Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Saturday August 21 2021.
‘Any ___?’ (‘Who’s in?’) – TAKERS
‘Beyond the Gender Binary’ author Vaid-Menon – ALOK
‘It’s too bad,’ old-style – ALAS
‘Respect’ singer Franklin – ARETHA
‘Respect’ singer Redding – OTIS
‘Uh-huh’ – YEAH
‘___ the thing . . .’ – HERES
Action after ‘copy’ – PASTE
Autographed – SIGNED
Big, strong bags – SACKS
Body part that supports the head – NECK
Body parts with nostrils – NOSES
Brings back to 100% battery – RECHARGES
Casino game with a wheel – ROULETTE
Children – KIDS
Competitive advantage – EDGE
Compress into a ball – WADUP
Country where Nuu-chah-nulth is spoken – CANADA
Court sport – TENNIS
Cumin, for example – SPICE
Debate against, perhaps – SPARWITH
Doing a small wedding – ELOPING
Drive-___ (parts of fast-food places) – THRUS
El ___, Texas – PASO
Embarrassed – ASHAMED
Eyelid hair – LASH
Fashion initials – YSL
Food that’s a month spelled backward – YAM
Geometry measurement – AREA
Get acquainted – MEET
Go against – OPPOSE
Greeting derived from Sanskrit – NAMASTE
Hairy bovine – YAK
Have yet to pay – OWE
He/him/___ – HIS
In addition – TOO
Italy’s capital – ROME
Knowles, for Beyonce – SURNAME
Large unit of weight – TON
List to order from – MENU
Looking closely – PEERING
Nautical distress call – SOS
Paid for a poker hand – ANTED
Perspired – SWEATED
Pile – STACK
Pioneering nurse Seacole – MARY
Plain of grassy land – PRAIRIE
Rise from bed – GETUP
Rodeo rope – LASSO
Room at the top of a house – ATTIC
Secret agent – SPY
Sesame bit – SEED
Shipped – SENT
Sing Christmas songs – CAROL
Size of a studio apartment – ONEROOM
Software customer – USER
Something a very busy person doesn’t have a lot of – SPARETIME
Something given by an instructor – LESSON
Sounds from baby birds – PEEPS
Structure in a church – ALTAR
Struggle for many drivers – PARALLELPARKING
Substances next to sinks – SOAPS
Tehran’s country – IRAN
Ten-cent coin – DIME
The Grand Canyon State, on scoreboards – ARI
The M in DMV – MOTOR
The ___ P. Johnson Institute – MARSHA
The ___ Stone (Egyptian artifact held in the British Museum) – ROSETTA
They’re often combined with pedis – MANIS
Unaccompanied – ALONE
Venue that’s 26-Down with a letter added – ARENA
Website with shops – ETSY
What ‘u’ is often short for – YOU
___ Z – GEN
