Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Saturday September 4 2021.
‘All finished!’ – DONE
‘Have we ___?’ – MET
‘It’s ___ a while’ – BEEN
‘Moving the Centre’ author – NGUGIWATHIONGO
‘Oh, brother, this guy stinks!’ – BOO
‘Oui’ translation – YES
‘Sally’s Take on the USA Today Crossword’ or ‘Diary of a Crossword Fiend’ – BLOG
‘Shows what I know!’ – HOWWRONGIWAS
‘Silk Canvas’ by VanJess, for example – ALBUM
A single time – ONCE
Almond, for example – NUT
Amazement – AWE
Anagram of 17-Across – IDEA
Animal similar to a snail – SLUG
Assistant – AIDE
Ballet garment – TUTU
Breathable fabric – MESH
Car speed letters – MPH
Computer command that reverses an action – UNDO
Covered in frozen flakes – SNOWY
Discomfort – UNEASE
Doesn’t continue – ENDS
Doesn’t interest – BORES
Doesn’t stay – GOES
Donate – GIVE
Dragons’ places – LAIRS
Fly or flea – INSECT
Foot part – TOE
Furious – IRATE
Geico lizard – GECKO
Get your ducks ___ row – INA
Got away from – ELUDED
Greek letter, or the first three letters of a Pennsylvania city – PHI
Have a meal – DINE
Hens lay them – EGGS
Hog’s food – SLOP
Hog’s pen – STY
Huskies and such – DOGS
It ends in Nov – DST
Karaoke device – MIC
Kathmandu’s country – NEPAL
Lead-in – INTRO
Marry – WED
Mermaid’s home – SEA
More or ___ – LESS
Nine-___ battery – VOLT
Op-___ (newspaper columns) – EDS
Opposite of tight – LOOSE
Oslo’s country – NORWAY
Pair of Spivak pronouns – EYEM
Part of a racetrack or a highway – LANE
Person you look up to – IDOL
Playing card that’s not a heart, diamond or spade – CLUB
Pokes fun at – TEASES
Pop like a balloon – BURST
Practical application – USE
Prefix for ‘biography’ – AUTO
Pulled with effort – HAULED
Refine over time – HONE
Region – AREA
Reside – DWELL
Sandwiches made with Korean-style grilled meat – BULGOGIWRAPS
Sharp increase – SPIKE
Shelters made with pukaangajuq – IGLOOS
Stat announced by a pilot – ETA
Talons – CLAWS
The third, in Roman numerals – III
The y in tyvm – YOU
Thieved – STOLE
Third-person pronoun in Spanish – ELLE
Tiny rock – PEBBLE
Try to win the affections of – WOO
University official – DEAN
Use the nonwriting end of a pencil – ERASE
Very excited – EAGER
What locs are made of – HAIR
What people born on Aug. 1 are, astrologically – LEOS
Writer of odes or tanka – POET
___ and flow – EBB
___ on the side of caution – ERR
