Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Thursday February 18, 2021.
‘Crisis ___!’ – AVERTED
‘I’ll take a ___ at it’ – STAB
‘If you ask me,’ for short – IMO
‘It’s the end of an ___’ – ERA
‘Mazel ___!’ – TOV
‘Miss Juneteenth’ star Beharie – NICOLE
‘Mona ___’ – LISA
‘The Wall Between’ author Braden – ANNE
‘___ it or lose it!’ – USE
Activist Parks – ROSA
Airport stat – ETD
At the ___ hour – ELEVENTH
Beg – PLEAD
Bliss – JOY
Cereal based on a Nabisco cookie – OREOOS
Childbirth specialists, for short – OBS
Cloud’s place – SKY
Cola, e.g – SODA
Cold outside – CHILLY
County in the southwest corner of Arizona – YUMA
Dark outside – DUSKY
Day after Thu – FRI
Downloadable volume – EBOOK
Fake-offended phrase – IMHURT
Form a labor group – UNIONIZE
Guided trip – TOUR
Hit’s opposite – MISS
In addition – TOO
Inaccurate term – MISNOMER
Japanese dog breed – AKITA
Letters on toothpaste tubes – ADA
Lorain’s state – OHIO
Metallic resource – ORE
Mourn – GRIEVE
Name meaning ‘king’ – RAJA
Name that means ‘have a meal’ when spelled backwards – TAE
Name that means ‘have a meal’ when spelled backwards – ENID
Neck design, for short – TAT
Nike competitor – REEBOK
Ocean bottom – SEAFLOOR
Palindromic name – OTTO
Peephole’s place – DOOR
Podcast hosted by Kid Fury and Crissle West – THEREAD
Product in skin care or printing – TONER
Really small – TINY
Rihanna song with the lyric ‘Now that it’s raining more than ever’ – UMBRELLA
See 17-Across – YOUNEEDTOFREE
See 17-Across – SOMEBODYELSE
Show off – FLAUNT
Signed off on – OKAYED
Some Coloradans – UTES
Something owed – DEBT
Song part that’s repeated – REFRAIN
Spanish for ‘Miss’ – SENORITA
State flower of Indiana – PEONY
Supermarket section – AISLE
Surgery souvenir – SCAR
Tax inspection – AUDIT
The first ‘S’ in USSR – SOVIET
Thee Stallion, to fans – MEG
Third letter of 12-Across – ENE
Third-largest Hawaiian island – OAHU
Tree with a ‘slippery’ variety – ELM
Tube-shaped bottle – VIAL
Unit of computer memory – BYTE
Uses as sustenance – FEEDSON
What goes between tic and toe – TAC
With 34- and 49-Across, Toni Morrison quote – IFYOUAREFREE
Word after ‘pool’ or ‘periodic’ – TABLE
Word before ‘dias’ or ‘Aires’ – BUENOS
Z, to a Brit – ZED
___ Aviv – TEL
