USA Today – Aug 7 2021 Crossword Answer
Published in USA Today Crossword.
| Clues | Answers |
| ‘Big Little Lies’ actress Laura | DERN |
| ‘It’s a no for me’ | NAH |
| ‘Let Me Blow Ya Mind’ artist | EVE |
| ‘Rumor has it . . .’ | IHEARD |
| ‘___ Your Thing’ (Isley Brothers hit) | ITS |
| ‘___, Can You Hear Me?’ | PAPA |
| Activist Strangio | CHASE |
| Actor in ‘Beasts of No Nation’ | IDRISELBA |
| Basically | INESSENCE |
| Cashew, for example | NUT |
| CBS forensics franchise | CSI |
| City near Tempe | MESA |
| College in Tempe, for short | ASU |
| Dangerous place to be | LIONSDEN |
| Delighted | GLAD |
| Dessert often topped with hot fudge | SUNDAE |
| Do really well | EXCEL |
| Doesn’t get stuck focusing on | SEESPAST |
| Door-to-door job | SALES |
| Draw intersecting lines through | XOUT |
| El ___ lado (the other side) | OTRO |
| Every bit | ALL |
| Exam for a H.S. junior | PSAT |
| Expand horizontally | WIDEN |
| Extra periods in sports, for short | OTS |
| Feature on a graduation cap | TASSEL |
| Features of Texas accents | DRAWLS |
| Feline | CAT |
| Football scores (Abbr.) | TDS |
| Fury | IRE |
| Get everything set | PREP |
| Goosebumps-inducing | EERIE |
| Had the nerve | DARED |
| Hairstyle protected by the CROWN Act | AFRO |
| Hard to find | RARE |
| Hitches in plans | SNAGS |
| Inquire | ASK |
| Invaders in some sci-fi movies | ALIENS |
| Job for a musician | GIG |
| Joy | GLEE |
| Lacking the right tools | ILLEQUIPPED |
| Latte option | SOY |
| Like a cold stare | ICY |
| Like tartare and crudo | RAW |
| Mouth-related | ORAL |
| Name that’s one of the halves of a word in this clue | HAL |
| New Orleans university | TULANE |
| Numbers in fantasy leagues | STATS |
| Participate in a contest | COMPETE |
| Parts of lists | ITEMS |
| Password at an ATM | PIN |
| People who represent talent | AGENTS |
| Period of time | ERA |
| Pie ___ mode | ALA |
| Prefix meaning ‘against’ | ANTI |
| Pug or pitbull | DOG |
| Ready for picking | RIPE |
| Release a grip | LETGO |
| Relinquish | WAIVE |
| Salted part of a margarita glass | RIM |
| Sashay | STRUT |
| Screech | SHRIEK |
| Short excursion | JAUNT |
| Signed up for | JOINED |
| Sourdough, for example | BREAD |
| Spoiling | RUINING |
| Stiletto or sandal | SHOE |
| Suffix like ‘-like’ | ESQUE |
| Tardy | LATE |
| Too-large sense of self-importance | INFLATEDEGO |
| Tottenham Hotspur F.C., for example | TEAM |
| Translation of ‘hasta’ | UNTIL |
| Very soon | INASEC |
| Wallet cards | IDS |
| www.81cents.com, for example | URL |
| ___ code (part of a phone number) | AREA |
| ___ Xing (road sign) | PED |
| ___-based scholarship | MERIT |