USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2023 09 01

crossword answers
Clue Answer
PULLED TIGHT TAUT
SHORT HAIRCUT BOB
Carbon-rich rock COAL
Basket for cooking pork buns STEAMER
BAR SEAT STOOL
Austin, Texas, time zone CST
ALERT WARN
Abuelita's name in 'Coco' ELENA
'Will you allow me?' MAYI
'The ___ Who Stay and Fight' (N.K. Jemisin short story) ONES
'KNOCK IT OFF!' STOP
'Fine, be ___ way' THAT
IMPLICITLY UNDERSTOOD TACIT
ChapStick, e.g LIPBALM
FAIRY TALE CREATURE OGRE
RAGE IRE
Forest Park's city, for short STL
Kettuvallam or kayak BOAT
Kyrgyz shelter YURT
Lady Gaga wore one made of $100 bills BOA
Like Lebanon and Egypt ARAB
Loaner cars RENTALS
Malcolm X in 'Malcolm X' TITLEROLE
Milk or formula container for an infant BABYBOTTLE
Mochi-making tool MALLET
Prefix for 'center' or 'gram' EPI
Reward for a good pup TREAT
Small particle studied by Maria Goeppert Mayer ATOM
SKIN CONDITION ACNE
INDIA PALE ___ ALE
ALIENS (ABBR.) ETS
'MAMMA MIA!' GROUP ABBA
'Dude!' BRO
'A few days ___ . . .' AGO
HALLOWEEN ANIMAL BAT
Stephanie Allynne, to Tig Notaro WIFE
Tianjin's continent ASIA
V close buds BFFS
Word before 'tag' or 'pointer' LASER
___ Lung ('Kung Fu Panda' villain) TAI
RESIDES DWELLS
'Glass Onion' director Johnson RIAN
OLYMPIC SLEDS LUGES
Seasonal workers TEMPS
DOCTORAL HURDLES THESES
NO. 2 (ABBR.) ASST
RANGE BELOW SOPRANO ALTO
FREE PASSES IN TOURNAMENTS BYES
DIAL-UP PIONEER AOL
Formal outfit TUX
SNOOTY PERSON SNOB
___ MIGNON FILET
'Highway to Hell' band ACDC
STREAK OF SMOKE WISP
TRUMPET METAL BRASS
Stonewall Inn, e.g BAR
Legendary person ICON
Spanish for 'now' AHORA
___ alla vodka PENNE
lambdalegal.org, for example URL
Kick off behind schedule STARTLATE
Cowgirl's workplace CATTLERANCH
Costly mistakes FATALERRORS
Camping gear chain REI
___ FRIDAYS TGI
Stamp on an egg carton SELLBYDATE
FACE-PLANTED ATEDIRT
Jean-___ Picard LUC