Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Friday August 6 2021.
‘Eww, don’t finish that story!’ – TMI
‘Furthermore . . .’ – ALSO
‘I’m well ___ of that’ – AWARE
‘Sure’ – OKAY
‘You Bring Me Joy’ singer Baker – ANITA
‘___ Take You There’ (Staple Singers hit) – ILL
2018 Helen Hoang novel – THEKISSQUOTIENT
And so on (Abbr.) – ETC
Barbecue staple – BRISKET
Big brawl – MELEE
Black-and-white whale – ORCA
Browned bread – TOAST
Centers of operations, for short – HQS
Channel with a three-face logo – PBS
Close by – NEAR
Collections of bloopers – REELS
Complete collections – SETS
Constricting snake – BOA
Country north of Chile – PERU
Coup d’___ – ETAT
Cousin’s parent – AUNT
Delicious – TASTY
Deviate from the course – STRAY
Dolphin’s place – SEA
Faux ___ – PAS
Gator relative – CROC
God in 16-Across – ALLAH
Hair products – GELS
Hi-___ images – RES
High school math class, for short – CALC
Idealized people are figuratively placed on them – PEDESTALS
Ignited – LIT
Incorrect answer to ‘Is today Opposite Day?’ – YES
Internet fad – MEME
Liquefy in the kitchen – BLEND
Liquefy in the kitchen – PUREE
Lists announced after acting auditions – CASTS
Little fights – SPATS
Lodging places – INNS
Maple liquid – SAP
Mardi Gras city, for short – NOLA
Nebraska city – OMAHA
Not as dangerous – SAFER
Not fake – REAL
Not nearly enough – ALLTOOFEW
Old-style ‘your’ – THY
One-celled organisms – AMOEBAS
One-fifth – TWENTYPERCENT
Pieces expressing views – OPEDS
Pig enclosure – STY
Pig noises – OINKS
Pigeon’s murmur – COO
Place to swim or hoop – YMCA
Position in the standings – RANK
Prefix meaning ‘half’ – SEMI
Prefix meaning ‘new’ – NEO
Promise of repayment – IOU
Scared sound – GULP
Scared sound – EEK
Second-largest religion – ISLAM
Sharply inclined – STEEP
Slip-___ (easy shoes) – ONS
Some hail damage – DENTS
Song from back in the day – OLDIE
Spotted – SAW
Surprised breaths – GASPS
The A in a B.A. degree – ARTS
The spleen and others – ORGANS
The ___ Collective (group for Black women in economics) – SADIE
Tools for gardening – HOES
Topic in the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples – TRIBALCONSENT
Use up – DEPLETE
Used a bench – SAT
What square footage measures – AREA
Without interruptions – NONSTOP
Word before ‘flight’ or ‘deposit’ – DIRECT
Yellow fruit – LEMON
___ rights – TRANS
