USA Today – Mar 3 2021 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘The Boys’ actress Moriarty |
ERIN |
| ‘The Country Girls’ author O’Brien |
EDNA |
| ‘To clarify . . .’ |
IMEAN |
| ‘Well, gosh!’ |
OHGEE |
| ‘You Can’t Stop the ___’ (‘Hairspray’ finale) |
BEAT |
| ‘___ Boy Is Mine’ |
THE |
| A persimmon grows on one |
TREE |
| Acorn sources |
OAKS |
| Aves. and blvds |
STS |
| Award for a military pilot |
AIRMEDAL |
| Backside |
REAR |
| Batter’s stat |
RBI |
| Biergarten mugs |
STEINS |
| Bird on the Australian coat of arms |
EMU |
| Budae-jjigae, e.g |
STEW |
| College sports channel |
ESPNU |
| Color similar to almond |
TAN |
| Connection |
BOND |
| Cortisone, e.g |
STEROID |
| Currency of America (Abbr.) |
USD |
| Diet whose name means ‘ancient’ |
PALEO |
| Exec’s helper (Abbr.) |
ASST |
| Eyelash coloring |
TINT |
| Feasts with roast pigs |
LUAUS |
| Fetch |
GET |
| First Lady of ___ Lanka |
SRI |
| Football field marking |
YARDLINE |
| Garlic ___ |
NAAN |
| Gefilte fish option |
CARP |
| Greek sandwich |
GYRO |
| Hair fastener |
CLIP |
| Highway warning |
NOENTRY |
| Hour after midnight |
ONE |
| Ingredient in a deep fryer but not an air fryer |
OIL |
| Jane’s rhyming surname on ‘Daria’ |
LANE |
| Lessen in intensity |
WANE |
| Lift weights |
PUMPSOMEIRON |
| Little kid |
TOT |
| Male deer |
STAG |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Mall regular’s motto |
SHOPTILLYOUDROP |
| Mass confusion |
CHAOS |
| Medical plan grp |
HMO |
| Mouse relative |
RAT |
| Name hidden in ‘white lie’ |
ELI |
| Name that’s a palindrome |
OTTO |
| Nevada city on the Truckee River |
RENO |
| Not clueless |
AWARE |
| One of two in most musicals |
ACT |
| Org. sponsoring after-school events |
PTA |
| Pale purple |
MAUVE |
| Party often hosted by a maid of honor |
BRIDALSHOWER |
| Person reading a life line, say |
SEER |
| Plant used for natural fencing |
REED |
| Popular DVRs |
TIVOS |
| Prefix for ‘biography’ |
AUTO |
| Pricing figures |
RATES |
| Rains heavily |
POURS |
| Ran out of juice |
DIED |
| Room where safety goggles are worn |
LAB |
| Sailing vessel |
YACHT |
| Scratch-off ticket game |
LOTTO |
| Scratchy voice |
RASP |
| Sings in the Alps |
YODELS |
| Skillful |
ADEPT |
| Sound bounce |
ECHO |
| Swarming insects |
GNATS |
| Tall airport structure |
RADARTOWER |
| Tear apart |
REND |
| Tennis champ Rafael |
NADAL |
| Tweak |
EDIT |
| Uncorked |
POPPEDOPEN |
| Unhelpful response to ‘Who’s there?’ |
ITSME |
| Weak-___ (faint) |
KNEED |
| Whole bunch |
SLEW |
| Wish-granting spirit |
GENIE |
| Wood stove residue |
ASH |
| ___ dip (sandwich-inspired appetizer) |
BLT |
| ___ up (hid out) |
HOLED |