USA Today – Dec 19 2021 Crossword Solution
USA Today – Dec 19 2021
Clues | Answers |
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‘Ah, that explains it!’ | NOWONDER |
‘All finished!’ | IMDONE |
‘Better safe than sorry,’ for example | ADAGE |
‘Don’t worry about me!’ | IMOKAY |
‘Fair point!’ | TOUCHE |
‘Fasten your seatbelts . . .’ | HEREWEGO |
‘Help!’ | SOS |
‘No Scrubs’ group | TLC |
‘Riverdale’ actor KJ | APA |
‘Still . . .’ | YET |
‘The First ___’ (Christmas carol) | NOEL |
‘___ Black’ (sci-fi series) | ORPHAN |
‘___ it been that long?’ | HAS |
Actress ___ Moten Barnett | ETTA |
Arcade game insert | TOKEN |
Bowling alley section | LANE |
Cause of a ceiling stain | LEAK |
Common parade street | MAIN |
Crushed cookies in froyo places | OREOS |
Dance that originated in Bohemia | POLKA |
DJs’ co-workers | MCS |
Doctors who prescribe CPAP machines | ENTS |
Dog or wolf | CANINE |
Duckling’s papa | DRAKE |
Earth is one | PLANET |
Flight tracker stat | ETA |
From Qinghai or Chennai, for example | ASIAN |
Goods on a plane | CARGO |
Grains in concrete | SAND |
Greedy gulp | SWIG |
Hi-___ images | RES |
Hotspot offering | WIFICONNECTION |
Hugs and ___ | KISSES |
Intention | AIM |
Jummah figure | IMAM |
Landmass in a sea | ISLE |
Las Vegas WNBA team | ACES |
Like a heavy favorite | ODDSON |
Like ganders and toms | MALE |
Clues | Answers |
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Like runners after a mud run | DIRTY |
Madison Square Garden hooper | KNICK |
Moisturizing skincare products | FACEOILS |
Most geckos lick theirs clean | EYES |
Not doing anything | IDLE |
Not winning or losing | TIED |
Nutrition regimen | DIET |
Old Roman wraps | TOGAS |
Pest in a swarm | GNAT |
Pharmaceutical product | DRUG |
Place for a fish ladder | DAM |
Place for vapor trails | SKY |
Puppy’s tail movement | WAG |
Rhyme and synonym of ‘astute’ | ACUTE |
Silver or tin | METAL |
Sister brand of The Body Shop | AVON |
Smart ___ (know-it-all) | ALEC |
Some 20-Across ingredients | ORGANICONIONS |
Some loaves | RYES |
Some postgrad degrees | PHDS |
Spicy stew at a cookoff | CHILICONCARNE |
Stand against | RESIST |
Take a break | REST |
Tend to jeonbok-juk | STIR |
TV star Jeannie | MAI |
Underdog victory | UPSET |
Understood | GOT |
Until now | TODATE |
Valuable holding | ASSET |
W, on a lightbulb | WATT |
Was in charge of | RAN |
Wiggle room | LEEWAY |
Winter Games pair | SKIS |
Word in some motel names | INN |
Work with needle and thread | SEW |
Wracked with indecision | TORN |
___ ant (tiny marcher) | ARMY |
___ Madden shoes | STEVE |
___ off (angry) | TEED |