USA Today 2021 08 19 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
'I was somewhere else' excuse	ALIBI
'If I ___ a Boy'	WERE
'Make Me ___' (Janelle Monae song)	FEEL
'NOPE'	NAH
'Reading Rainbow' channel	PBS
'Toy Story' shepherd	BOPEEP
'What are you ___?!'	DOING
Basketball star Cambage	LIZ
MISPLACE	LOSE
BLACK-AND-WHITE BEAR	PANDA
BEARLIKE MARSUPIAL	KOALA
BACK IN STYLE	RETRO
'. . . ish'	ORSO
OUT-OF-FOCUS IMAGE	BLUR
DECORATE	ADORN
KANGA'S BABY	ROO
EMAIL FOLDER	SENT
Compelling, like an argument	PERSUASIVE
Currently winning	AHEAD
Diana Taurasi hairstyle	BUN
Hockey stat (Abbr.)	PTS
Item used for pullups	BAR
Language-learning app	DUOLINGO
Love, in Portuguese	AMOR
Newspaper VIPs (Abbr.)	EDS
Notes from a debtor	IOUS
Number range on a board game box	AGES
Osiris and Anubis, for example	GODS
Results of brainstorms	IDEAS
Run out of electricity	DIE
Sci-fi book set on a desert planet	DUNE
KITCHEN APPLIANCE	FRIDGE
WINDOW PARTS	PANES
LONG LOCK	TRESS
BUDDY	PAL
Brain specialist	NEUROLOGIST
BLT INGREDIENT	BACON
DOCUMENT OF OWNERSHIP	DEED
RISKY	UNSAFE
SALSA INGREDIENT	ONION
Seed in a tournament	RANK
Turned a ticket into a stub	TORE
Website for selling handmade goods	ETSY
MAKE VOID	ANNUL
CHICAGO AIRPORT	OHARE
CARNIVAL ATTRACTIONS	RIDES
SCALLION RELATIVES	LEEKS
DRILL INSERT	BIT
RUNNING BEHIND SCHEDULE	LATE
CATCHY SONG	BOP
Currently unstoppable	ONFIRE
'Reading Rainbow' host Burton	LEVAR
'To Be Young, Gifted and Black' singer	NINASIMONE
Bar window fixture	NEONLIGHT
LIKE TWO OR FOUR	EVEN
Embroidery craft	NEEDLEPOINT
STAY AWAY FROM	AVOID
UNTIDINESS	MESS
VOLCANO OUTPUT	ASH
VINAIGRETTE INGREDIENT	OIL
SHUT DOWN	END
Scissor Sisters singer ___ Matronic	ANA
CASH ALTERNATIVE	CARD
MICROSCOPE INSERT	SLIDE
Utter falsehood	TOTALLIE
___ around (snooped)	NOSED

'I was somewhere else' excuse

ALIBI

'If I ___ a Boy'

WERE

'Make Me ___' (Janelle Monae song)

FEEL

'NOPE'

NAH

'Reading Rainbow' channel

PBS

'Toy Story' shepherd

BOPEEP