USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2023 08 24

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Message like 'You've just won a free cruise!' probably SCAM
OPTIMAL IDEAL
BIG LAUGHS YUKS
'Glad to hear it' GOOD
'You're it!' game TAG
___ Up (AIDS advocacy group) ACT
Steamy stories EROTICA
INITIAL POKER PAYMENT ANTE
Black church letters AME
Canadian shoe chain ALDO
JUST A SINGLE TIME ONLYONCE
FOREARM BONE ULNA
'Jolene' singer Parton DOLLY
WISE PEOPLE SAGES
TOP-TIER ELITE
Direct a vehicle STEER
LOVE TO PIECES ADORE
Aunt ___ (euphemism for a period) FLO
CHUNK OF HISTORY ERA
Social influence CLOUT
Two-time star of 'iCarly' MIRANDACOSGROVE
'No Scrubs' group TLC
Lavishly celebrated FETED
USE A COLANDER STRAIN
Smoked Polish sausage KIELBASA
HYPNOTIC STATE TRANCE
Stuffed snack at a Jewish deli KNISH
FORMERLY NAMED NEE
'Darn it' RATS
SIMPLICITY EASE
RADIO DIAL KNOB
LARGE TUBS VATS
HAWK'S CLAW TALON
'Wise' bird OWL
'Nuestra Senora de ___ Iguanas' (Graciela Iturbide photo) LAS
WANDERERS NOMADS
'I've got it!' EUREKA
'I've got it!' AHA
ROAD GOOP TAR
DELIVERY VEHICLE VAN
'Ciao!' LATER
STILL KICKING ALIVE
Fantasy football numbers STATS
Frog's buddy in kid lit TOAD
YELLOWFIN TUNA AHI
BEAVER'S CREATION DAM
Major religion in Indonesia ISLAM
BACKSIDE REAR
One might include shows in L.A. and NYC USTOUR
PASS INTO LAW ENACT
UNWELL ILL
SEVERE STERN
ANGRY MAD
PSEUDONYM ALIAS
FORTUNE TELLER ORACLE
Two-player card game WAR
Like some coffee DECAF
MAIL OUT SEND
'___ be my pleasure!' ITD
Pale purple flower LILAC
'Bonnie & ___' (2011 Broadway musical) CLYDE
Animal measured in hands HORSE
Like many AUREA volunteers, for short ARO