USA Today 2021 10 29 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
BURDENSOME	ONEROUS
Conversationally off-limits	TABOO
PAST ITS PRIME	OLD
HOST	EMCEE
CLOSES IN ON	NEARS
CHANGE	ALTER
CASHEW OR ALMOND	NUT
BUM OUT	SADDEN
Beverage in a taproom	ALE
AT MOST	TOPS
ARCADE COIN	TOKEN
Ant at a picnic, e.g	PEST
'Star Wars' pilot Dameron	POE
Cucumber part	PEEL
Giant wave	TSUNAMI
Greenish-blue ink color	CYAN
Hip region	PELVIS
Lairs for 62-Across	DENS
McKinney or Greenville, in Dallas (Abbr.)	AVE
Noise made to get someone's attention	PSST
Pharaoh ___ankhamun	TUT
Place for a Katie Ledecky meet	POOL
Prefix for 'angle' or 'cycle'	TRI
Pro hockey venue	ARENA
Red-eyed aquatic birds	LOONS
Remedy for sunburn	ALOE
'On your mark, get ___ . . .'	SET
Side dish for spaghetti	GARLICBREAD
Regulation requiring government transparency	SUNSHINELAW
'Don't be a smart-___'	ASS
ONCE MORE	AGAIN
Steamship, for example	VESSEL
Record label for Jazmine Sullivan	RCA
Part of a lifeguard's training	CPR
Mirror useful for glaring at a backseat driver	REARVIEW
Was brimming	TEEMED
Word before 'care' or 'defense'	SELF
___ de birria	TACO
___ TVs	PLASMA
PRIDE MEMBERS	LIONS
EXTREMELY SERIOUS	DIRE
CORN UNIT	EAR
FORTUNE	LUCK
LITTLE DEVIL	IMP
FALL APART	UNRAVEL
FORGIVE	PARDON
SLUGGERS' STATS	RBIS
FENCING BLADES	EPEES
HS junior's evening class, maybe	SATPREP
Actress de Armas	ANA
GET ___ OF (TOSS OUT)	RID
TROPICAL HARDWOOD	TEAK
UNPLEASANT	NASTY
It beats rock	PAPER
Made a disapproving sound	TSKED
WOOD STOVE RESIDUE	ASH
SPANISH SMALL PLATES	TAPAS
WHAT AN ADJECTIVE MODIFIES	NOUN
Failproof wagers	SUREBETS
'We ___ Lady Parts' (sitcom)	ARE
Comics page features	STRIPS
'None for me'	ILLPASS
'DREAM ON!'	ASIF
Structural collapses	CAVEINS
Thin Lizzy singer Lynott	PHIL
TV channel for government hearings	CSPAN
EXTRATERRESTRIALS	ALIENS

BURDENSOME

ONEROUS

Conversationally off-limits

TABOO

PAST ITS PRIME

OLD

HOST

EMCEE

CLOSES IN ON

NEARS

CHANGE

ALTER