Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Monday October 19, 2020.
‘For Pete’s sake!’ – GEEZ
‘Gal’ or ‘pen’ follower – PAL
‘Garfield’ canine – ODIE
‘Skip me’ – IPASS
‘That’s false!’ – LIES
‘To infinity and beyond!’ character – BUZZLIGHTYEAR
‘___ me think . . .’ – LET
Actress Espinosa – EDEN
Alias-preceding initials – AKA
Anger – IRE
Apple music players – IPODS
Ask for a dog treat – BEG
Attractive – SEXY
Back of the neck – NAPE
Best Team or Best Game, e.g – ESPY
Birds that can lay 3-pound eggs – OSTRICHES
Board game with tweezers – OPERATION
Cologne brand – BRUT
Comedian Skinner – ELIZA
Covered with blacktop – PAVED
Crossed pair on a pirate flag – BONES
Crumb-carrying insect – ANT
Domino effect – CHAINREACTION
Drink brand hidden in ‘disobeyed’ – SOBE
Enjoy immensely – EATUP
Ensembles – SETS
Entered hurriedly – RANIN
Espionage org – CIA
Eye part around the pupil – IRIS
Fit of ___ (annoyed state) – PIQUE
Go ‘1, 2, 3 . . .’ – COUNT
Half of fan fiction’s Drarry – DRACO
High jump – LEAP
High school music group leader – BANDDIRECTOR
Inhalation organ – LUNG
Like Hel and Odin – NORSE
Like Paul Bunyan, or tales about Paul Bunyan – TALL
Make pricier on eBay – BIDUP
Meadows – FIELDS
Motown legend Ross – DIANA
Nevada’s official gemstone, e.g – OPAL
Observe Ramadan, say – FAST
Odometer unit – MILE
Olympian Melissa Wu, e.g – DIVER
Pastel close to turquoise – AQUA
Phobias – FEARS
Poseidon or Ryujin – SEAGOD
Pretend – FEIGN
Relaxing hotel amenity – SPA
Roller coaster track makeup – RAILS
Sag – DROOP
Scene-shooting attempt – TAKE
Skating surface – ICE
Smartphone symbol – ICON
Solemn promise – OATH
Some HP products – PCS
Stuff applied to surfboards – WAX
Sudden complication – SNAG
Teamwork-impeding trait – EGO
Tekkamaki fish – TUNA
The ___ (satirical news website) – ONION
Tiled artwork – MOSAIC
Tinkertoy connector – ROD
Tricksy – SLY
Trims a lawn – MOWS
TV deskmate – COHOST
Unruly crowds – MOBS
Up-tempo jazz genre – BOP
Vicinities – AREAS
Vocal hoarseness – RASP
Voting collective – BLOC
Wall St. debut – IPO
Wastebasket – CIRCULARFILE
Wildly funny sort – RIOT
___ chamber – ECHO
___ on the Shelf – ELF
___ Parks Day (Feb. 4 or Dec. 1) – ROSA
___ v. Wade – ROE
