Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Wednesday January 27, 2021.
‘Big ___’ (comic strip) – NATE
‘I ___ even’ – CANT
‘My Gal ___’ (1942 musical starring Rita Hayworth) – SAL
‘Othello’ schemer – IAGO
‘Quit your jibber-jabber!’ – SHH
‘Seriously!’ – NOLIE
‘Toy Story’ dinosaur – REX
‘What if’ situation – SCENARIO
Auditioner’s hope – PART
Balancing point, in physics – CENTEROFMASS
Beat by a small margin – EDGE
Boxing ring barrier – ROPE
Bus schedule info – ETA
Busan, South ___ – KOREA
Calligraphy and opera, e.g – ARTS
Chocolatey espresso drink – CAFFEMOCHA
Coin shape – DISC
Comedian Funches – RON
Cougar – PUMA
Crispy cafeteria sides – TATERTOTS
Dairy aisle purchase – CARTONOFMILK
Decorate – ADORN
Displayed stamina – LASTED
Engrave in glass – ETCH
Enjoyed a banh mi – ATE
Evil spirit – FIEND
Exercise with asanas – YOGA
Fiscal execs – CFOS
Fortress defense – MOAT
Free throw’s trajectory – ARC
Garment that may be built-in – BRA
Golfer’s warning – FORE
Greet the day – ARISE
Have a good shvitz – SWEAT
Ideal outcome of a job interview – OFFER
Instrument with French and English varieties – HORN
Japanese curry veggie – ONION
Keep the turkey moist – BASTE
Like the name Mike, for an emcee – APT
Loafer bottom – SOLE
Moral misstep – SIN
Non-___ soybeans – GMO
Not married – UNWED
On edge – TENSE
Ooh and ___ – AAH
Opposed to – ANTI
Orders of songs to be played at concerts – SETLISTS
Outlaw – BAR
Palindromic kitchen brand – OXO
Patch up – MEND
Pigeon’s perch – ROOST
Pink lady ingredient – GIN
Places for cold stone facials – SPAS
Podcast interviewer – HOST
Pre-___ students – MED
Preliminary race – HEAT
Progressive alternative – GEICO
Publicly queer – OUT
Rigatoni, e.g – PASTA
Rile up – ANGER
Road map lines (Abbr.) – STS
Run-of-the-mill – BANAL
Salad with bacon and hard-boiled eggs – COBB
Savana automaker – GMC
Shop window information – STOREHOURS
Siouan language – DAKOTA
Smallest bills in a till – ONES
Some Studio Ghibli workers – ANIMATORS
Soup that’s often a casserole base – CREAMOFMUSHROOM
Sprinkle with holy water – BLESS
Talk a big game – BRAG
Texter’s qualifier – IMO
Therefore – ERGO
Uses an abacus, maybe – ADDS
Word before ‘piece’ or ‘pastry’ – PUFF
Words from groom to groom – IDO
Zoom alternative – SKYPE
___ of (to some extent) – SORT
