USA Today Crossword Answers April 21, 2024
Author: by Beth Rubin
Across
Fight against | COMBAT |
Board game with Miss Scarlett | CLUE |
Texter’s “Hang on one moment” | BRB |
Famous Harlem theater | APOLLO |
Officials who say “Strike!” | UMPS |
Water, in French | EAU |
Basic beliefs | TENETS |
Handles as a duo | TAGTEAMS |
Violent son of Zeus | ARES |
Indulged | HUMORED |
Votes from those opposed | NAYS |
“___ Been to the Mountaintop” (MLK speech) | IVE |
“Alif, ba, ta . . .” language | ARABIC |
Like the paint Van Gogh used for “The Starry Night” | OILBASED |
Hand, in Spanish | MANO |
Part of the eye | CORNEA |
Poems addressed to a particular subject | ODES |
Jasper or opal | GEM |
Range of hills | RIDGE |
“I’ve heard enough!” | TMI |
Love SO much | ADORE |
___ out a victory | EKE |
Frozen rain | SLEET |
Apartments popular with artists | LOFTS |
Skin opening | PORE |
Set to not ring or buzz | ONSILENT |
Some Zadie Smith works | ESSAYS |
Bathroom, in Britain | LOO |
Word before “colors” or “love” | TRUE |
“Get it?” | SEE |
Disability justice activist Landre | ANNA |
Catch lightning ___ bottle | INA |
“Hang on one moment!” | JUSTASEC |
Votes into office | ELECTS |
Bonfire residue | ASH |
Hazard | RISK |
New team member | ROOKIE |
Spelling competition | BEE |
Soulard Market city (Abbr.) | STL |
Has a hunch | SENSES |
Down
Board game with ore, lumber, brick, wool and grain | CATAN |
Show such as “Porgy and Bess” | OPERA |
Bank-issued checks | MONEYORDERS |
“It’s a ___ in disguise” | BLESSING |
___-rock | ALT |
Japanese tech company | TOSHIBA |
“C’mon, I only made a little mistake!” | CUTMESOMESLACK |
“Hilarious!” in a text | LMAO |
Improvement | UPGRADE |
Name that’s an anagram of “reset” | ESTER |
“Golden Girls” actress Arthur | BEA |
Male sheep | RAM |
Throw under the ___ (betray) | BUS |
Cheese aka queso de bola | EDAM |
Charlottesville sch. | UVA |
Crafty person’s repertoire | BAGOFTRICKS |
Like the noble gases | INERT |
Shows up | COMES |
Certain jeans | LEES |
Version of a book | EDITION |
Thin pancake similar to malawah | CREPE |
Greek yogurt brand | OIKOS |
Retail event | SALE |
Hang ___ (do a surfing trick) | TEN |
“Stop it now” | DONT |
Totally wigs out | LOSESIT |
Chad-to-Sudan direction | EAST |
Solitary sorts | LONERS |
2024 and others | YEARS |
Release from a knot | UNTIE |
Soothes | EASES |
Soothing gel | ALOE |
Boxing punch | JAB |
Put to work | USE |
That gal | SHE |
Class for some soon-to-be bilinguals (Abbr.) | ESL |
Geologic period | EON |