USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2023 09 26

crossword answers
Clue Answer
JUSTIFICATION REASON
SLIMY CREATURE SLUG
UNHAPPY SAD
TIBET'S CAPITAL LHASA
President Barbie portrayer Rae ISSA
Consideration when choosing a tampon size FLOW
Like long odds SLIM
Coffee in some martinis ESPRESSO
Not bad, not great SOSO
Salsa or tango, for example PARTNERDANCE
Beauty superstore ULTA
Fuse, like metal WELD
'YOU GOT IT!' YES
HORSE'S MOM MARE
Soul singer Bridges LEON
'While we're ___ . . .' ATIT
Runner's best times (Abbr.) PRS
LAPTOP PORT LETTERS USB
Come into your own BLOSSOM
GARDENING TOOLS HOES
www.picturingblackhistory.___ ORG
Candlelit meal, perhaps DINNERDATE
Met Gala outfit, often DESIGNERDRESS
Draw for some Berlin tourists ARTSCENE
Starry competitor SPRITE
Lifeguards are certified in it CPR
FISH TANK GUNK SCUM
Shares gossip SPILLS
Like radioactive isotopes UNSTABLE
Lawyers' org ABA
TOFU BEANCURD
MINIVAN ALTERNATIVE SUV
TIMID MEEK
ROAD TRIP STOPOVER INN
SAY FROM MEMORY RECITE
HORSE'S DAD SIRE
SHRIMP RELATIVE PRAWN
Writers' collaborators (Abbr.) EDS
Items on a janitor's ring KEYS
'Solo: A Star Wars Story' actress Kellyman ERIN
Tobiko or masago ROE
Majestic deer ELK
Septum hoops, navel rings, etc BODYJEWELRY
Words to a butterfly released from a net GOFREE
OPPOSITE OF UNDERS OVERS
SLIGHTLY OPEN AJAR
REGION AREA
UNEXCITING BLAH
Chris Paul's league NBA
FOLLOW ORDERS COMPLY
Person you might say 'I don't know her' about RANDO
'This is bad!' OHNO
In groups of two PAIREDUP
Mention in a bibliography CITE
D.C.'S SUBWAY SYSTEM METRO
SPLIT ___ SOUP PEA
Reacted to injustice, perhaps RIOTED
Awards season nod, for short NOM