Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Monday March 29, 2021.
‘A Raisin in the ___’ (Hansberry play) – SUN
‘Decorates’ with Charmin, for short – TPS
‘Heads I win, ___ you lose’ – TAILS
‘It’s the end of an ___’ – ERA
‘The Lion King’ lion – SIMBA
‘You Oughta Know’ singer Morissette – ALANIS
Allow – LET
Astronaut Jemison – MAE
Beverage in some braised beef recipes – COLA
Chicken noodle, e.g – SOUP
Cleans with a hose, say – WASHESOFF
Closed tight – SHUT
Competitive personality classification – TYPEA
Confiscates – TAKES
Cowgirl’s shout – YEEHAW
Cry noisily – WAIL
Dalai ___ – LAMA
Dangle or droop – HANG
Decorative sticker – DECAL
Devices with PIN pads – ATMS
Doesn’t have – LACKS
Earl Grey, etc – TEAS
Fall birthstones – OPALS
Family member in the NATO phonetic alphabet – PAPA
Fashion icon Apfel – IRIS
Field a psychic might read – AURA
Final part – END
Firecracker that won’t go off – DUD
Fish’s covering – SCALES
Frozen beverage brand – ICEE
Gets the picture – SEES
Greek god of love – EROS
Group of the biggest celebs – ALIST
High point – ACME
Hill, from the Spanish for ‘table’ – MESA
J-Hope’s band – BTS
Liqueur in an Alabama slammer – SOUTHERNCOMFORT
Major artery – AORTAMammal that flies – BAT
Michael K. Williams role on ‘The Wire’ – OMAR
Moves like a crab – SIDLES
Name found in ‘destroyer’ – TROY
NASCAR race unit – LAP
Newspaper essay – OPED
Nonliteral phrase – IDIOM
OK to eat, in Islam – HALAL
Opposite of 1-Across – OPEN
Opposite of worst – BEST
Oval, e.g – SHAPE
Part that’s aboveground on a mangrove tree – ROOT
Perform a sonata, say – PLAY
Pet name for a significant other – BABE
Place for pampering – SPA
Playground fixture – SLIDE
Positive votes – YEAS
Protein drink – SHAKE
Put in an impossible situation – TRAP
Quick cut – SNIP
Recedes like the tide – EBBS
Rihanna album with ‘Work’ and ‘Woo’ – ANTI
Shine brightly – GLEAM
Skin cleanser form – FOAM
Spy’s moniker – CODENAME
Stat in softball – RBI
Sticky black stuff – TAR
The lady in ‘Lady Sings the Blues’ – BILLIEHOLIDAY
They might spoil their niblings – AUNTS
Ties the knot – WEDS
Unscented – ODORLESS
Up-and-down aerobic exercise session – STEPCLASS
Vegas NHL team – GOLDENKNIGHTS
W, informally – DUB
Word shouted to scare someone – BOO
Young bear – CUB
___ no good – UPTO
___-Wan Kenobi – OBI
