Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Thursday March 4, 2021.
‘Bet you ___ see that coming’ – DIDNT
‘Plus, another thing . . .’ – ANDALSO
‘Quiet down!’ – SHH
‘Sounds real believable’ – SURE
‘___ Morrison: The Pieces I Am’ – TONI
Abu ___, UAE – DHABI
Appliance at a pizza place – OVEN
Awesome – RAD
Baton Rouge sch – LSU
Boxing endings, for short – KOS
Bread that might accompany kheer – PURI
Bumpy animal – TOAD
Buy another year of – RENEW
Cheerful – PERKY
College Board test – SAT
Conversate with – TALKTO
Decline to decide – DEFER
Distress signal at sea – SOS
Electronic instrument, for short – SYNTH
Entangled, in a way – HOOKINGUP
Ethical standards – MORALS
Event with negative consequences – INCIDENT
Extended family member – HALFUNCLE
Fights off – REPELS
Food benefits letters – SNAP
Ga. city – ATL
Get some mileage out of – USE
Hajj destination – MECCA
Hanukkah top – DREIDEL
Has some tibs, say – EATS
Heavily criticizes – BASHES
ID of the form ###-##-#### – SSN
IRS URL ending – DOTGOV
Issa who played a queen on ‘Sesame Street’ – RAE
It involves an accomplice with access – INSIDEJOB
Just slightly – ATAD
Like arms after pushups, perhaps – VEINY
Make a reference – ALLUDE
Most towering – TALLEST
Nonetheless – EVENSO
Not from a big studio – INDIE
Not stay out – HEADHOME
Not well – ILL
Noun-forming suffix – NESS
Opposites of unders – OVERS
Partiality – BIAS
Past, present or future – TENSE
Pay your ___ – DUES
Plains bovine – BISON
Poet Paul Laurence ___ – DUNBAR
Poetry’s counterpart – PROSE
Population-counting survey – CENSUS
Reduce – LESSEN
Respond – ANSWER
Right at this very moment – ASWESPEAK
Says ‘R-E-S-P-E-C-T,’ e.g – SPELLS
Source of warmth – HEATINGUNIT
Speak formally – ORATE
Sporting venues – ARENAS
Throws in the trash – JUNKS
Ticklish Muppet – ELMO
Uncommon occurrence – RARITY
Underside of a shoe – SOLE
Vice ___ – VERSA
Visualizes – SEES
Warms the bench – SITS
Went really fast – TORE
Wheel with teeth – GEAR
Word before ‘cut’ or ‘chief’ – CREW
Wreath of blooms – LEI
Writing implement – PEN
___ camera – PINHOLE
___ Domingo, Dominican Republic – SANTO
___ Wednesday – ASH
