USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2021 12 06

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Blue, in Spanish AZUL
'MESSENGER' MOLECULE RNA
'___, and . . .' (improv principle) YES
FLY HIGH SOAR
SMALL PIECE BIT
Annoying animal PEST
Appliance in which calzones are cooked PIZZAOVEN
Black Girl ___ (Jamie Broadnax publication) NERDS
'I see what you mean!' POINTTAKEN
CAB TAXI
Fictional veteran whose name is an anagram of 'army person' PERRYMASON
CEO, for example EXEC
CONCLUDES ENDS
DO A POST-VACATION CHORE UNPACK
'Desperate Housewives' star Hatcher TERI
Huge event space ARENA
Large bunch SLEW
LIGHT BROWN TAN
Like naming a fish Fluffy IRONIC
Morsel in chicken piccata CAPER
Nautical navigation tool SONAR
COLORFUL EYE PART IRIS
CLEAN A SPILL MOPUP
Real ___ agent ESTATE
Email function represented by a paper airplane SEND
Flirty eye motion WINK
SMALL PETITE
Cash sources ATMS
CANDY IN A COLLECTIBLE DISPENSER PEZ
SINK FIXTURES TAPS
SEE 3-DOWN ACID
HALT STOP
BIT OF WINTER OLYMPICS EQUIPMENT SKI
Someone may be stuck in one RUT
Sounds followed by tocks TICKS
Spice amount (Abbr.) TSP
Fortnite dance move EMOTE
Sycamore or sequoia TREE
Te ___ (Spanish for 'I love you') AMO
They might be distant or checkered PASTS
PASS OVER SKIP
ROCK STONE
AMAZES STUNS
RETAINS KEEPS
Gibbons, etc APES
Gratuity on a bill TIP
MINING FIND ORE
Newest software version UPDATE
NOT WARRANTED UNDUE
SLIGHTEST SOUND PEEP
PREFIX MEANING 'NEW' NEO
Romantic pair ITEM
Opal, for example GEM
START FROM SCRATCH REDO
VINYL RECORDS LPS
VOLCANIC OUTPOURING LAVA
Rod's employer in 'Get Out' TSA
___ around (snooped) NOSED
Word before 'circle' or 'peace' INNER
Scoops up SNAGS
Large cats also known as cougars PUMAS
Furniture chain IKEA
Fine sand SILT
___ MOINES DES
___ & Young (accounting firm) ERNST
Superhero film starring Paul Rudd ANTMAN
REASONING LOGIC
SAVINGS PLAN INITIALS IRA