USA Today Crossword Answers – Friday June 25 2021

Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Friday June 25 2021.
‘I Know Why the ___ Bird Sings’ – CAGED
‘My turn!’ – NOWME
‘Ugotme’ singer Apollo – OMAR
‘Up top!’ follower – DOWNLOW
2016 Rihanna album – ANTI
55-Across and others – TESTS
Agile – SPRY
Alternative to ‘ain’t’ – ISNT
Antiquated – ARCHAIC
Apple tablets – IPADS
Bacterial infection, for short – STAPH
Basis of a valid argument – SOUNDLOGIC
Be indebted to – OWE
Bean in ful medames – FAVA
Big flightless bird – EMU
Billion-year period – EON
Bio or physics (Abbr.) – SCI
Body part hidden in ‘Hear that?’ – EAR
Body part with a silent first letter – KNEE
Cards on lanyards – IDS
Constant intake – STEADYDIET
Coral mass – REEF
Dutch cheese – EDAM
Exam for an MBA hopeful – GMAT
Female sheep – EWE
Few and far between – SPARSE
Figs. at the beginnings of tax forms – SSNS
Flow’s opposite – EBB
Follower of the Latter Day Saint movement – MORMON
Forest makeup – TREES
Gene makeup – DNA
Hair coloring substance – DYE
Imitate a pigeon – COO
Kinda – SORTA
Lair – DEN
Leaves that aren’t brewed in a bag – LOOSETEA
Letter after alpha – BETA
Lighter green broccoli parts – STEMS
Major or minor part of a tarot deck – ARCANA
Minor demon – IMP
Moisture on grass – DEW
Need to lie down, maybe – FEELFAINT
Nighttime illumination – STARLIGHT
Nonfiction movies, for short – DOCS
Nonprofit URL ending – ORG
Not far – NEAR
One form of neurodiversity – ADHD
Ph.D. holder’s title – DOCTOR
Point guard Jeremy – LIN
Really wants to have – COVETS
Rounded ceiling – DOME
Runner-up’s report – ILOST
Sharply curved – BENT
Short-legged dog breed – CORGI
Slimy stuff – GOO
Snow-White’s sister in a Grimm tale – ROSERED
Soda – POP
Strive – TRY
Subject of some job interview tips – FIRMHANDSHAKE
Sunscreen number – SPF
Tavern drinks – ALES
Thumbs-up’s meaning – YES
Tribute poems – ODES
Twelve-mo. spans – YRS
University URL ending – EDU
Uno, ___, tres – DOS
Upon – ATOP
Use part of a pencil – ERASE
Was in charge of – LED
What tempeh is made from – SOY
Word after ‘social’ or ‘digital’ – MEDIA
Yahtzee, for example – DICEGAME
___ 500 (car race) – INDY
___ al pastor – TACO
___ caramel macchiato – ICED
___ of honor – MAID
___ of Man – ISLE
___ trouble (instigate) – STIRUP