USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2023 05 26

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