Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Tuesday August 31 2021.
‘A Black Lady Sketch Show’ creator Thede – ROBIN
‘Dream on!’ – ASIF
‘Get lost!’ – SCRAM
‘Haven’t a clue’ – NOIDEA
‘Hold ___ your hats!’ – ONTO
‘I call dibs!’ – MINE
‘Let me not forget . . .’ – NOTETOSELF
‘One Night in Miami’ star Hodge – Aldis
‘Permission to Dance’ band – BTS
Accompanying – WITH
Addition result – TOTAL
Agua ___ – FRESCA
Alternatives to heels – FLATS
Amount owed – DEBT
Biblical garden – EDEN
Black-and-white cookie – OREO
Boat problem – LEAK
Body of water – SEA
Casual lunch spot – CAFE
Cease – END
Closest pal – BESTFRIEND
Comedian Funches – RON
Compare – STACKUP
Confesses – COMESCLEAN
Corn on the ___ – COB
Do as ordered – OBEY
Excite – AROUSE
Fawn’s mom – DOE
Frustrated dog’s sound – GRR
Garden figurine – GNOME
Glue brand – ELMERS
Grab – SNAG
Gradually change – EVOLVE
Guitar accessory – STRAP
Hailed ride – CAB
Hair removal brand – NAIR
In advance – BEFOREHAND
Insect that Scott Lang can control – ANT
Installed cabinet locks, for example – BABYPROOFED
Light wood – BALSA
Like an eyeroll-inducing joke – CORNY
Long-eared equine – ASS
Lydia Valentin’s country – SPAIN
Many ‘Chicken Run’ characters – HENS
Muppet who lives with Ernie – BERT
Notable time periods – ERAS
Off in the distance – AFAR
One of three in a carbon dioxide molecule – ATOM
Oodles – ALOT
Open to having multiple romantic partners – POLY
Opposite of stiff – LIMP
Panang curry cuisine – THAI
Papas – DADS
Places for murals – WALLS
Places with squat racks – GYMS
Purse or backpack – BAG
Recedes – EBBS
Reversed a previous decision – BACKTRACKED
Salon supply – DYE
Shower scrubbers – LOOFAHS
Sign before Taurus – ARIES
Singer’s pride – VOICE
Some haircare products – OILS
Subj. aptly hidden in ‘trade control’ – ECON
Summer camp vessel – CANOE
Swap – TRADE
Tiered tower – PAGODA
Topics in nutritional anthropology – DIETS
Toward sunrise – EAST
Tummy problem – ACHE
Verb that’s a homophone of 37-Across – SEE
Web browser destination – SITE
Without clothes – NAKED
WNBA star Nurse – KIA
Workout unit – REP
___ goal (hockey error) – OWN
___ matcha latte – ICED
___ poles (agility course obstacles) – WEAVE
