USA Today – Mar 29 2021 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
‘A Raisin in the ___’ (Hansberry play) |
SUN |
‘Decorates’ with Charmin, for short |
TPS |
‘Heads I win, ___ you lose’ |
TAILS |
‘It’s the end of an ___’ |
ERA |
‘The Lion King’ lion |
SIMBA |
‘You Oughta Know’ singer Morissette |
ALANIS |
Allow |
LET |
Astronaut Jemison |
MAE |
Beverage in some braised beef recipes |
COLA |
Chicken noodle, e.g |
SOUP |
Cleans with a hose, say |
WASHESOFF |
Closed tight |
SHUT |
Competitive personality classification |
TYPEA |
Confiscates |
TAKES |
Cowgirl’s shout |
YEEHAW |
Cry noisily |
WAIL |
Dalai ___ |
LAMA |
Dangle or droop |
HANG |
Decorative sticker |
DECAL |
Devices with PIN pads |
ATMS |
Doesn’t have |
LACKS |
Earl Grey, etc |
TEAS |
Fall birthstones |
OPALS |
Family member in the NATO phonetic alphabet |
PAPA |
Fashion icon Apfel |
IRIS |
Field a psychic might read |
AURA |
Final part |
END |
Firecracker that won’t go off |
DUD |
Fish’s covering |
SCALES |
Frozen beverage brand |
ICEE |
Gets the picture |
SEES |
Greek god of love |
EROS |
Group of the biggest celebs |
ALIST |
High point |
ACME |
Hill, from the Spanish for ‘table’ |
MESA |
J-Hope’s band |
BTS |
Liqueur in an Alabama slammer |
SOUTHERNCOMFORT |
Major artery |
AORTA |
Clues |
Answers |
Mammal that flies |
BAT |
Michael K. Williams role on ‘The Wire’ |
OMAR |
Moves like a crab |
SIDLES |
Name found in ‘destroyer’ |
TROY |
NASCAR race unit |
LAP |
Newspaper essay |
OPED |
Nonliteral phrase |
IDIOM |
OK to eat, in Islam |
HALAL |
Opposite of 1-Across |
OPEN |
Opposite of worst |
BEST |
Oval, e.g |
SHAPE |
Part that’s aboveground on a mangrove tree |
ROOT |
Perform a sonata, say |
PLAY |
Pet name for a significant other |
BABE |
Place for pampering |
SPA |
Playground fixture |
SLIDE |
Positive votes |
YEAS |
Protein drink |
SHAKE |
Put in an impossible situation |
TRAP |
Quick cut |
SNIP |
Recedes like the tide |
EBBS |
Rihanna album with ‘Work’ and ‘Woo’ |
ANTI |
Shine brightly |
GLEAM |
Skin cleanser form |
FOAM |
Spy’s moniker |
CODENAME |
Stat in softball |
RBI |
Sticky black stuff |
TAR |
The lady in ‘Lady Sings the Blues’ |
BILLIEHOLIDAY |
They might spoil their niblings |
AUNTS |
Ties the knot |
WEDS |
Unscented |
ODORLESS |
Up-and-down aerobic exercise session |
STEPCLASS |
Vegas NHL team |
GOLDENKNIGHTS |
W, informally |
DUB |
Word shouted to scare someone |
BOO |
Young bear |
CUB |
___ no good |
UPTO |
___-Wan Kenobi |
OBI |