Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Saturday August 7 2021.
‘Big Little Lies’ actress Laura – DERN
‘It’s a no for me’ – NAH
‘Let Me Blow Ya Mind’ artist – EVE
‘Rumor has it . . .’ – IHEARD
‘___ Your Thing’ (Isley Brothers hit) – ITS
‘___, Can You Hear Me?’ – PAPA
Activist Strangio – CHASE
Actor in ‘Beasts of No Nation’ – IDRISELBA
Basically – INESSENCE
Cashew, for example – NUT
CBS forensics franchise – CSI
City near Tempe – MESA
College in Tempe, for short – ASU
Dangerous place to be – LIONSDEN
Delighted – GLAD
Dessert often topped with hot fudge – SUNDAE
Do really well – EXCEL
Doesn’t get stuck focusing on – SEESPAST
Door-to-door job – SALES
Draw intersecting lines through – XOUT
El ___ lado (the other side) – OTRO
Every bit – ALL
Exam for a H.S. junior – PSAT
Expand horizontally – WIDEN
Extra periods in sports, for short – OTS
Feature on a graduation cap – TASSEL
Features of Texas accents – DRAWLS
Feline – CAT
Football scores (Abbr.) – TDS
Fury – IRE
Get everything set – PREP
Goosebumps-inducing – EERIE
Had the nerve – DARED
Hairstyle protected by the CROWN Act – AFRO
Hard to find – RARE
Hitches in plans – SNAGS
Inquire – ASK
Invaders in some sci-fi movies – ALIENS
Job for a musician – GIG
Joy – GLEE
Lacking the right tools – ILLEQUIPPED
Latte option – SOY
Like a cold stare – ICY
Like tartare and crudo – RAW
Mouth-related – ORAL
Name that’s one of the halves of a word in this clue – HAL
New Orleans university – TULANE
Numbers in fantasy leagues – STATS
Participate in a contest – COMPETE
Parts of lists – ITEMS
Password at an ATM – PIN
People who represent talent – AGENTS
Period of time – ERA
Pie ___ mode – ALA
Prefix meaning ‘against’ – ANTI
Pug or pitbull – DOG
Ready for picking – RIPE
Release a grip – LETGO
Relinquish – WAIVE
Salted part of a margarita glass – RIM
Sashay – STRUT
Screech – SHRIEK
Short excursion – JAUNT
Signed up for – JOINED
Sourdough, for example – BREAD
Spoiling – RUINING
Stiletto or sandal – SHOE
Suffix like ‘-like’ – ESQUE
Tardy – LATE
Too-large sense of self-importance – INFLATEDEGO
Tottenham Hotspur F.C., for example – TEAM
Translation of ‘hasta’ – UNTIL
Very soon – INASEC
Wallet cards – IDS
www.81cents.com, for example – URL
___ code (part of a phone number) – AREA
___ Xing (road sign) – PED
___-based scholarship – MERIT
