USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2023 07 31

crossword answers
Clue Answer
MOUNTAIN LION PUMA
SUSPECT'S STORY ALIBI
Spot for a clingy pet LAP
'Sigh . . . oh, well' ALAS
MAYBE PERHAPS
COAGULATE CLOT
Disease largely eradicated by Salk's vaccine POLIO
___ DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL RIO
CRUISE STOPOVERS ISLES
Bat mitzvah figure RABBI
French Polynesian island TAHITI
BEANIE OR BERET HAT
Long span of time EON
'And . . .' ALSO
Openly queer OUT
Slush Puppie cousin ICEE
'Tickle Me' Muppet ELMO
BRO'S SIB SIS
Community rec centers YMCAS
GLOWING RADIANT
Monte Cristo meat HAM
'Beats me!' NOCLUE
RENTER'S AGREEMENT LEASE
*Start of many a commandment THOUSHALTNOT
Clippers' org NBA
'___ better to have loved and lost . . .' TIS
NBC SKETCH SHOW SNL
Ryan Gosling's 'Barbie' role KEN
Abbreviation on an invitation RSVP
DROOPS SAGS
Eggy holiday drink NOG
CAESAR OR WALDORF SALAD
VICTORIOUS TRIUMPHANT
UNEXPECTED VICTORIES UPSETS
WOMEN IN HABITS NUNS
*Disposable coffee pods KCUPS
PAMPERING PLACE SPA
Listened to, like advice HEEDED
FOR EACH PER
Boarded, like a bus GOTON
College funding source, often LOAN
'I wonder . . .' HMM
POSSESS HAVE
AS EASY AS ___ ABC
Thin streaks of smoke WISPS
JOUSTER'S HORSE STEED
BRIDLE STRAPS REINS
'West Side Story' actress Moreno RITA
Gas in Las Vegas signs NEON
SMARTPHONE DOWNLOADS APPS
*Minimal bikini bottom GSTRING
*'Country's Most Famous Stage' GRANDOLEOPRY
'If it ___ broke . . .' AINT
Last name in 'Evita' PERON
FRUIT-FILLED PASTRY TART
FOOT DIGITS TOES
'For ___ a jolly good fellow' HES
EXISTENTIAL DREAD ANGST
Squidward's neighbor SPONGEBOB
'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' genre SCIFI
Fundraising soiree GALA
WILD GUESSES STABS
MOST AWFUL WORST
CHAOTIC SITUATION SNAFU
CURRENTLY OCCUPIED INUSE
TANDOORI FLATBREAD NAAN
Helpful professional connections INS
PRACTICES BOXING SPARS
COURSE OF ACTION PLAN
Luau entree ROASTPIG