USA Today – Oct 27 2020 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
‘American Grown’ author Michelle |
OBAMA |
‘Ay, dios ___!’ |
MIO |
‘Cats’ cat ___ Tum Tugger |
RUM |
‘Could be better’ |
MEH |
‘Gem of the Ocean’ caregiver |
ELI |
‘Hot Girl Summer’ artist, to fans |
MEG |
‘It’s ___ from me’ (‘Pass’) |
ANO |
‘La Vie Boheme’ musical |
RENT |
‘Micro-‘ opposite |
MACRO |
‘w0w no way’ |
OMG |
‘___ Culturistas’ |
LAS |
19-Across, for example |
STATE |
35-Down’s partner at the altar |
BRIDE |
Activist Parks |
ROSA |
Applaud |
CLAP |
Boo-boo |
OWIE |
Burdened |
LADEN |
Closest star to Earth |
SUN |
Colts’ mothers |
MARES |
Competed in a Tough Mudder, say |
RAN |
Cookie container |
TIN |
Country in Satrapi’s ‘Persepolis’ |
IRAN |
Cul-de-___ |
SAC |
Dish that might have croutons and anchovies |
CAESARSALAD |
Eggy dessert |
FLAN |
Feudal lord |
LIEGE |
Feuding |
ATWAR |
GameCube predecessor |
NES |
Garden ornament |
GNOME |
Get out of bed |
WAKEN |
Hatchling’s home |
NEST |
High-energy sports movie trope |
TRAININGMONTAGE |
Hoist |
LIFT |
Home to the Nez Perce Tribe |
IDAHO |
Important time periods |
ERAS |
Inform |
TELL |
Inits. before an alter ego |
AKA |
Inker’s tool |
PEN |
Kitten’s call |
MEW |
Clues |
Answers |
Leave out |
OMIT |
Like a javelin’s path |
ARCED |
Livestreaming annoyance |
LAG |
Lo-cal, on food packaging |
LITE |
Mega Millions, e.g |
LOTTO |
Notice |
SEE |
Olympic sprinter Rudolph |
WILMA |
Online shopping fee |
SHIPPINGCOST |
OPI competitor |
ESSIE |
Palindromic studio name |
MGM |
Poem of praise |
ODE |
Possess |
OWN |
Prefix for ‘pod’ or ‘athlete’ |
TRI |
Prefix like ‘ultra-‘ |
UBER |
Puzzle-based team-builders |
ESCAPEROOMS |
Remove the peel from |
PARE |
Restaurant chore |
BUSINGTABLES |
Revolutionary Turner |
NAT |
Rocky beginning |
BADSTART |
Rom-com or mystery, for example |
GENRE |
Some |
AFEW |
Spanish signoff |
ADIOS |
Takes a breather |
RESTS |
Targets of sit-ups |
ABS |
Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore,’ e.g |
ALBUM |
The agender one has seven stripes |
FLAG |
The Venus Rosewater Dish, e.g |
PRIZE |
Top squad |
ATEAM |
Total beginner |
NEWBIE |
Try again |
REDO |
Turned into a movie, maybe |
ADAPTED |
Two-continent region with a portmanteau name |
EURASIA |
Water-balloon-filling tool |
HOSE |
Well-dressed |
DAPPER |
WNBAer Katie ___ Samuelson |
LOU |
Word before ‘ribs’ or ‘tire’ |
SPARE |
Word before ‘tank’ or ‘diver’ |
SCUBA |
Wow |
AMAZE |
___ syndrome (‘I don’t belong here’ feeling) |
IMPOSTOR |