USA Today Crossword Answers – Saturday May 8 2021

Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Saturday May 8 2021.
Thanks, Captain Obvious!’ – NODUH
‘You ___ to be there’ – HAD
‘___ Bop’ (Cyndi Lauper hit) – SHE
‘___ it!’ (‘Very cool!’) – IDIG
‘___ we there yet?’ – ARE
Absolute – UTTER
All ___ (eager to listen) – EARS
Artery from the heart – AORTA
Automotive devices that enable turning – STEERINGCOLUMNS
Ballerina Tallchief – MARIA
Beam of light – RAY
Become one – MERGE
Bird that might be ‘bald’ – EAGLE
Blanchett of stage and screen – CATE
Branch of Islam – SHIA
Colgate competitor – CREST
Commotions – TODOS
Corrosive substances – ACIDS
Destroy – TRASH
Discipline with a triangle pose – YOGA
Do some needlework – KNIT
Enjoy some cachupa, say – EAT
Even score – TIE
Examines carefully – INSPECTS
Fast-food chain with buckets – KFC
First-aid ___ – KIT
Freedom from worry – EASE
French city hidden in ‘Charleston’ – ARLES
Get together – MEET
Gift shop shirts – TEES
Keister – REAR
List dots – BULLETPOINTS
Long-billed bird – HERON
Make a required bet in poker – ANTEUP
Make puppy dog eyes at, perhaps – BEG
Mollusk coverings once used as currency – COWRIESHELLS
Most populous city in Brazil – SAOPAULO
Near – NIGH
Nearly all – MOST
Not many – AFEW
Observes Sawm – FASTS
Odometer units – MILES
Old Russian rulers – TSARS
Omurice ingredient – EGG
One recommending restaurants to a tourist, maybe – LOCAL
Only month that starts on a Sunday in 2021 – AUGUST
Plum relative – SLOE
Pyramid scheme, for example – SCAM
Q-tip, e.g – SWAB
Queen’s stint – REIGN
Really funny person – RIOT
Reeves who played himself in ‘Always Be My Maybe’ – KEANU
Ridicules – ROASTS
Road goo – TAR
Samoan sibling – USO
Sci-fi saucer – UFO
Ship’s backbone – KEEL
Signed, informally – INKED
Six-point football plays (Abbr.) – TDS
Smooth fabrics – SILKS
Solo in an opera – ARIA
Something an awning provides – SHADE
Spice applications – RUBS
Spotted – SEEN
Squabble – ARGUE
Strong string – TWINE
Take to court – SUE
Target competitor – KMART
Tennis champ or her birthplace – OSAKA
The leading one has the most points – SCORER
Threw a fit – RAGED
White Sands National Park formation – DUNE
Word after ‘lab’ or ‘low’ – TECH
Word from the Inuktitut for ‘house’ – IGLOO
Yes, in French – OUI
Your and my – OUR
___ Atlanta University – CLARK
___ of phrase – TURN’