Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Thursday February 25, 2021.
‘As the saying ___ . . .’ – GOES
‘Breathing Lessons’ novelist – ANNETYLER
‘Cheerio!’ alternative – TATA
‘Impressive work!’ – NICE
‘Superstore’ network – NBC
‘Who’da thunk it?’ – IMAGINETHAT
Abominable snowman – YETI
Bayou plants – REEDS
Bread eaten with hummus – PITA
Business bigwig, for short – EXEC
Busy parent’s recharging period – ALONETIME
Colorful marble – AGATE
Complete failure – FIASCO
Complete scope – GAMUT
Corrosive fluid – ACID
Crunchy bits in a brownie – NUTS
Cyclotron particles – IONS
Deal with – SORTOUT
Deliver a speech – ORATE
Electrical network – GRID
Far from worldly – NAIVE
Feeling feverish, say – ILL
Firefighter’s chopper – AXE
Flower or part of the eye – IRIS
Frightful folklore figure – OGRE
Gives a great performance – SHINES
Glowing review – RAVE
Goes by – ELAPSES
Greek capital – ATHENS
Greenish-blue hue – TEAL
Grilling accessory – PROPANETANK
Grows weary – TIRES
Head offstage – EXIT
Helicopter blade – ROTOR
Hindustani classical music instrument – SITAR
Holiday with an egg hunt – EASTER
In the slightest – ATALL
Informal affirmative – YEP
Labeled – TAGGED
Lake bordering four states – ERIE
Lawn ornament – GNOME
Lions’ place – DEN
Lord and Lady Macbeth, e.g – SCOTS
Made a homemade costume, perhaps – SEWED
Midterm or final – EXAM
Not budget-friendly – COSTLY
Not leave someone on read – REPLY
Nwodim of ‘SNL’ – EGO
Oinkers’ quarters – STY
Organ next to a sideburn – EAR
Part of an ice skate – BLADE
Pear part – STEM
Prefix meaning ‘before’ – ANTE
Provided an endowment for – FUNDED
Radio ___ (clean version of a song) – EDIT
Rage – IRE
Sakkarai pongal ingredient – RICE
Second chance – REDO
See-through material – MESH
Set things right – ATONE
Shallow ___ – END
Sharp – KEEN
Singer Kay – STARR
Some security guards’ posts – GATES
Sportscast summary – RECAP
Started – BEGAN
Stash out of sight – HIDE
Studied closely – EYED
They’re studied by attorneys – LAWS
Unsaid, yet understood – TACIT
Uppermost points – ACMES
Use a mala – PRAY
Villain vanquisher – HERO
Watering hole on a train – BARCAR
Webpage – SITE
Word after ‘gray’ or ‘bay’ – AREA
Word found in ‘Kalahari desert’ – ARID
___ Rope (Wonka candy) – NERDS
