USA Today Crossword Answers – Tuesday June 15 2021

Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Tuesday June 15 2021.
‘Ah, makes sense’ – ISEE
‘Homegoing’ author Gyasi – YAA
‘Just wonderful!’ – SPLENDID
‘Losing My ___’ (LCD Soundsystem song) – EDGE
‘Optimistically . . .’ – ATBEST
‘___ wasn’t built in a day’ – ROME
16-Across, for example – STATE
AB positive, for example – BLOODTYPE
American ___ (dog breed) – BULLY
Argument against – CON
Arguments in favor – PROS
Attempt – TRY
Bike part with treads – TIRE
Bring up – RAISE
Camp crackler – FIRE
Career fair setup – BOOTH
Coming-of-___ (movie about growing up) – AGER
Competes – VIES
Darling – DEAR
Denim pants – BLUEJEANS
Enthusiastic – AVID
Fish’s breathing organ – GILL
Go on a shopping ___ – SPREE
Got a perfect score on – ACED
Green fruit – LIME
Hawkeyes’ home – IOWA
James portrayed by Beyonce in ‘Cadillac Records’ – ETTA
Juicy gossip – DIRT
Lent a hand – HELPED
Letter sequence that symbolizes easiness – ABC
Malty brew – ALE
Matures – RIPENS
Nimble – SPRY
Ninth Greek letter – IOTA
Ocean’s rise and fall – TIDE
Olivia’s last name on ‘Scandal’ – POPE
Page in a manual – STEP
Person listed on a dog tag – OWNER
Praise-filled poems – ODES
Profound – DEEP
Recipe amt – TBSP
Region – AREA
Rider (and rhyme) of a trike – TYKE
Rodents found in tall grass – HARVESTMICE
Seaside structure – PIER
Secret agents – SPIES
Skirt – AVOID
Snoozes – NAPS
Softball hitter’s chance – ATBAT
Sound of a sea or a lion – ROAR
Spunky – SASSY
Squares on a calendar – DAYS
Stages a historical event – REENACTS
Summer solstice month – JUNE
Super smeller’s asset – NOSE
Tats – INK
The Pine Tree State – MAINE
They might be wild in a card game – JOKERS
Toad’s sound – CROAK
Tower-building game – JENGA
Traveled on – RODE
TV show featuring Bowen Yang – SNL
TV station that thanks ‘viewers like you’ – PBS
Units of mass (Abbr.) – LBS
Uttered – SAID
Verb in a 52-Across recipe, often – ROAST
Water toy in the National Toy Hall of Fame – SUPERSOAKER
Web address ending for a college – EDU
White root vegetable – TURNIP
Wind-maker for a photoshoot – FAN
Word after ‘body’ or ‘modern’ – ART
Word with a sigh – ALAS
Work hard for – EARN
Worked with marble, perhaps – SCULPTED
Workers at hospitals – NURSES
___ eye (angelic makeup look) – HALO
___ out (fall fast asleep) – CONK
___ parking (driving test part) – PARALLEL