Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Thursday August 5 2021.
‘. . . you get the idea’ (Abbr.) – ETC
‘Closer’ duo ___ and Sara – TEGAN
‘In addition . . .’ – AND
‘lucky wreck’ poet Limon – ADA
‘Mediocre’ author Ijeoma – OLUO
‘Sad to say . . .’ – ALAS
‘Strange Planet’ creature – ALIEN
0 – NIL
Amber Ruffin’s Nebraska hometown – OMAHA
Astronomer and 2020 Nobel Prize winner Andrea – GHEZ
Award for a top athlete – MVP
Balloon animal filler – AIR
Bit of progress, metaphorically – DENT
Buy-one-get-one event – SALE
Chat with thumbs – TEXT
City with an annual Peach Drop (Abbr.) – ATL
Color wheel choice – HUE
Discuss again at a later time – CIRCLEBACK
Djembe or conga, e.g – DRUM
Doesn’t feel so hot – AILS
Doesn’t float – SINKS
Dorothy, to Auntie Em – NIECE
Draw out – ELICIT
Fairy tale monster – OGRE
Furious – IRATE
Genre with roots in the Chicago club scene – HOUSEMUSIC
Gets married – SAYSIDO
Gives guidance – ADVISES
Glasgow native – SCOT
Glasses, for short – SPECS
Gloria Gaynor’s genre – DISCO
Go up – RISE
Hosts with microphones – EMCEES
Is overcome with fear – PANICS
Lake near Cleveland – ERIE
Like potatoes in aloo bharta – MASHED
Lock of hair – TRESS
Long, involved story – SAGA
Main courses – ENTREES
Moral wrongdoing – SIN
Org. where Katherine Johnson worked – NASA
Pancake condiment – MAPLESYRUP
Paper towel layer – PLY
Period right before a deadline – TIMECRUNCH
Person who refuses lots of different foods – FUSSYEATER
Pro vote – YEA
Require – NEED
Restaurant handout – MENU
River through Uganda – NILE
Road goop – TAR
Round numbers – ZEROES
Secondhand – USED
Shed tears – CRY
Shoulder muscle, for short – DELT
Small recipe amt – TSP
Soft drinks – SODAS
Some carpools – RIDESHARES
Special FX tech – CGI
Spiritual teacher – GURU
St. ___, Missouri – LOUIS
Stir-fry dish often served with pancakes – MOOSHU
Tampa Bay NFLers – BUCS
The G in SAG – GUILD
Tippy-top – APEX
Trial – TEST
Trim wool from – SHEAR
Two months after Dec – FEB
Two months before Dec – OCT
Undershirt option – TEE
Unfilled space – GAP
University website ending – EDU
Video segment – CLIP
Wabash River’s state – INDIANA
Wipe away – ERASE
Woodwind instrument that’s 75% vowels – OBOE
___ cable (audio connection) – AUX
___ positive – SEX
___-up (exercise that works lats) – CHIN
