Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Monday October 26, 2020.
‘American Housewife’ actress Wong – ALI
‘Dude,’ more formally – SIR
‘Hard pass’ – NOPE
‘Mucho ___’ (‘Nice to meet you’) – GUSTO
‘Please make this story stop’ – TMI
‘Reply all’ medium – EMAIL
‘So close’ – ALMOST
‘___ McGraw’ (Taylor Swift song) – TIM
‘___ you sure?’ – ARE
Absolutely loves – ADORES
Actress Kendrick – ANNA
Amherst sch – UMASS
Apart from that – ELSE
ASAP – PRONTO
Back muscle, for short – LAT
Battery size – AAA
Bracelet ornaments – CHARMS
Chunk of cash – WAD
Clothing – GARB
Congresswoman Alexandria ___-Cortez – OCASIO
Convened – MET
Counterparts of outs – INS
Cred – REP
Disc thrown in Ultimate – FRISBEE
Do better than – ONEUP
Driver’s aid on long trips – CRUISECONTROL
Droop – SAG
eBay offer – BID
Feathery scarf – BOA
Food that’s an anagram of a winter garment – TACO
Garment with extra pockets – CARGOPANTS
Give for safekeeping – ENTRUST
Giveaway bag – TOTE
Have an appointment with – SEE
Honest – FRANK
In ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ Mrs. Potts is turned into one – TEAPOT
Instrument in the name of a ‘Spider-Man’ tabloid – BUGLE
Invalidates – ANNULS
Kerfuffle – ADO
Leaping athlete – LONGJUMPER
Lemon relative – LIME
Microsoft Surface alternative – IPAD
More than a ___ coincidence – MERE
Mousse alternative – GEL
Mutual ___ fund – AID
Neighbor of Turkey and Turkmenistan – IRAN
Next to – BESIDE
Not on time – LATE
Nuyorican Productions founder’s nickname – JLO
Obstruct – CLOGUP
Obtain via trickery – FINAGLE
Only – LONE
Opposite of 27-Down – NONE
Opposite of 7-Down – ALL
Part of an ‘Old MacDonald’ verse – BAA
Pay increase – RAISE
Peeled – PARED
Periods in history – ERAS
Person you look up to – IDOL
Ph.D. holders, e.g – DRS
Pill alternative, for short – IUD
Pushes forward – PROPELS
Put back on the grill, say – RECOOK
Result of a mutual refusal to compromise – BATTLEOFWILLS
Scorch the surface of – SEAR
Signs off on – OKS
Silly – DOPEY
Solicit opinions from – POLL
Soup-serving spoon – LADLE
Southeast Asian language – LAO
Sprints, say – RUNS
Tamagotchis and Webkinz, for example – FADS
They’re worse than par – BOGEYS
Toboggans, for example – SLEDS
Truck stop sight – SEMI
Unlikely occurrence – FLUKE
You might blow some off – STEAM
___ the scenes – BEHIND
