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

SHORT HAIRCUT

BOB

ChapStick, e.g

LIPBALM

Carbon-rich rock

COAL