USA Today 2023 09 01 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
'Fine, be ___ way'	THAT
'The ___ Who Stay and Fight' (N.K. Jemisin short story)	ONES
Basket for cooking pork buns	STEAMER
PULLED TIGHT	TAUT
SHORT HAIRCUT	BOB
ChapStick, e.g	LIPBALM
Carbon-rich rock	COAL
ALIENS (ABBR.)	ETS
'MAMMA MIA!' GROUP	ABBA
'KNOCK IT OFF!'	STOP
Costly mistakes	FATALERRORS
ALERT	WARN
BAR SEAT	STOOL
Kettuvallam or kayak	BOAT
Kick off behind schedule	STARTLATE
Kyrgyz shelter	YURT
Camping gear chain	REI
IMPLICITLY UNDERSTOOD	TACIT
Like Lebanon and Egypt	ARAB
Loaner cars	RENTALS
Austin, Texas, time zone	CST
Abuelita's name in 'Coco'	ELENA
Mochi-making tool	MALLET
Prefix for 'center' or 'gram'	EPI
Reward for a good pup	TREAT
Small particle studied by Maria Goeppert Mayer	ATOM
'Dude!'	BRO
'A few days ___ . . .'	AGO
'Will you allow me?'	MAYI
INDIA PALE ___	ALE
SKIN CONDITION	ACNE
RAGE	IRE
FAIRY TALE CREATURE	OGRE
RESIDES	DWELLS
'Glass Onion' director Johnson	RIAN
Stephanie Allynne, to Tig Notaro	WIFE
Tianjin's continent	ASIA
Cowgirl's workplace	CATTLERANCH
Word before 'tag' or 'pointer'	LASER
___ Lung ('Kung Fu Panda' villain)	TAI
'Highway to Hell' band	ACDC
Jean-___ Picard	LUC
Seasonal workers	TEMPS
Forest Park's city, for short	STL
NO. 2 (ABBR.)	ASST
RANGE BELOW SOPRANO	ALTO
HALLOWEEN ANIMAL	BAT
FREE PASSES IN TOURNAMENTS	BYES
DIAL-UP PIONEER	AOL
Formal outfit	TUX
Lady Gaga wore one made of $100 bills	BOA
lambdalegal.org, for example	URL
Legendary person	ICON
SNOOTY PERSON	SNOB
Malcolm X in 'Malcolm X'	TITLEROLE
TRUMPET METAL	BRASS
Stonewall Inn, e.g	BAR
Milk or formula container for an infant	BABYBOTTLE
___ alla vodka	PENNE
FACE-PLANTED	ATEDIRT
DOCTORAL HURDLES	THESES
___ MIGNON	FILET
STREAK OF SMOKE	WISP
___ FRIDAYS	TGI
OLYMPIC SLEDS	LUGES
Stamp on an egg carton	SELLBYDATE
V close buds	BFFS
Spanish for 'now'	AHORA

'Fine, be ___ way'

THAT

'The ___ Who Stay and Fight' (N.K. Jemisin short story)

ONES

Basket for cooking pork buns

STEAMER

PULLED TIGHT

TAUT

SHORT HAIRCUT

BOB

ChapStick, e.g

LIPBALM