USA Today – Oct 18 2021 Crossword Solution
USA Today – Oct 18 2021
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ‘Complaint’ about how hard it is to be famous, for example | HUMBLEBRAG |
| ‘Empress of the Blues’ Bessie | SMITH |
| ‘If all ___ fails . . .’ | ELSE |
| ‘Nope’ | UHUH |
| ‘See ya later’ | BYEBYE |
| ‘Waterloo’ band | ABBA |
| ‘You ___ swine!’ (‘Toy Story’ put-down) | UNCULTURED |
| Abbreviation in a recipe | TBSP |
| Anastasia Pagonis’ Paralympic team | USA |
| Anniversary offering | GIFT |
| Awesome, on Twitch | POG |
| Baby kangaroos | JOEYS |
| Bathroom fixture | TUB |
| Big cry | SOB |
| Cajun or Creole stew | GUMBO |
| Cards lower than jacks | TENS |
| Ceremony host | EMCEE |
| Christmas drink | NOG |
| Contempt | SCORN |
| Deck with a Moon card | TAROT |
| Deduce | INFER |
| Donkey, biblically | ASS |
| Egg tart filling | CUSTARD |
| Evaluate | ASSESS |
| Fish such as a moray | EEL |
| Fuel-efficiency stat | MPG |
| Fury | RAGE |
| Gossip lead-in | IHEAR |
| Grammies | NANAS |
| Honorable | NOBLE |
| Internet usage limit | DATACAP |
| It can be worn like a headband or a scarf | BANDANA |
| Lab form subject | CONSENT |
| List of options | MENU |
| Love, to da Vinci or Dean Martin | AMORE |
| Marie Kondo subject | TIDYING |
| Marine mammal | SEAL |
| Metallic resource | ORE |
| New Year’s treat | MOCHI |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| No fewer than | ATLEAST |
| North African capital | TUNIS |
| Number of single-syllable U.S. state names | ONE |
| One-person performance | SOLO |
| Opposite of rural | URBAN |
| Piece of furniture named for a drink | COFFEETABLE |
| Place to bowl | ALLEY |
| Poetry and pottery, for two | ARTS |
| Prefix for ‘conscious’ | ECO |
| Psychedelic drug | LSD |
| Quinces, etc | BDAYS |
| Rainbow shape | ARC |
| Reason for a tornado warning | FUNNELCLOUD |
| Servings at a wine tasting | POURS |
| Settings for sweating | SAUNAS |
| Sewn border | HEM |
| Social sensitivity | TACT |
| Sound of a heavy bag hitting the floor | THUD |
| Spellcaster | MAGE |
| Start of a hashtag | POUNDSIGN |
| Sushi orders | ROLLS |
| Take a bite of decorative fruit, e.g | ERR |
| Tandoor material | CLAY |
| Tater ___ | TOT |
| Tenth element | NEON |
| The Arthur Ashe Courage Award is one | ESPY |
| They get handoffs from QBs | RBS |
| Took a bite of real fruit, e.g | ATE |
| Top of the head | SCALP |
| TV character who sang ‘Ripped Pants’ | SPONGEBOB |
| Upright | ERECT |
| VELA Scarves offerings | HIJABS |
| What’s more, they say | LESS |
| Willow, to Jaden, for short | SIS |
| Wine valley in California | NAPA |
| Word after ‘Baton’ or ‘Moulin’ | ROUGE |
| ___ rub (summer affliction) | CHUB |
| ___ shot | FLU |
| ___-fated | ILL |