USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2023 07 31

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