Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Thursday September 9 2021.
‘A Raisin in the Sun’ actress Lathan – SANAA
‘Did I do something wrong?’ – ISITME
‘Electricity’ singer ___ Lipa – DUA
‘Makes sense to me’ – ISEE
‘Sula’ author Morrison – TONI
‘The Bad-___ Librarians of Timbuktu’ (2016 book) – ASS
‘The ___’ (Chaucer stories in which the singular ‘they’ can be found) – CANTERBURYTALES
‘You need to leave’ – GETOUT
‘___ Us’ (game featuring sabotage in space) – AMONG
‘___ with my little eye . . .’ – ISPY
‘___, sing America’ – ITOO
A vegan one might have nopales – TACO
Actress Mizuno – SONOYA
Board game cube – DIE
Boundary-pushing – EDGY
Bowling feat represented by / – SPARE
Bronny James, to LeBron James – SON
Called the shots – RANPOINT
Canonized people – SAINTS
Chocolate-coated cookie – THINMINT
Chose to admit – ACCEPTED
Continent that’s 9% of Earth’s surface – ASIA
Country singer Brooke – EDEN
Curved bones – RIBS
Devious plan – PLOY
Dog associated with Queen Elizabeth II – CORGI
Drizzle or pour – RAIN
Event with discounts – SALE
Finale – END
Fireplace residue – SOOT
Fistfuls of cash – WADS
Flows back out – EBBS
Get mileage out of – USE
Get the ball past the goalie – SCORE
Get ___ the action – INON
Go in – ENTER
Greek letter I – IOTA
Group of buffalo – HERD
Hand over – CEDE
Hawaiian greeting – ALOHA
Healing succulent – ALOE
Herbal brew – TEA
Ingredient in some purple milk teas – TARO
Keep afloat – BUOY
Kyoto currency – YEN
Make a mistake – ERR
Map book – ATLAS
Muscat’s country – OMAN
National ‘Get Caught Reading’ Month – MAY
Nine-digit ID – SSN
Not even one – NONE
Number that’s its own square root – ONE
Otherwise – ELSE
Person from Ames – IOWAN
Personal vibe – AURA
Poke bowl tuna – AHI
Road trip path – ROUTE
RuPaul’s rhyming catchphrase for a li-psync winner – SHANTAYYOUSTAY
Sabbath, for some – SATURDAY
Seasonal mall worker – SANTA
Serious stage work – DRAMA
Sheets for folding dumplings – WONTONWRAPPERS
Shiny fabric – SATIN
Simple – EASY
Small brown bird – WREN
Sporcle enthusiast, perhaps – NERD
Sported – WORE
Take a nibble of – TASTE
Tiny pieces – BITS
Two-door car – COUPE
Unexciting – BLAH
Word after ‘palm’ or ‘money’ – TREE
Yellowish plant goop – RESIN
Yes vote – AYE
___ off into the sunset – RODE
___ X (makeup of the 2021 cicada swarm) – BROOD
