Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Friday December 4, 2020.
‘Failing Up’ author Leslie ___ Jr – ODOM
‘High School Musical’ protagonist – TROY
‘Once ___ a Time’ – UPON
‘Over here!’ – PSST
‘Victory is mine!’ – IWIN
‘Whoa there!’ – HEYNOW
‘___! . . . I Did It Again’ – OOPS
2016 WNBA MVP Ogwumike – NNEKA
24/7 – ALLDAYEVERYDAY
9-Down or Idaho – STATE
About an hour after noon – ONEISH
Acronym akin to ‘carpe diem’ – YOLO
Adzuki, e.g – BEAN
Against – ANTI
Astronaut Jeanette – EPPS
Bad smell – ODOR
Brand images – LOGOS
Bright astronomical events – NOVAS
Center parts – MIDDLES
Chan who played Astrid in ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ – GEMMA
Competition for Naomi Osaka – OPEN
Contraception method – IUD
Crystallized snack – ROCKCANDY
Desk light – LAMP
Eating plan – DIET
Essie competitor – OPI
Even score – TIE
Feel sore – ACHE
Financial planning option – IRA
Genre for Hepcat – SKA
Get money for – SELL
Greek god of desire – EROS
Green fruit – LIME
Hairstyle for 32-Down – AFRO
Hijos, in English – SONS
Home to Mount Hood – OREGON
Japanese rice cakes – MOCHI
Keeps bothering – NAGS
Major energy source – COAL
Makes a blunder – ERRS
Mammal that might eat 20 pounds of food per day – OTTER
Mocking look – SNEER
More recent – NEWER
More than ready – EAGER
Most dry – ARIDEST
Most populous continent – ASIA
Name akin to Paul – PABLO
Ninth’s follower – TENTH
Observing – NOTING
One of four for Biles in 2016 – GOLDMEDAL
Part of a shoelace knot – LOOP
Personality parts – EGOS
Place to live – HOME
Power to prevent legislation – VETO
Prefix for ‘nemesis’ – ARCH
Prefix for ‘permanent’ – SEMI
Primary – MAIN
Put on TV again – REAIR
Release a grasp – LETGO
Relish – SAVOR
Respectful greeting – NAMASTE
Response to good advice you might not take – ISHOULD
Sargasso or Caribbean – SEA
Shania Twain’s ‘___ Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?’ – WHOSE
Singer Macy – GRAY
Sneaky – SLY
Some basketball players, position-wise – SHOOTINGGUARDS
Tic-tac-toe drawing – GRID
Uncommon – RARE
Underwear material – LACE
Urban area – CITY
Word before ‘boots’ or ‘music’ – GOGO
Worshipped from ___ – AFAR
___ Nation (nickname for Stanford) – NERD
___ out a living (gets by) – EKES
___ Y (millennials) – GEN
