Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Monday August 23 2021.
‘Are you ___ watching?’ (question from a streaming service) – STILL
‘Hurry!’ – NOTIMETOSPARE
‘Not sure,’ for short – IDK
‘Simple & ___’ (Utada Hikaru song) – CLEAN
Accuse – BLAME
Advertising mascot with a top hat and monocle – MRPEANUT
Affliction that might be monthly – PMS
Aide (Abbr.) – ASST
Ancestry – ROOTS
Astronaut Jemison – MAE
At a sharp incline – STEEP
Bellybutton – NAVEL
Bowen Yang’s show – SNL
Brooklyn basketball team named after part of the basket – NETS
Buffer, like an online video – LOAD
Burrito filling – BEANS
Currently taken – INUSE
Cuss – SWEAR
Desperate request – PLEA
Details – INFO
Done napping – AWAKE
Drippings used to make gravy – BACONFAT
Eatery with udon and soba – NOODLEBAR
Excited exclamation – ITSLIT
Feature of the last word in this CLUE – CAPS
Finishes – ENDS
Flightless birds – EMUS
French word before a former name – NEE
Game with falling shapes – TETRIS
Genre for Saweetie – RAP
Gorillas, for example – APES
Homes in trees – NESTS
Ingredient in tacos al pastor – PINEAPPLE
Instruction from a Hasbro toy – BOPIT
Is in charge of – LEADS
Items on a Girl Scout’s sash – BADGES
King Arthur-themed strategy game – AVALON
Kissing in the street, e.g – PDA
Leave off – OMIT
Less rich – POORER
Lie in the sun – BASK
Lioness sound – ROAR
Look over again – REREAD
Luxurious head of hair – MANE
Multiple-choice ___ – TEST
Nibble persistently – GNAW
Opening for mail or coins – SLOT
Order at an ice cream parlor – BANANASPLIT
Palindromic pop group – ABBA
Path for a volleyball serve – ARC
Photo ___ (media events) – OPS
Place to stay during a road trip – INN
Places to play croquet – LAWNS
Played some Portal, perhaps – GAMED
Potatoes, for a spud gun – AMMO
Praiseful poems – ODES
Prefix for ‘profit’ – NON
Puts away – STOWS
Response to a forwarded meme – LOL
Role for Scooter the Dog in ‘The Wiz Live!’ – TOTO
Shows respect to a sensei – BOWS
Shrinking superhero – ANTMAN
Spanish for ‘gold’ – ORO
Standards of excellence – IDEALS
Starting point – ORIGIN
Style of dress – WRAP
Suggests – POSITS
Tidy – NEAT
Twirl – SPIN
Unauthorized action by unionized workers – WILDCATSTRIKE
Wager – BET
Wide formal tie – ASCOT
Yank – PULL
___ buco (Italian dish) – OSSO
