USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2021 02 17

crossword answers
Clue Answer
___ DE PARFUM EAU
ROCK IN A MINE ORE
HOTEL VISIT STAY
Very long stretch of time EON
RICE-SHAPED PASTA ORZO
LESS PREVALENT RARER
'MY BAD!' OOPS
FUNDAMENTAL BASIC
WORKPLACE MESSAGE MEMO
ON EASY STREET SETFORLIFE
PLAY A WRONG NOTE, SAY ERR
ALIAS LEAD-IN AKA
NOT DOING MUCH IDLE
STIFF RIGID
QUARREL ARGUE
MAKES A MISTAKE GOOFS
COST OF A CAB RIDE FARE
___ UP (COME CLEAN) FESS
CLOSES TIGHTLY SEALS
CLOSE BY NEAR
SO TO SPEAK ASITWERE
BLACK-AND-WHITE SNACKS OREOS
CORAL FORMATION REEF
SECRET STASH CACHE
BURKINA ___ FASO
'Close, but no ___' CIGAR
'And, I might add . . .' ALSO
Bangladeshi or Bhutanese ASIAN
Common flooring wood OAK
Openly bi, say OUT
Type of nonfiction writing ESSAY
Uneaten parts of loaves, sometimes ENDS
Unlikely to say hi first, say SHY
Untrue assertions FALSESTATEMENTS
Stat on a terminal screen ETA
Spot to grab a Middle Eastern sandwich FALAFELSTAND
Sorely regret RUE
Shiva or Vishnu GOD
Prepared dinner, perhaps COOKED
Place for an industrial piercing EAR
Noncommercial advertisement, for short PSA
Michelin or Pirelli product TIRE
Meteor shower sights FALLINGSTARS
Like a precarious situation HAIRY
Keynote speaker's place STAGE
Kash Doll genre RAP
CENTERS OF HURRICANES EYES
SHORT-SLEEVED SHIRTS TEES
Prefix for 'correct' AUTO
Like dry wit WRY
Investment firm workers ANALYSTS
Dumpster features ODORS
Tech for 'Avatar' CGI
Sunrise sight REDSKY
Corporate $$$ exec CFO
3.1 Phillip ___ (fashion label) LIM
'The Lego Ninjago Movie' actress Jacobson ABBI
'Big Little Lies' actress Kravitz ZOE
Two-team wrestling meets DUALS
'Pow!' relative BAM
___ PEPPERS BELL
ROMANOV RULER TSAR
TYRANNICAL IRONFISTED
TALK BIG BRAG