Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Wednesday July 28 2021.
‘Cruella’ star Stone – EMMA
‘Dang it!’ – RATS
‘Got me now?’ – AREWECLEAR
‘Here’s what I want to know . . .’ – TELLME
‘It’s not ringing any ___’ – BELLS
‘No worries’ – ITSALRIGHT
‘Now it makes sense!’ – ISEE
‘The Mandalorian’ actor Weathers – CARL
‘Winning ___ everything!’ – ISNT
Ads that raise awareness – PSAS
Animal clinic visitor – PET
Backed down – RELENTED
Barn roof spinner – VANE
Birchbark boat – CANOE
Brush alternative – COMB
Card in a blackjack – ACE
Christmas carols – NOELS
Compost bin wrigglers – WORMS
Cookie similar to a Giro – OREO
Damage control professional – SPINDOCTOR
Discontinue – CEASE
Discontinues – ENDS
Dot on an ocean map – ISLE
East’s opposite – WEST
End of many URLs – COM
Enoki part – STEM
Event with demo booths – EXPO
Figure skating jump – AXEL
Forgets to charge the phone, say – ERRS
Full of excitement – ANIMATED
Garments under crop tops, sometimes – BRAS
Has no help – ACTSALONE
Instrument for Esperanza Spalding – BASS
Instrument played with a bow – VIOLA
Intense fear – DREAD
Jeweler’s weight unit – CARAT
Keemun and kuding – TEAS
Knee part, for short – ACL
Lancelot and Mix-a-Lot, e.g – SIRS
Like legs after a barre class – SORE
Little devil – IMP
Luxurious country estate – VILLA
Maia ___, first Black woman NFL official – CHAKA
Make small talk – CHAT
Many years – AGES
Masonry or welding, say – TRADE
Mean-spirited – NASTY
Meat in Hawaiian cuisine – SPAM
Medical drama characters (Abbr.) – MDS
Mother-in-___ – LAW
Musical groups – BANDS
Muskmelon’s skin – RIND
Name hidden backward in ‘Darby’ – BRAD
Pay attention to – HEED
Played on the radio – AIRED
Red-and-green dish often topped with feta – BEETSALAD
Repair – MEND
Savings plan with a SIMPLE variety – IRA
Seasoned one – VETERAN
Seasoning for caramels – SEASALT
Showed up – CAME
Smallest bills – ONES
Sofia Coppola, to Talia Shire – NIECE
Specifies the maximum amount, for example – SETSALIMIT
Spheres of interest – AREAS
Sports reporter Gutierrez – ISRAEL
Steal a glance – PEEK
Summer hrs. in Portland – PDT
Territory – LAND
Top of a toothpaste tube – CAP
Trim the grass – MOW
Wear away – ERODE
Website with crafts – ETSY
Weep loudly – BAWL
Willamette University city – SALEM
Wing measure – SPAN
___ memorization – ROTE
___ socks – TOE
