USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2021 08 08

crossword answers
Clue Answer
'Finally' singer Peniston CECE
'It's in ___ Kiss' HIS
'The Wild ___ ' (Louise Gluck poem) IRIS
BASIC IDEA GIST
Blues Hall of Famer Clay OTIS
Cotton-tipped item in a makeup bag SWAB
PASS INTO LAW ENACT
REJECT AS FALSE DENY
FEEL POORLY AIL
SLOPPY STACK HEAP
OUTRAGED ANGRY
SIMILAR AKIN
PURSUIT HUNT
LIKE SOME INSPECTIONS ONSITE
SOLO ALONE
DEODORANT BRAND SPEEDSTICK
Did a dairy farm chore MILKED
Elicit a laugh from AMUSE
Energy source often transported by train COAL
Foldable mattresses FUTONS
Fought one-on-one DUELED
Giant snake ANACONDA
Initial poker bets ANTES
Language of Kishwar Naheed's poems URDU
Language related to LSF ASL
Lychee centers PITS
Manuel Nunes instruments, for short UKES
Mehndi party dress SARI
Muppet who's always 3.5 years old ELMO
Non-___ chicken feed GMO
Organ near a temple EAR
Pelican State college LSU
Phrase punctuating a performance ANDSCENE
School carpool driver, perhaps DAD
Sharpens on a grindstone WHETS
CAMPAIGN TRAIL WORKER AIDE
Beachfront view SEA
ACCURATE STATEMENT FACT
'___ only as directed' USE
'___ on a true story' BASED
'YEAH, RIGHT!' DREAMON
'WELL, WELL, WELL!' OHO
'HOLD ON!' WAITASEC
Soybeans at an izakaya EDAMAME
Target of a spoolie EYEBROW
Treatment from a nail technician PEDICURE
Turmeric may leave one STAIN
Unconfident answer GUESS
___ and cheese bites MAC
___ avocado rolls EEL
'DONE!' THERE
'Beg pardon?' HUH
'Bag Lady' singer Erykah BADU
GLASS IN A WINDOW PANE
Quintessential PAREXCELLENCE
Mournful sound KNELL
LEAST RISKY SAFEST
PIC ON A PEC TAT
GLORIFYING POEMS ODES
Judgy sound TSK
VOTE OF SUPPORT AYE
Cuts up finely DICES
___-MO SLO
WALKING LEISURELY AMBLING
UNIT OF ELECTRICAL CURRENT AMPERE
WRITING UTENSIL PEN
USE A SHOVEL DIG
THOROUGHLY ENJOY EATUP
Tracy's mom in 'Hairspray' EDNA