Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Thursday November 5, 2020.
‘A Long Walk’ singer Jill – SCOTT
‘Can you ___ me?’ – HEAR
‘Flights’ author Tokarczuk – OLGA
‘Good ___ Gone Bad’ (Rihanna album) – GIRL
‘Help!’ letters – SOS
‘If It ___ Love’ (New Edition song) – ISNT
‘It’s not that bad’ – ILLLIVE
‘No need to wake me’ – IMUP
‘Spring forward, fall back’ letters – DST
‘The thing is . . .’ – YOUSEE
‘___ culpa’ – MEA
1993 Janet Jackson movie – POETICJUSTICE
7-Across client – USER
An hour past noon – ONEPM
Area with trees – WOODS
Base for some pizzas – NAAN
Bird who says ‘The sky is falling!’ – CHICKENLITTLE
Bit of recognition – NOD
Bit of wordplay – PUN
Blend – MELD
Blue-green color – AQUA
Budding – NASCENT
By way of – VIA
Chicken’s place – COOP
Country that uses the Solar Hijri calendar – IRAN
Descend like a 39-Down – SWOOP
Eagle’s nest – AERIE
Faucet – TAP
French for ‘yes’ – OUI
Genuine – SINCERE
Goads into a bigger purchase – UPSELLS
Got together with – MET
Grocery store worker – CASHIER
Group of bees – SWARM
Hair accessory – CLIP
Hawaiian garland – LEI
Heavy sword that’s light on consonants – EPEE
Intelligence org – NSA
Jordan who wrote, ‘I will not walk politely on the pavements anymore’ – JUNE
Language originated in Connecticut – ASL
Lo mai gai, etc – DIMSUM
Marsh bird – SNIPE
Mayonnaise, for example – SEMISOLID
Meryl who played Miranda Priestly – STREEP
Message ___ bottle – INA
Nocturnal bird – OWL
Not genuine – FAUX
Not in support of – ANTI
Not neat – MESSY
Nuisance – PEST
Offenses – SINS
One side of the ‘jollof wars’ – NIGERIA
Organ with a canal – EAR
Part of LAPL – LOS
Parts of some convos – TEXTS
Person with no chance – GONER
Pour a liquid over – DOUSE
Precious stones – JEWELS
Relaxed at the end of a stressful day – UNWOUND
Requests – ASKS
Reservation home to Oglala Lakota College – PINERIDGE
Resident of old Peru – INCA
Romantic interest of Harley Quinn – POISONIVY
Salt-N-___ – PEPA
Silent-letter song – HYMN
Small amounts – TADS
Spanish for ‘What’s up?’ – QUEPASA
Springy dances – JIGS
Startup’s creation, perhaps – APP
Stop by – VISIT
Take responsibility for – OWN
Tantrum – FIT
The ‘A’ in T.A. (Abbr.) – ASST
Tin alloy – PEWTER
Tiny role – CAMEO
Walking Eagle News specialty – SATIRE
Web addresses – URLS
___ treatment – SPA
