USA Today 2023 09 07 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Confirms it	SAYSSO
HAND OUT CARDS	DEAL
PART OF A RACE	LAP
Bits of lore	MYTHS
CALLS UP	PHONES
Cher's character in 'Burlesque'	TESS
CITATION ABBREVIATION	ETAL
'The Summer I Turned ___' (Jenny Han book and TV series)	PRETTY
'The One' in 'The Matrix'	NEO
'Star Wars' actor Guinness	ALEC
'Bald' birds of prey	EAGLES
BATTING STAT	RBI
BABY GOAT	KID
'You get me?'	CATCHMYDRIFT
'I GET IT NOW!'	AHA
DISPARAGING	SNIDE
'L.A.'s Finest' actress Jessica	ALBA
CLOSE-UP MAP SECTION	INSET
'Oy vey,' in German	ACH
Leo Sheng's character in 'The L Word: Generation Q'	MICAH
'No worries'	ITSOK
'Industry Baby' rapper Lil ___ X	NAS
Novelist and poet Figiel	SIA
Pair on a bicycle	TIRES
HILTON COMPETITOR	HYATT
Prefix for 'resort' or 'tourism'	ECO
Mini eggs and marshmallow Peeps, e.g	EASTERCANDY
FURIOUS	IRATE
FUNDAMENTALLY	INESSENCE
FEDEX ALTERNATIVE	UPS
Count Basie and Duke Ellington, for two	BANDLEADERS
Excuse to kiss at Christmas	MISTLETOE
Info texted after 'omw,' maybe	ETA
Part of a closet or armoire	DOOR
Nullifies, like a transaction	VOIDS
PHYSICIAN, INFORMALLY	DOC
MUNCHED ON	ATE
IMPLORED	PLED
POETIC TRIBUTE	ODE
___ colada (nonalcoholic cocktail)	NADA
Implant firmly	EMBED
Like bad apples	MEALY
LAKE BETWEEN OHIO AND ONTARIO	ERIE
LA ___ TAR PITS	BREA
Prefix for 'dynamic'	AERO
Crank up, like an engine	REV
HEROIC TALES	SAGAS
TOOK A LOAD OFF	SAT
NOTABLE PERIOD	ERA
PRICE	COST
UPPER HOUSE OF CONGRESS	SENATE
FANCY VASE	URN
GROUP OF COWS	HERD
Paramore's genre	EMO
Service animal for some visually impaired people	SEEINGEYEDOG
Reel Big Fish genre	SKA
Ctrl Alt ___	DEL
UNO Y UNO	DOS
UC Berkeley, for short	CAL
Slide or flip-flop	BACKLESSSANDAL
Tappable smartphone symbol	ICON
DEETS	INFO
SEWING LINE	SEAM
PRINTED	ISSUED
SHORT SNOOZE	NAP
New Haven college	YALE
Nuggets' org	NBA
___ up (invigorates)	PEPS

Confirms it

SAYSSO

HAND OUT CARDS

DEAL

PART OF A RACE

LAP

Bits of lore

MYTHS

CALLS UP

PHONES

Cher's character in 'Burlesque'

TESS