Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Thursday November 26, 2020.
Fingers crossed!’ – IHOPE
‘GLOW’ actress Wong – ELLEN
‘Hang on a sec!’ – HOLDIT
‘Rings a bell,’ e.g – IDIOM
‘Strange Grace’ author Gratton – TESSA
‘___ That Emotion’ (Miracles hit) – ISECOND
17-Across targets – TYPOS
Arizona language – HOPI
Assessment – TEST
Auction site since 1995 – EBAY
Bamboo eater – PANDA
Behind-the-back baskets, say – TRICKSHOTS
Biblical boat – ARK
Bit of land in the ocean – ISLE
Book series with riddles by Jean Marzollo – ISPY
Bundled together – PAIRED
Cacio e ___ (pasta dish) – PEPE
Calypso relative – SKA
Chastise – SCOLD
Comedian Jones – LESLIE
Comparable – AKIN
Containing added nutrients – ENRICHED
Cook over high heat – SEAR
Discreetly include on an email – BCC
Encouragement from a dinner host – EAT
Fragrant wood – CEDAR
Gel ___ – PEN
Gives way – YIELDS
Go through beforehand – REHEARSE
Got introduced to – MET
Image made of black squares on a white background – QRCODE
Joint that might be opened – HIP
Lead-in to ‘style’ or ‘tie’ – HAIR
Like J, in the alphabet – TENTH
Lip balm brand – EOS
More lethal – DEADLIER
Name in ‘carpe diem’ – EDIE
Name that sounds like a meal – STU
Notion – IDEA
Nov. follower – DEC
Olympian Mia – HAMM
One of the five W’s – WHO
One of three in a day, perhaps – SQUAREMEAL
Onigiri seaweed – NORI
Orderly – NEAT
Palindromic parent – MOM
Passionate – ARDENT
Perfect place – UTOPIA
Plan from a gastroenterologist – DIET
Prop in a pre-flight safety demonstration – SEATBELT
Rationale – MOTIVE
Rhyming duo in the candy aisle – MIKEANDIKE
Shade of gray – ASH
Shove – PUSH
Store with a Swedish Food Market – IKEA
Stratagem – TACTIC
Style named for a 1925 expo – ARTDECO
Term of endearment – BOOBOO
The ‘A’ in IPA – ALE
The ‘D’ in DJ – DISC
The ‘T’ in ATM – TELLER
Traveled on horseback – RODE
Turkey holiday – EID
Unit of electrical resistance – OHM
Unit of internet navigation – TAB
Unit of thickness – PLY
Vicious ___ – CYCLE
Voting process – ELECTION
Waist accessories – SASHES
Water filter brand – BRITA
Word processing convenience – SPELLCHECK
Words before self-quoting – IWASLIKE
Words between wives-to-be – IDO
Written defamation – LIBEL
Wrongs – EVILS
___ Etats-Unis – LES
___ out (barely achieves) – EKES
___’s List (platform for women in tech) – ADA
