Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Wednesday July 21 2021.
‘Cutting for Stone,’ for one – SAGA
‘It hit me like ___ of bricks’ – ATON
‘Message received’ – ROGER
‘Shadows in the Night’ singer Bob – DYLAN
‘Totally agree!’ – AMEN
A long time – AGES
Attempt – TRY
Bar bills – TABS
Bean-bearing tree – CACAO
Bear cub’s home – DEN
Become more accepted – GAINCURRENCY
Beings in UFOs, allegedly – ETS
Blouses, tees, etc – TOPS
Blue-green hue – TEAL
Braggart’s claims – BOASTS
Caught in the act – BUSTED
Citrus hybrid – TANGELO
Cry loudly – SOB
Eggs ___ Russe – ALA
Ewes, for example – FEMALES
Exclusively – ONLY
Fantasy monster – ORC
Fireplace debris – ASHES
Foot cream additive – ALOE
Frozen drink brand – ICEE
Garment that’s often blue – DENIMJACKET
Gas pump number – OCTANE
Give a nudge to – PROD
Grains in some muffins – OATS
Hanbok Day celebrants – KOREANS
Ice cream flavor with chocolate chips – COOKIEDOUGH
Impulsive – RASH
Ink-filled implement – PEN
It might be heard through the grapevine – GOSSIP
Jack who eschewed fat – SPRAT
Lutefisk fish – COD
Make completely full – SATE
Makes operational again – REPAIRS
Markings that may be made in margins – NOTES
Mate for a ewe – RAM
Merit – EARN
Mine extraction – ORE
Minecraft explosive – TNT
Moral misdeeds – SINS
Number of time zones used by China – ONE
Opposite of accept – REJECT
Org. that approves dietary supplements – FDA
Pans under bamboo steamers – WOKS
Paranormal – OCCULT
Performance artist ___ Dane Figueroa Edidi – LADY
Phrase of finality – SOTHATSTHAT
Prefix for ‘potent’ – OMNI
Pursue romantically – WOO
Racetrack part – LANE
Scorch on the grill – SEAR
Security warning – ALARM
Seize illegitimately – USURP
Senses of self – EGOS
Sewer rodent – RAT
Similar – AKIN
Slender fish – EEL
Smell terrible – REEK
Soccer shoe part – CLEAT
Stage productions – PLAYS
Tepic or Topeka, for example – STATECAPITAL
The Magna ___ – CARTA
Took the reins – LED
Tree susceptible to bacterial leaf scorch – ELM
Tribute poem – ODE
Undercover agent – SPY
Very small – TINY
Wakame’s habitat – OCEAN
Water-absorbent seeds – CHIA
Wedding reply – IDO
Word before ‘firma’ or ‘incognita’ – TERRA
___ dish (lab container) – PETRI
___ mater – ALMA
___ People’s Campaign – POOR
