Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Friday January 29, 2021.
‘A long time ___ in a galaxy far, far away . . .’ – AGO
‘Goodnight, ___’ (Lead Belly song) – IRENE
‘Hairspray’ actress Ricki – LAKE
‘Not at all, actually’ – FARFROMIT
‘Summertime’ from ‘Porgy and Bess,’ e.g – ARIA
‘The Great British Bake ___’ – OFF
‘The ___ fact that . . .’ – MERE
‘The ___ of Music’ – SOUND
‘Thelma & Louise’ star Davis – GEENA
‘Yesterday!’ – ASAP
‘___ Lessons’ (Beyonce hit) – DADDY
‘___ Poissons’ (‘The Little Mermaid’ song) – LES
Biting pest – FLEA
Biting pests – MITES
Book jacket blurb – BIO
Breaks off a relationship – ENDSIT
Button with a paper airplane icon – SEND
Citrus peels – RINDS
Clef type – TREBLE
Closest pals, for short – BFFS
Coming-out party, e.g – EVENT
Cookie with a 2020 Supreme collab – OREO
Corn unit – EAR
Cross the threshold – GOIN
Date – SEE
Destinations that may be all-inclusive – RESORTS
Domain – AREA
Entices – SEDUCES
Flying mammal – BAT
Fountain offerings – SODAS
French luxury brand – DIOR
Go grocery shopping, etc – RUNERRANDS
Godsend – BOON
Have the same opinion – AGREE
Inexperienced gamers – NOOBS
It may be broken by a rebel – RULE
It may be wrapped with Christmas lights – FIRTREE
It’s no fun at all – SLOG
Language learner’s challenge – SLANGLess cooked – RARER
Like Diet Dr Pepper – CARBONATED
Like most paid apps – ADFREE
Like some cliffs and costs – STEEP
Lindt competitor – GODIVA
Messy digs – STY
Mini-golf stroke – PUTT
North Pole toymaker – ELF
Official language of Rajasthan – HINDI
One of 10 masters of Sikhi – GURU
Onigiri wrapper, often – NORI
Otherwise – ELSE
Permanently – FORGOOD
Pets, cutesily – FURBABIES
Pikachu’s trainer – ASH
Prefix for ‘pilot’ – AUTO
Primp – PREEN
Primped – GROOMED
Protagonists, often – HEROES
Ran from – FLED
Really stinks – REEKS
Refrain on Old MacDonald’s farm – EIEIO
Repair – MEND
Reversed – UNDID
Sarah Koenig podcast – SERIAL
Sea creature with an ‘elephant’ variety – SEAL
Show to a table – SEAT
Significant period – ERA
Snug hideaways – NESTS
Some Wikipedia volunteers – EDITORS
Table finish (or ruiner) – STAIN
Thespian’s study – DRAMA
Thigh bone – FEMUR
Took a load off – SAT
Totals – SUMS
Tubular scarf – SNOOD
Underwire undergarment – BRA
Workplace safety org – OSHA
___ grrrl (feminist punk movement) – RIOT
