USA Today - Aug 25 2023

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Clues Answers
'Be quiet!' SHH
'Give me one more chance!' ICANCHANGE
'I'll let you know next time I'm in the ___!' AREA
'So ___, so good' FAR
'The Matrix' hero NEO
'The ___ of Glory' (Lady Gaga song) EDGE
'TiK ToK' singer KESHA
'Will handle immediately' ONIT
'Will you ___ this rose?' ACCEPT
Abruptly stop texting back GHOST
Ailing ILL
Anger IRE
Angry CROSS
At no cost FREE
Attempts STABS
Bicker ARGUE
Big bargains STEALS
Boxing ruling (Abbr.) TKO
Cleveland's Great Lake ERIE
Condition that's optimal during the golden hour LIGHTING
Congested-sounding NASAL
Constellations are made up of them STARS
Core belief TENET
Cottages in the Alps CHALETS
Count up TALLY
Country that celebrates Pohela Boishakh BANGLADESH
Diagonally worn pageant accessories SASHES
Donna Summer genre DISCO
Fantasy meanie TROLL
Fantasy meanie ORC
Farm building that might house livestock BARN
Farm storage building SILO
Feature of most donuts HOLE
First Latina balloon character in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade DORA
Foul mood SNIT
Goal of some medical research CURE
Have the audacity DARE
Implied TACIT
Jeans material DENIM
Clues Answers
Least strong WEAKEST
Like sapphic poetry HOMOEROTIC
Mai ___ (rhyming cocktail) TAI
Mascara target EYELASH
New ___ City YORK
Not succeed FAIL
NYC subway org. whose 'M' stands for 'metropolitan' MTA
Plant grown as food CROP
Precise EXACT
Prefix with 'binary' NON
Public perception IMAGE
Repair FIX
Result of taking a photo while moving BLUR
Salary increase based on good job performance MERITRAISE
Shelter for some unhoused people TENT
Sly smile GRIN
Small bit TAD
Southeast Asian capital that's home to Wat Pho BANGKOKTHAILAND
Spoken ORAL
Stir-frying pans WOKS
Stuff bound in bales HAY
Substance that's a homophone of a falsehood LYE
Taxi CAB
Third most populous city in the Pine Tree State BANGORMAINE
Tool used to part hair COMB
Top exec CEO
Trippy drug LSD
Utah's capital (Abbr.) SLC
Very close pal, for short BFF
Vocalize SAY
Way to get money for household items ESTATESALE
Wild pig BOAR
Woolly jacket FLEECE
Word before 'skating' or 'eight' FIGURE
Yoga poses ASANAS
___ and shine RISE
___ mater ALMA
___ out a victory (barely won) EKED