Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Monday May 17 2021.
‘Bao’ or ‘Lava,’ for example – PIXARSHORT
‘Be careful!’ – SAFETYFIRST
‘I’m good’ – PASS
‘You want a fight, let’s fight!’ – ITSON
‘___ Was a Rollin’ Stone’ – PAPA
Ambulance pro – EMT
Asexual, for short – ACE
Bar that connects car wheels – AXLE
Beyond ___ (meatless option) – BURGER
Bob, longer – ROBERT
Boxing great Laila or Muhammad – ALI
Brought to court – SUED
Bugs that feed on dogs – FLEAS
Capital of Switzerland – BERN
Coffee chain with a siren in its logo – STARBUCKS
Contemptuous looks – SNEERS
Deserve – MERIT
Dry barbecue coatings – RUBS
Evoke – ELICIT
Falafel pockets – PITAS
Flamenco shout – OLE
Focal point in a theater – CENTERSTAGE
Foot digit – TOE
Forced to leave a position – OUSTED
Formerly named – NEE
Funny person – JOKESTER
Grabbed a bite – ATE
Horses, to knights – STEEDS
In the eleventh hour – LASTMINUTE
In ___ of (rather than) – LIEU
Joint in a reflex test – KNEE
Lend money to – SPOT
Long fish – EEL
Member of the fam – SIS
Members of a pride – LIONS
Multipurpose – MIXEDUSE
Mythical homophone of ‘sticks’ – STYX
Name found backwards in 40-Across – TRE
No longer available – BOOKED
Person facilitating a seance – MEDIUM
Plane setting – AUTOPILOT
Plane’s place – AIR
Pool stick – CUE
Psychoactive component of cannabis – THC
Quick on the ___ – UPTAKE
Refer to in an academic paper – CITE
Regain consciousness – COMETO
Reminder of a debt – IOU
Restaurant’s list of options – MENU
Scratched like a tiger – CLAWED
See 1-Down – SEED
Segment of a timeline – ERA
Singer Grande, for short – ARI
Sleep state acronym – REM
Sleepytime tees and such – PJS
Something required for diamonds to form – PRESSURE
Source of annoyance – PEST
Soy-based soup – MISO
Spaghetti aglio e olio ingredient – OLIVEOIL
Spare bits of paper – SCRAPS
Spheres – ORBS
Suggestions – INPUT
Sushi topping – ROE
Swim competitions – MEETS
Thin French pancake – CREPE
Threw out – TOSSED
Tiny member of a colony – ANT
Tool for making holes – AWL
Trident-shaped Greek letters – PSIS
Upper limit – CAP
Use a keyboard – TYPE
Violinist Chen – EDDY
Wire-bending tool – PLIERS
With 13-Down, banh ran tidbit – SESAME
Word ending in -ify, often – VERB
___ Antonio, TX – SAN
___ out a living – EKE
___ through (rummaged around in) – RIFLED
