Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Monday December 21, 2020.
57 Varieties’ ketchup brand – HEINZ
‘Deck the Halls’ contraction – TIS
‘I swear!’ – HONESTTOGOD
‘I’m so ___ it’ – OVER
‘That’s ___-brainer’ – ANO
‘The Addams Family’ cousin – ITT
2003 OutKast hit – HEYYA
Adjective in some rap names – LIL
Air Quality Index org – EPA
Alternative to ‘lol’ – HAHA
Another name for trail mix – GORP
Apply – EXERT
Attack with snowballs, e.g – PELT
Beam of light – RAY
Body part that rises when saying ‘ah’ – UVULA
Brave – GUTSY
Breadmaking material – DOUGH
Burdened – LADEN
Caused to make a mistake – TRIPPEDUP
Chain with unlimited breadsticks – OLIVEGARDEN
Champ’s boast – IWON
Chinese e-commerce giant – ALIBABA
Cognizant – AWARE
Currently occupied – INUSE
Daily Planet journalist Lois – LANE
Dosti ___ (flatbread) – ROTI
Emergency contraception brand – PLANB
English river that’s an astronomy term backward – AVON
Fencing phrase – ENGARDE
Flight figs – ETAS
Fountain selections – SODAS
Fruit in the family Cucurbitaceae – GOURD
Goes together well – MESHES
Govt. divisions – DEPTS
Head-to-head – MANOAMANO
Insect’s middle segment – THORAX
Joke – GAG
Latin ‘therefore’ – ERGO
Like some emotions and top crusts – VENTED
Long period of time – EON
Love interest of April on ‘Parks & Rec’ – ANDY
Love interest of Piper on ‘Orange Is the New Black’ – ALEX
Mining target – ORE
Mountain lions – PUMAS
Movember mo – NOV
National park in 29-Down – ZION
Neckwear clip – TIEBAR
Next to – BESIDE
Not strict – LAX
Opening in an animal carrier – AIRHOLE
Opposite of full – EMPTY
Oregon Ducks city – EUGENE
Paintball relative – LASERTAG
Phrase spoken while waving at a TV camera – HIMOM
Pigpen – STY
Pinot noir, but not pinot grigio – REDWINE
Prescription measure – DOSAGE
Puts on – DONS
Revisions – EDITS
Salt Lake City’s state – UTAH
Scrooge’s first name – EBENEZER
Shampoo brand – PERT
Shape of some stitches – ZIGZAG
Shaving tool – RAZOR
Sheeplike – OVINE
Showbiz grand slam – EGOT
Something fixed at a body shop – DENT
South ___ (Busan’s country) – KOREA
Speed measure (Abbr.) – KPH
Tasty, in Hawaii – ONO
Teeny-___ – WEENY
Title for a knight – SIR
Tool used to hang artwork – LEVEL
Vetoed – NIXED
Words of exemption said while touching one’s nose – NOTIT
World Cup cheer – OLE
___-com – ROM
___-Mex – TEX
