Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Friday August 20 2021.
‘Despicable Me’ protagonist – GRU
‘It’s not my ___!’ – FAULT
‘Sesame Street’ network – PBS
‘thats rly funny’ – LOL
‘The ___ Black Girl’ – OTHER
‘Three Little Pigs’ abode that thwarts the Big Bad Wolf – BRICKHOUSE
‘You’ve got mail’ company – AOL
‘___ message will self-destruct’ – THIS
Apple tablet – IPAD
Back in time – AGO
Baseball hitter’s turn – ATBAT
Be in charge of – LEAD
Best-liked, informally – FAV
Big shopping outing – SPREE
Bill ___ the Science Guy – NYE
Brennan ___ Mulligan of ‘Fantasy High’ – LEE
Cable alternative – DSL
Cheeky – SASSY
Chemistry Nobelist Hoffman – ROALD
Coke and Pepsi – COLAS
Connector of oxen – YOKE
Cookie brand with spokeselves – KEEBLER
Dings on cars – DENTS
Dog, in Spanish – PERRO
Double-reed instrument – OBOE
Dreidel, e.g – TOP
Enjoyed some nam khao – ATE
Exceptional intelligence – BRILLIANCE
Fibbed – LIED
First food consumed for Iftar, often – DATE
Floating airship – BLIMP
Florida, for one – PENINSULA
Fusion of Amethyst and Pearl in ‘Steven Universe’ – OPAL
Future perfect, e.g – TENSE
Gobble up – DEVOUR
Greek vowels – IOTAS
H.S. science class – APBIO
Happy and successful time to look forward to – BRIGHTFUTURE
Hindi honorific – SRI
Hoppy brew – IPA
Hosp. areas – ERS
Infuses with liveliness – BRINGSTOLIFE
Like Clara for most of ‘The Nutcracker’ – ASLEEP
Love dearly – ADORE
Memoir with juicy details – TELLALL
Month after Mar – APR
Muscular – BEEFY
Name hidden in ‘delight’ – ELI
Nested district – ENCLAVE
Not as much – LESS
Org. that Sarah Thomas refs in – NFL
Oui’s opposite – NON
Out on the ocean – ATSEA
Person who might enjoy solo gaming – LONER
Person you admire – IDOL
Place for a sleeve tattoo – ARM
Places for plugs and eyes – SOCKETS
Plant with soothing gel – ALOE
Platypus’s beak – BILL
Pointers – TIPS
Professor’s job security – TENURE
Pull from the soil – UPROOT
Rent out your rental – SUBLET
Roadside rescue – TOW
Say ‘I’ll have the . . .’ – ORDER
Say hi with your hand – WAVE
Simone Manuel’s Olympic team – USA
Snow day vehicle – SLED
Splash around – SLOSH
Spuds – TATERS
Subside – ABATE
Swerves – VEERS
Take to court – SUE
That person’s – THEIR
Upscale outdoor tents – PAVILIONS
Use scissors on – CUT
Word after ‘parking’ or ‘vacant’ – LOT
Word near a door handle, maybe – PULL
