Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Thursday February 11, 2021.
‘Be quiet!’ – SHH
‘Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut’ author Derrick – BARNES
Airhole for a TV dinner – SLIT
Alternative to pasties – BRA
App client – USER
Assembly of experts – PANEL
Assent sometimes preceded by ‘so much’ – YES
Awkward response to ‘Happy Birthday!’ – YOUTOO
Belt it out, say – SING
Boston Red ___ – SOX
Broke a fast – ATE
Cage bone – RIB
Cause of monthly headaches, for some (Abbr.) – PMS
Centers of solar systems – SUNS
Ciara/Missy Elliott collab ‘___, Two Step’ – ONE
Compassionate – KIND
Designated – ASSIGNED
Dorm leaders, for short – RAS
Finale – END
Flow back – EBB
Half ___ (musical symbols that look like top hats) – RESTS
Hand out – ALLOT
Home to many Sihasapa – STANDINGROCK
Italian 12-Across – EURO
Jessica of ‘7th Heaven’ – BIEL
Journalist Phillip – ABBY
Lessens – EASES
Letter after sigma – TAU
Like a rager, perhaps – LIT
Like some concerts and markets – OPENAIR
Look closely – PEER
Male turkey – TOM
Manicurist’s tool – NAILSCISSORS
Medieval character – RUNE
Momentary deviation – BLIP
Money, informally – COIN
Mumbai’s country – INDIA
Muscle twitch, e.g – SPASM
Clues – Answers
Musical groups – BANDS
Nala’s mate – SIMBA
Name on lawn mowers – DEERE
Needs to pay – OWES
Nimble – SPRY
Occupies, metaphorically – TIESUP
On the ___ (at large) – LAM
Pampering place – SPA
Particles with protons – ATOMS
Post-bath garment – ROBE
Postdoc’s output – RESEARCHPAPER
Prefix meaning ‘on the same side’ – CIS
Prefix with ‘country’ – ALT
Rules like a queen – REIGNS
Saigon-style dish – PHO
Sculptor Mendieta – ANA
Short haircut – BOB
Site for crafters – ETSY
Some grain whiskeys – RYES
Some sculptures – BUSTS
Sorority founded in 1908, for short – AKA
Spaceship Earth’s place – EPCOT
Spherical treats on a stick – CAKEPOPS
Stevie Wonder hit ‘___ Duke’ – SIR
They’re broken during Las Posadas – PINATAS
Thick-leaved succulent – ALOE
Tooth with cusps – MOLAR
Vibrantly colored – NEON
Were on the same side – SAWEYETOEYE
Whichever – ANY
Word after ‘Mario’ or ‘go’ – KART
Yang’s counterpart – YIN
Yosemite monolith, for short – ELCAP
Youngest winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction – IBRAMXKENDI
___ around (take it easy) – LOLL
___ pad (retro notebook) – STENO
___ Paulo – SAO
___ up (held in) – PENT
