Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Monday November 9, 2020.
‘Affirmative’ – YES
‘August 28’ director DuVernay – AVA
‘Check this out’ – TAKEAGANDER
‘Downton Abbey’ title – EARL
‘How You Like ___’ (Blackpink song) – THAT
‘In a strange twist . . .’ – ODDLY
‘On the Bus with ___ Parks’ (Rita Dove collection) – ROSA
‘Spider-Man: ___ the Spider-Verse’ – INTO
‘Stat!’ – ASAP
‘thank u, next’ artist – ARIANAGRANDE
‘___ a Little Prayer’ (Dionne Warwick hit) – ISAY
‘___ big fan’ – IMA
1963 hit by The Chiffons – ONEFINEDAY
Above – OVER
Actress and writer Wilson – MARA
Airplane storage site – HANGAR
Apple Sidra, e.g – SODA
Aspiration – HOPE
Be really good – SLAP
Bodes perilously – SPELLSDANGER
Brownies ___ mode – ALA
Bunches of bees – SWARMS
Chomp at – GNAWON
Contact lens’s place – EYE
Cookie similar to a Joe-Joe – OREO
Designer Lowe – ANN
Domain for a lifeguard – POOLAREA
Dumbbell press muscle, for short – PEC
Enter on a number pad – KEYIN
Equips – RIGS
Family nickname – MAMA
Follower of ‘next’ and preceder of ‘X’ – GEN
Full of attitude – SASSY
Go to – ATTEND
Guacamole needs – AVOCADOS
Has, archaically – HATH
Homophone of this clue number’s first digit – FORE
Island near Maui – LANAI
La Brea goo – TAR
Landline features – CORDS
Like some yoga and photography – AERIAL
Like washed-out colors – PALE
Line of stitches – SEAM
Name hidden in ‘feline’ – ELI
Name in Eid prayers – ALLAH
Newly invented word – COINAGE
Ordinance – LAW
Painting medium – TEMPERA
Pinnacle – TOP
Pop singer Simons – EVA
Put on a scale from one to 10, say – RATE
Rainy – WET
Removes from a sketch – ERASES
Revered figure – IDOL
Rosalind Franklin researched it – DNA
Rosebush points – THORNS
Rowboat tools – OARS
Royal insignias – CRESTS
Sleepyhead’s sound – YAWN
Slim – THIN
Some floaties are worn on them – ARMS
Spare cloth piece – RAG
Spend time with Time, maybe – READ
Stuff that might become maple syrup – SAP
Takes up too much space on the subway, maybe – MANSPREADS
Turn to a puddle – MELT
Unwanted association – STIGMA
Visualize – SEE
Voice in a chorus – ALTO
Went in a curved path – ARCED
What skiers ski on – SNOW
With wisdom – SAGELY
Yang’s counterpart – YIN
Yuja Wang’s instrument – PIANO
___ Plaines, Illinois – DES
___ Thee Stallion – MEGAN
