Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Tuesday November 17, 2020.
‘!ke e: /xarra //ke,’ for South Africa – MOTTO
‘All bets ___ off’ – ARE
‘Encore!’ – MORE
‘Son of a Trickster’ author Robinson – EDEN
‘The Bling Ring’ star Watson – EMMA
‘Utopia’ star Sasha – LANE
‘___ the Patchwork Elephant’ – ELMER
Accept blame for someone else’s mistake – TAKETHEFALL
Accompaniment for tortilla chips – CHEESEDIP
Allergy season outburst – ACHOO
Apple part – STEM
Barely discernible amount – TRACE
Be mindful of – HEED
Behind schedule – LATE
Candy that’s a pucker-upper – LEMONDROP
Cash drawer slot – TENS
Cat’s foot – PAW
Causes of beach erosion – TIDES
Chopped down – AXED
Collector of unnecessary things – PACKRAT
Country star McEntire – REBA
Critter that sleeps upside down – SLOTH
Days of ___ – YORE
Desert animal – CAMEL
Environmentalist’s annual observance – EARTHDAY
Fencing maneuvers – THRUSTS
Fish that can swim backwards – EEL
Flight stat – ETA
Flows slowly – SEEPS
Fully understandable – CLEAR
Genetic characteristic – TRAIT
Go offstage – EXIT
Heart-to-heart, e.g – TALK
Henhouse perch – ROOST
High-arcing tennis shots – LOBS
Is in the hole financially – OWES
Look forward to – AWAIT
Make seams, say – SEW
Makeshift swing – TIRE
Moccasin material – LEATHER
Narrow gradually – TAPER
Nocturnal noise – SNORE
Not likely to bite – TAME
Part of the knee, for short – ACL
Place for a peel – SPA
Place for dirty dishes – KITCHENSINK
Pop-up restaurant offering – TOAST
Practiced for a track meet – RANLAPS
Predicts – FORESEES
Receive a ___ welcome – HEROS
Roomy bags – TOTES
Sauna emission – STEAM
Self-storage compartment – UNIT
Sends to Congress, say – ELECTS
Sensitive skin spots – SORES
Short appearance – CAMEO
Significant period in history – ERA
Smell – ODOR
Stanley Cup org – NHL
Started a hand – DEALT
Stetson material – FELT
Stovetop equipment – PANS
The ‘O’ in O Magazine – OPRAH
The Pokemon Sudowoodo looks like one – TREE
Treaties – PACTS
Turner, the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll – TINA
U-turn from WNW – ESE
Unaccounted for, for short – AWOL
Upper-left key – ESC
Veggie that sounds like a plumbing problem – LEEK
Waterskiing place – LAKE
Website for crafters – ETSY
What comes before beta – ALPHA
Whimper – MEWL
Without risk – SAFELY
Word after ‘ice’ or ‘roller’ – SKATE
___ Faithful – OLD
___ up (reinforce) – SHORE
