Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Wednesday October 21, 2020.
‘2 On’ percussion – SNAPS
‘Mic Drop’ K-pop group – BTS
‘Monstress’ author Marjorie – LIU
‘No turning back now’ – ITSADONEDEAL
‘Since you mentioned it . . .’ – ABOUTTHAT
‘That’s weird’ – ODD
‘The Good Dinosaur’ dinosaur – ARLO
‘Wait your turn!’ – ONEATATIME
‘What ___ around comes around’ – GOES
‘What ___ could go wrong?’ – ELSE
Acted hastily – RUSHED
Automobile – CAR
Banishment – EXILE
Basketball legend Bird – SUE
Beauty chain – ULTA
Bigheadedness – EGO
Black-eyed ___ – PEAS
Box office busts – BOMBS
Bumpy amphibian – TOAD
Cart-pulling bovines – OXEN
Certain unmarried parent – SINGLEMOM
Colorful part of the eye – IRIS
Country north of Lithuania – LATVIA
Creation for a party or a run – PLAYLIST
CT scan alternative, maybe – MRI
Didn’t tell the truth – LIED
Dish such as nam khao – SALAD
Does nothing – IDLES
Enjoyed sushi, say – ATE
Female goat – DOE
Fish pond growth – ALGAE
Fixes with stitches – DARNS
Formally stop – CEASE
Girls, in Spanish – NINAS
Hidden snag – CATCH
Initial bits of progress – TOEHOLDS
Insects eaten by echidnas – ANTS
Italian sub meat – SALAMI
Journalists, collectively – FOURTHESTATE
Kept in the email thread – CCED
Like candles or fake fruit – WAXY
Like the countryside – RURAL
Loch in Scotland – NESS
Magician’s accessory – CAPE
Marathons, etc – RACES
Meter or yard – UNIT
Mosquito bite result – ITCH
Musical staff symbol – CLEF
Mystical glow – AURA
Octet for a squid – ARMS
Paradise lost in ‘Paradise Lost’ – EDEN
Place for an herb box – SILL
Post-marathon woe – ACHE
Postpone – DEFER
Pot covers – LIDS
Prepares for a marathon, say – TRAINS
Pride parade letters – LGBT
Rested on a divan, say – SAT
Reverberate – ECHO
Romantic bloom – ROSE
Singer ___ Ray Joel – ALEXA
Skiing surface – SNOW
Squid’s home – SEA
Suffix meaning ‘most’ – EST
Surface measurement – AREA
Symbol that might be clicked – ICON
Tallies up – ADDS
Tech support callers – USERS
Time spent doing stuff with other people – SOCIALLIFE
Toaster Swirlz brand – EGGO
Top cards in poker – ACES
Trailer park vehicles – RVS
Tree susceptible to some beetles – ELM
White marsh bird – EGRET
Xinjiang’s continent – ASIA
Yemen ___ Republic (country from 1962-1990) – ARAB
___ al pastor (Mexican dish) – TACOS
___ Wafers – NILLA
