Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Wednesday May 12 2021.
‘Alternatively . . .’ – ORELSE
‘Concrete Cowboy’ star Idris – ELBA
‘Count me in!’ – IMGAME
‘Good job!’ – NICEGOING
‘He’s his mother’s ___’ – SON
‘My b,’ in a text – SRY
‘Once ___ a time . . .’ – UPON
‘Such a pity!’ – SOSAD
‘___ a Little Prayer’ – ISAY
Annoy constantly – PESTER
Attachments for presents – GIFTTAGS
Bearded antelope – GNU
Bucket list items – LIFEGOALS
Calamitous – DIRE
Camera type (Abbr.) – SLR
Chick’s chirp – PEEP
Chinese supermodel Wen – LIU
Classic budae-jjigae meat – SPAM
Cold-hardy leafy green – KALE
Come together – UNITE
Currency in Karuizawa – YEN
Destine for trouble – DOOM
Doc to see for sinusitis – ENT
Earthworm’s habitat – SOIL
Egg-shaped lip balm brand – EOS
Employee’s benefit – PERK
Enjoyable – FUN
Experience again – RELIVE
First food for some babies – POI
Flow back from the shore – EBB
Foil the plans of – THWART
Follow-up movie – SEQUEL
Font akin to Helvetica – ARIAL
French word before a former name – NEE
Gloppy substance – GOOP
Grand in scale – EPIC
Highest single digit – NINE
Humbly took the blame – ATEDIRT
It precedes Tue – MON
Letter after chi – PSI
Letting up – EASING
Like an eyesore – UGLY
Like cereal that’s been in milk for a while – SOGGY
Minnesota’s state fish – WALLEYE
Nine-digit ID (Abbr.) – SSN
Odor – SMELL
Old Roman garment – TOGA
One who overcharges customers – PRICEGOUGER
Particle ending in or – – ION
Performed by a choir – SUNG
Period of history – ERA
Pig’s place – STY
Prefix for ‘punk’ or ‘security’ – CYBER
Pride letters – LGBT
Public radio supporters – DONORS
Raspy-sounding – HOARSE
Replies to an invite – RSVPS
Restaurant selection – ENTREE
Scenic area along the Yangtze River – THREEGORGES
Scottie Beam and Sylvia Obell, for ‘Okay, Now Listen’ – HOSTS
Sensational up-and-comers – PHENOMS
Short vinyl recordings – EPS
Sit in a crouching position – SQUAT
Some undershirts – TEES
Stage layouts – SETS
Stations with salsas – TACOBARS
Swampy grounds – BOGS
Swimmer’s units – LAPS
Tantrum – FIT
Tool for weeding – HOE
Transfusion fluid – BLOOD
Truck engines, often – DIESELS
Two-dot punctuation mark – COLON
Vehicle in a hangar – PLANE
Volume booster – AMP
Vowel-heavy sauce – AIOLI
Walk heavily – PLOD
___ Speedwagon (rock band) – REO
