Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Tuesday September 7 2021.
‘All I ___ of you . . .’ (‘My one request . . .’) – ASKOF
‘Allahu ___’ (‘God is greater’) – AKBAR
‘Nevertheless, ___ persisted’ – SHE
‘___ in Paradise’ (TV show) – BACHELOR
‘___ It Fun’ (2014 Paramore hit) – AINT
Adidas competitor – NIKE
Airport procedure that involves a scale – BAGCHECK
An avocado pit is one – SEED
Arroz ___ cubana – ALA
Back down – RELENT
Biblical paradise – EDEN
California wine region – NAPA
Car’s safety device – AIRBAG
Cleaned up fallen leaves – RAKED
Compel – OBLIGE
Complain – GRIPE
Crunchy deli sandwich – BLT
Del Rey with the album ‘Honeymoon’ – LANA
Dish similar to an omelet or quiche – FRITTATA
Enduring – LASTING
Enjoy the sun – BASK
Eve’s second son – ABEL
Fashion designer Kamali – NORMA
Female chickens – HENS
Fencing sword – EPEE
First part of a play – ACTONE
First word of ‘Into the Woods’ – ONCE
Fortuneteller – ORACLE
Go onstage – ENTER
Good value – BANGFORYOURBUCK
Horse sounds – NEIGHS
In the loop – AWARE
Insects in a colony – ANTS
Is under the weather – AILS
It carries the Olympic flame – TORCH
Joint used in kickboxing – KNEE
Joplin pieces – RAGS
Keeps a bedmate up at night, maybe – SNORES
Largest city in Peru – LIMA
Like a black diamond slope – STEEP
Like a rager – LIT
Lizzo, for one – SINGER
Logan airport code – BOS
Louisiana sandwich – POBOY
Mummy’s place – TOMB
Muscat native – OMANI
Nail polish brand with the color Two Baroque Pearls – OPI
Obtains – GETS
Old Russian ruler – TSAR
One might be whispered – SECRET
Oolong and Darjeeling – TEAS
Open mic host – EMCEE
Owns – HAS
Permitted by law – LEGAL
Place for fitness buffs – GYM
Place to enjoy a mud bath – SPA
Poi ingredient – TARO
Pumbaa’s pal in ‘The Lion King’ – TIMON
Ransacked – RAIDED
Raphael Warnock, e.g. (Abbr.) – SEN
Removes forcefully – RIPSOUT
Second-largest birds by height – EMUS
Something an airball doesn’t hit – RIM
Stationary bike brand – PELOTON
Stretched tightly – TAUT
Suave – SMOOTH
Suffix with ‘jumbo’ – TRON
Sweet potato relative – YAM
The ‘K’ of ‘KCMO’ – KANSAS
Top from a merch table – TEE
Totally amazed – INAWE
Treaty – PACT
Turning water into whiskey, e.g – BARTRICK
Uncommon precious stone – RAREGEM
Unit of heredity – GENE
Utilizes – USES
Vows exchanged between brides – IDOS
___ mignon – FILET
