Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Thursday April 15 2021.
‘I’m so unlucky!’ – POORME
‘Just a ___!’ – SEC
‘So disappointing’ – UGH
‘Uh, if you insist’ – IGUESSSO
Anteater features – SNOUTS
Area containing the South Pole – ANTARCTICCIRCLE
Branch of Islam – SHIA
Broad road (Abbr.) – AVE
Bulb bloom – TULIP
Carly ___ Jepsen – RAE
Cedar or oak – TREE
Character name-checked on Taylor Swift’s ‘Love Story’ – ROMEO
Chicks’ mom – HEN
Chips and ___ – GUAC
Chocolate-and-caramel candy brand – ROLO
Choice – OPTION
Clock sound – TICK
Columns’ counterparts – ROWS
Congeal – CLOT
Covered with asphalt – PAVED
D.C. transit system – METRO
Daredevil’s feat – STUNT
Double-reeded woodwinds – OBOES
Elongated fish – EEL
Ending for ‘Kazakh’ and ‘Kyrgyz’ – STAN
Ending to some prayers – AMEN
Explodes – BURSTS
Farmland measure – ACRE
First major film to be shot on the ocean – JAWS
Gain traction on Twitter – TREND
Geologic time period – EON
Getting-there figs – ETAS
Gleam – SHINE
Greek sandwiches – GYROS
Hailed vehicle – CAB
Heels, e.g – SHOES
Humanitarian symbol – REDCRESCENT
Jambalaya grain – RICE
Jane Fonda’s role in ‘Klute’ – BREE
Jazz pianist Jones – HANK
Kvetches – GRIPES
Lambda ___ Awards – LITERARY
Metaphor for deep trouble – HOTWATER
Nebraska’s largest city – OMAHA
Nevada city – RENO
New Mexico city – TAOS
North Pole boss – SANTA
North Pole employees – ELVES
Opponent – RIVAL
Palindromic name – OTTO
Part of a blind – SLAT
Parts of operas – ACTS
Per person – EACH
Period when there were dinosaurs – JURASSIC
Place for a book title – SPINE
Poker payment – ANTE
Possessive pronoun – HERS
Profs’ helpers – TAS
Prominent features of sun hats – BRIMS
Put two and two together, say – ADD
Result of a current jumping a gap – ELECTRICARC
Roof-sealing goo – TAR
Scientist Pavlov – IVAN
Sharp product, in more ways than one – HDTV
Shout answered with ‘Polo!’ – MARCO
Singer Simone – NINA
Southeast Asian language – LAO
Surname that sounds hard to see through – HAYES
Swamp creature, for short – GATOR
Sweetener source – AGAVE
Tapenade ingredient – OLIVE
The editors of Inkubator crosswords, e.g – WOMEN
Throw away – TRASH
Title TV doctor Meredith – GREY
Unit equivalent to one cubic decimetre – LITRE
Water pitcher brand – BRITA
___ rest (violinist’s accessory) – CHIN
___ State University (Mississippi HBCU) – ALCORN
