Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Monday December 7, 2020.
‘Close, but no cigar’ – NICETRY
‘Hold the Line’ band – TOTO
‘Tiny Canadian’ ___ Page – ELLEN
‘Without further ___ . . .’ – ADO
‘Yikes!’ – EEK
*cough cough* – AHEM
2016 Rihanna hit – WORK
A hatchet is a small one – AXE
Actress Hathaway – ANNE
Apt anagram of ‘outs’ – OUST
Area – ZONE
Assignment – TASK
Award for A’ja Wilson and Giannis Antetokounmpo in 2020 – MVP
Awards acronym – EGOT
Barrier beside the red carpet – VELVETROPE
Bench press muscle – PEC
Bread served with ghee – NAAN
Carved in stone, say – ENGRAVED
Chance – SHOT
Chevy muscle car – CAMARO
Classroom table – DESK
College official – DEAN
Comic read from right to left – MANGA
Cube root of eight – TWO
Currency in Belgium – EURO
Dance, e.g – ART
Dietary ___ – FIBER
Double-dog dare, say – EGGON
Doughy treat in Venezuelan cuisine – AREPA
Dreidel, e.g – TOP
Electrical unit – WATT
Element below neon on the periodic table – ARGON
Forever Stamp letters – USA
Harbor platforms – PIERS
Ideal, for short – PERF
Japanese string instrument – KOTO
Lexington or Madison, in NYC (Abbr.) – AVE
Listen to – HEAR
Lost interest – GOTBORED
Lots – ATON
Love letters to a celeb – FANMAIL
Make ___ meet – ENDS
Matching group – SET
Merry song – CAROL
Mezzo or tenor, for example – VOCALRANGE
Middle-distance runner – MILER
Midmorning hour – TEN
Movie format – IMAX
Music holders in cases – CDS
Not quite a strike – SPARE
Number of monosyllabic Teletubbies – ONE
One of seven in a softball game – INNING
One-up – OUTDO
Person from Belarus, e.g – SLAV
Poker tournament with no entry fee – FREEROLL
Reason to use an air freshener – ODOR
Reputation, for short – CRED
Rhyming perch for a frog – LOG
Sasha and Malia’s surname – OBAMA
Scientist Goodall – JANE
Show and ___ – TELL
Sleep briefly – NAP
Solidified lava – VOLCANICROCK
Sound from a dog – SNARL
Sound from a dog – HOWL
Spaniard’s love – AMOR
Stainless ___ – STEEL
Super weird – BIZARRE
Target of some suppression – VOTINGRIGHTS
The ‘E’ in 34-Down – EMMY
Title for Milton Brunson (Abbr.) – REV
Translation of ‘ella’ – SHE
Very good, in French – TRESBIEN
Vole relative – LEMMING
Wander – ROAM
What candles on a cake represent – AGE
___ California (Mexican state) – BAJA
___-K – PRE
