOL
Sharp ___ tack	ASA

DID LAPS

SWAM

TRY AGAIN

REDO

'OK, fair point'

TOUCHE

Carry on and on

RANT

ASSIGNED STARS TO

RATED

___ PAULO, BRAZIL

SAO