USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2023 07 31

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