Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Friday February 12, 2021.
Ant Man and the ___’ – WASP
‘Bride ___’ (2009 romcom) – WARS
‘I see it now!’ – AHA
‘Looky here!’ – OHO
‘Love Life’ channel – HBO
*Comedian with bushy brows and a trademark mustache – GROUCHOMARX
*Kenny G’s instrument – SOPRANOSAX
*Levy for smokers – TOBACCOTAX
*Tex-Mex seasoning – TACOMIX
Actress Hatcher – TERI
Actress with top billing – STAR
America’s national tree – OAK
Animal parts used for stews, or what the answers to the starred clues all have – OXTAILS
Baby whale – CALF
Batting ninth – UPLAST
Big fuss – ADO
Billions of years – EONS
Chop veggies, say – PREP
Cigna competitor – AETNA
Come to a close – END
Cry of self-pity – POORME
Debater’s counterargument – REBUTTAL
Designer dog, by another name – MUTT
Do karaoke – SING
E, on a compass – EAST
Emotionally detached – ALOOF
Expel by force – OUST
Foam clogs – CROCS
Former flames – EXES
Get snuggly – NESTLE
Give it a shot – TRY
Grain storage building – SILO
Gravy thickener – ROUX
Gym count – REPS
Home to an Australian ‘devil’ – TASMANIA
Indigenous Peruvian – INCA
Instrument featured in ‘I Got You Babe’ – OBOE
Iowa State University city – AMES
Its state flag has 17 stars – OHIO
Judit Polgar’s game – CHESS
Lessen – ABATE
Letter before omega – PSI
Magician’s accessory – CAPE
Molecular building block – ATOM
Most prudent – WISEST
Musakhan ingredient – SUMAC
Netlike material – MESH
Outperforms – BESTS
Oyster bed treasures – PEARLS
Pha That Luang’s country – LAOS
Pile up – AMASS
Place to hang a poster – WALL
Prefix bigger than pico- – NANO
Runs with an easy gait – LOPES
Send as payment – REMIT
Shoot for – AIMAT
Sister brand of Porsche – AUDI
Sitting upon – ATOP
Soccer star Morgan – ALEX
Song for one – SOLO
Spanish for ‘gold’ – ORO
Sports honorees – MVPS
Stage between egg and pupa – LARVA
Start to a wish – IHOPE
Steamy – SEXY
Tagging along – INTOW
Tennis player Dementieva – ELENA
The A of LGBTQIA, for short – ACE
The Sultanate of ___ – OMAN
Took the gold – WON
Vote into office – ELECT
Wedding dresses that are often red – SARIS
Word after ‘vague’ or ‘bright’ – IDEA
Writing utensil for some crossword solvers – PENCIL
Zapotecs’ home state, often – OAXACA
___ off (prune) – LOP
___ oil – CANOLA
___ out (barely gets) – EKES
