Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Wednesday December 30, 2020.
‘Brown Skin’ singer India.___ – ARIE
‘I kid you not’ – TRUESTORY
‘Rugrats’ protagonist – TOMMY
‘That’s awful!’ – OHNO
‘We’d be wise to skip that’ – LETSNOT
A whole bunch – GOBS
Altar promise – VOW
Brass or steel – ALLOY
Burial sites – TOMBS
C-___ (congressional channel) – SPAN
CD-___ – ROM
Comedian Butcher – RHEA
Damsons and mirabelles – PLUMS
Designation for a hit album – GOLDRECORD
Dog’s irritant – FLEA
Engine sound – PURR
Enjoy immensely – SAVOR
Etching fluid – ACID
Feels out of sorts – AILS
Floor plan calculations – AREAS
Foam – FROTH
For example – SAY
From ___ till dawn – DUSK
Get married at the local courthouse, say – ELOPE
High-pressure perch – HOTSEAT
In the lead – AHEAD
Injury reminder – SCAR
Kid’s injury – OWIE
Lake south of Huron – ERIE
Lawn cover – SOD
Legislative tactic – POCKETVETO
Like creme brulee – RICH
Like long odds – SLIM
Like some patches – IRONON
Like some stray cats – FERAL
Machinery parts – COGS
Make it right – ATONE
Muffuletta alternative – POBOY
Mythical underworld – HADES
National Pet Day mo – APR
Newspaper think piece – OPED
Pilates surfaces – MATS
Places with barbells – GYMS
Poker hand starter – ANTE
Practical joke – GAG
Pre-1917 Russian rulers – TSARS
Prefix for ‘circle’ – SEMI
Proceeding mindlessly – ONAUTO
Prop for a clown – STILT
Prudent investments – SMARTMONEY
Rice dish cooked with broth – RISOTTO
Roberts in the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame – NORA
Rodents, to snakes – PREY
Roller coaster feature – LOOP
Sausages served with onions – BEERBRATS
Says further – ADDS
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce’s milieu – TRACK
SilverSneakers participant, perhaps – RETIREE
Simple shelters – HUTS
Singer DiFranco – ANI
Small orchard – GROVE
Snatch rudely – GRAB
Some family members – DADS
Some family members, for short – SIBS
Spanish for ‘bull’ – TORO
Spanish for ‘bye’ – ADIOS
Speed bump’s place – ROAD
Surname that’s an anagram of an orange traffic item – COEN
Victoria Chang creation – POEM
Voice actor SungWon – CHO
Wasabi-loving Muppet – ELMO
We’re living in it – DIGITALERA
Words to a blackjack dealer – HITME
Works onstage – ACTS
___ force – BRUTE
___ it out (battles) – DUKES
___ Tour (sports org.) – PGA
___ up (admit guilt) – FESS
