USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2023 05 26

crossword answers
Clue Answer
ACT AS A GO-BETWEEN LIAISE
'An ___ to Bats' (Gertrude Sturdle poem) ODE
Poles for sails MASTS
SNOW MONSTER YETI
Girl, in Spanish CHICA
AirPod, for example EARBUD
HAWAIIAN DANCE HULA
SUCCESSFUL SONGS HITS
H.S. exams for college credit APS
Second word of a rhyming nickname for a Bay Area city FRAN
Musician like Nikhil Banerjee SITARIST
'Funny!' HAH
Turnable control KNOB
MAILED SENT
REMOVE FROM A SACK UNBAG
STRONG DESIRE LUST
GET OUT OF BED RISE
'Go ahead, see if ___!' ICARE
EXTRA BONUS
DEEP, NARROW VALLEY RAVINE
Tree rings are used to measure it AGE
___ VERA ALOE
THROW OUT SCRAP
THROW OUT TOSS
Simple and stylish ELEGANT
ACCUMULATE OVER TIME ACCRUE
Distorts beyond recognition WARPS
Fan's unconfirmed interpretation of a character or story HEADCANON
'___, como estas?' HOLA
Salty solution for soaking food BRINE
___'s Pieces REESE
Scalp bug LOUSE
UNTROUBLED SERENE
UNTROUBLED ATEASE
LIKE PASTEL COLORS PALE
'Choose ___!' WISELY
Unavoidable future FATE
STEP BETWEEN FLOORS STAIR
Upper-right icon on a shopping website CART
Iconic female singer DIVA
Kindergartner's golden reward STAR
Head of a company CEO
STAIRCASE RAIL BANISTER
HAPPEN OCCUR
AID AND ___ ABET
REALLY BUGS IRKS
'Sounds good!' IMIN
SPRANG LEAPT
2015 movie whose title is a fruit TANGERINE
VOICEMAIL SOUND BEEP
Showed generosity SHARED
Windowsills, for example LEDGES
GOES ON TO SAY ADDS
Word after 'slinky' or 'babydoll' DRESS
CONSTRUCTS ERECTS
MOST UNCOMMON RAREST
Performed in a scene ACTED
DRESS REHEARSAL PRACTICERUN