USA Today 2021 10 10 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Confer as a gift	BESTOW
ROOFING MATERIAL	SLATE
HAVE TO HAVE	NEED
CONSIDER TO BE	DEEM
COMES TO A CLOSE	ENDS
CART-PULLING BOVINES	OXEN
CAROB UNIT	POD
BROKER'S CHARGE	FEE
BIT OF MAIL	LETTER
BAJA'S OPPOSITE	ALTA
'Transamerican Love Story' host Mapa	ALEC
'Monsoon Wedding' director Nair	MIRA
'I'll take your offer!'	DEAL
'I know how it sounds, but listen . . .'	HEARMEOUT
Daenerys Targaryen feature	PLATINUMHAIR
First-string lineup	ATEAM
Freedom House Ambulance Service workers	EMTS
Garlicky shrimp entree	SCAMPI
Hotel-to-airport car	TAXI
John Cho's 'Star Trek' character	SULU
Lady who starred in 'A Star Is Born'	GAGA
Mat at a judo dojo	TATAMI
Music streaming service	PANDORA
Nail ___ (salon workers)	TECHS
Place to store root veggies	CELLAR
Salted topping for blini	CAVIAR
Segments of an opera	ACTS
Some Little League spectators	DADS
Speak from a podium, perhaps	ORATE
Texas city named after a Black Sea port	ODESSA
WALKED NERVOUSLY	PACED
'Hey, over here!' hiss	PSST
___-MO	SLO
'Chocolat' actress Lena	OLIN
LIKE PRUNES	DRIED
PART OF A FLOWER	STEM
PART OF A FLOWER	PETAL
HEARTFELT REQUEST	PLEA
COURSE OF ACTION	PLAN
Used a meditation cushion	SAT
___ chi sword	TAI
CONTRACT NEGOTIATORS	AGENTS
REVISE	EDIT
SLIP UP	ERR
SECOND SHOWING	REPEAT
SENT JUNK EMAIL TO	SPAMMED
TIRE FEATURES	TREADS
LARGE PRIMATES	APES
Renaissance Faire instrument	LUTE
HARTFORD-BASED INSURER	AETNA
PARKING GARAGE FEATURES	RAMPS
NO LONGER FERAL	TAMED
Mrs., in Spanish	SRA
___ LANKAN	SRI
UTTER DISARRAY	CHAOS
___ parking	VALET
Nickname for Delaware	DIAMONDSTATE
Matchmaker's arrangement	BLINDDATE
Crimson-and-cream sorority, for short	DST
'WILL DO!'	ONIT
City where Gladys Knight was born (Abbr.)	ATL
USE A NAPKIN ON	WIPE
___-PEDI	MANI
WAS DISHONEST	LIED
WORKED REALLY HARD	TOILED

Confer as a gift

BESTOW

ROOFING MATERIAL

SLATE

HAVE TO HAVE

NEED

CONSIDER TO BE

DEEM

COMES TO A CLOSE

ENDS

CART-PULLING BOVINES

OXEN