USA Today – Aug 8 2021 Crossword Answer
Published in USA Today Crossword.
| Clues | Answers |
| ‘Bag Lady’ singer Erykah | BADU |
| ‘Beg pardon?’ | HUH |
| ‘Done!’ | THERE |
| ‘Finally’ singer Peniston | CECE |
| ‘Hold on!’ | WAITASEC |
| ‘It’s in ___ Kiss’ | HIS |
| ‘Terra Ignota’ author Palmer | ADA |
| ‘The Wild ___ ‘ (Louise Gluck poem) | IRIS |
| ‘Well, well, well!’ | OHO |
| ‘Yeah, right!’ | DREAMON |
| ‘___ and the Happily Ever After’ (Stephanie Perkins book) | ISLA |
| ‘___ on a true story’ | BASED |
| ‘___ only as directed’ | USE |
| Accurate statement | FACT |
| Basic idea | GIST |
| Beachfront view | SEA |
| Blues Hall of Famer Clay | OTIS |
| Campaign trail worker | AIDE |
| Chewy treat made with medjools | DATECOOKIE |
| Cotton-tipped item in a makeup bag | SWAB |
| Country that’s the world’s largest producer of olive oil | SPAIN |
| Cuts up finely | DICES |
| Deodorant brand | SPEEDSTICK |
| Did a dairy farm chore | MILKED |
| Elicit a laugh from | AMUSE |
| Energy source often transported by train | COAL |
| Farm animals with yokes | OXEN |
| Feel poorly | AIL |
| Foldable mattresses | FUTONS |
| Fought one-on-one | DUELED |
| Giant snake | ANACONDA |
| Glass in a window | PANE |
| Glorifying poems | ODES |
| Initial poker bets | ANTES |
| Insect with a waggle dance | BEE |
| Judgy sound | TSK |
| Language of Kishwar Naheed’s poems | URDU |
| Language related to LSF | ASL |
| Least risky | SAFEST |
| Like some inspections | ONSITE |
| Lychee centers | PITS |
| Manuel Nunes instruments, for short | UKES |
| Mathematician Autumn | KENT |
| Mehndi party dress | SARI |
| Mournful sound | KNELL |
| Muppet who’s always 3.5 years old | ELMO |
| Non-___ chicken feed | GMO |
| Organ near a temple | EAR |
| Outraged | ANGRY |
| Pass into law | ENACT |
| Pelican State college | LSU |
| Pet that might have a ‘tuxedo’ | CAT |
| Phrase punctuating a performance | ANDSCENE |
| Pic on a pec | TAT |
| Pursuit | HUNT |
| Quintessential | PAREXCELLENCE |
| Reject as false | DENY |
| School carpool driver, perhaps | DAD |
| Sharpens on a grindstone | WHETS |
| Similar | AKIN |
| Sloppy stack | HEAP |
| Solo | ALONE |
| Soybeans at an izakaya | EDAMAME |
| Target of a spoolie | EYEBROW |
| Thoroughly enjoy | EATUP |
| Tracy’s mom in ‘Hairspray’ | EDNA |
| Treatment from a nail technician | PEDICURE |
| Turmeric may leave one | STAIN |
| Unconfident answer | GUESS |
| Unit of electrical current | AMPERE |
| Up to this point | SOFAR |
| Use a shovel | DIG |
| Vote of support | AYE |
| Walking leisurely | AMBLING |
| Writing utensil | PEN |
| ___ and cheese bites | MAC |
| ___ avocado rolls | EEL |
| ___-mo | SLO |