Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Friday December 25, 2020.
‘Hair Love,’ for example – ANIMATEDSHORT
‘It made sense the first time!’ – IGOTIT
‘Last Dance’ singer Summer – DONNA
‘Mar’ in English – SEA
‘Mister’ in Spanish – SENOR
‘My response was . . .’ – ISAID
‘One Night in Miami’ star Goree – ELI
‘Water’ in Spanish – AGUA
‘What’s your best estimate?’ – GUESS
24-hour period – DAY
Adjective for cool weather – CRISP
After-dinner freebie – MINT
Aligns – SYNCS
Angkor Wat’s continent – ASIA
Archetype – PARADIGM
Author ___ Weijun Wang – ESME
Back tooth – MOLAR
Billboards, e.g – ADS
Bit of body art, for short – TAT
Black Lives Matter co-founder Garza – ALICIA
Color – HUE
Determined person – GOGETTER
Discussion – BACKANDFORTH
Eagerness – THIRST
Food with a shell – TACO
Garage band sessions – JAMS
Glossary item – TERM
Gospel singer Tamela – MANN
Got ready for a surprise party’s big moment – HID
Grill fuel – GAS
Group spirit – MORALE
Half of a colon – DOT
Hari Kondabolu’s ‘The Problem with ___’ – APU
Haughty person – SNOB
Home for a pet fish – TANK
Initials of urgency – ASAP
It might be on the floor when you wake up – DURAG
IVF cells – OVA
Low-difficulty – EASY
Many Christmas trees – FIRS
Morrison novel that followed ‘The Bluest Eye’ – SULA
Music storage devices that can be ‘burned’ – CDS
Nail polish brand – ESSIE
Nonprofessionals – AMATEURS
Not have – LACK
Number of seasons for ‘Family Matters’ – NINE
Opposite of least – MOST
Outer part of a lemon – RIND
Overnight stopping place – INN
Payment – FEE
Pigeon’s sound – COO
Poet Sharon – OLDS
Poke bowl topping – ROE
Possibility – CHANCE
Pronoun trio – HEHIMHIS
Protected – SAFE
Pusheen, for example – CAT
Raced – SPED
Respectful address – AUNTIE
Rowing machine, for short – ERG
Samoan dessert – POI
Secures the win – BRINGSITHOME
Shoddy – JANKY
Stage – PHASE
Strolls – AMBLES
Throw to a teammate – PASS
Tie – TETHER
Title word before ‘Wars’ or ‘Trek’ – STAR
Unsure which option to go with – TORN
Water brand that’s an adjective backwards – EVIAN
Wild flower in a Louise Gluck title – IRIS
Winter accessory – HAT
Zone – AREA
___ chi – TAI
___ Francisco – SAN
___ luego (‘Until then!’) – HASTA
___ Tacs – TIC
___ worth – NET
