Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Thursday September 16 2021.
‘Let me say it one more time’ – IREPEAT
‘Secondly . . .’ – ALSO
‘Small Axe’ actor John – BOYEGA
‘True peace is ___ merely the absence of tension’ (MLK) – NOT
‘You betcha!’ – YES
‘___ eat!’ (‘Dig in!’) – LETS
101 course – INTRO
All of a ___ – SUDDEN
Animal at an equine rescue – PONY
Animal at an equine rescue – MULE
Arroz junto ingredient – RICE
Attention to ___ – DETAIL
Backup option – PLANB
Bass player’s accessory – AMP
Behind-the-head gesture in a photo – BUNNYEARS
Bit of advice – TIP
Bit of gossip – RUMOR
Cartoon explorer with a map and a backpack – DORA
Chocolaty or carroty treat – CAKE
Comedic imitation – IMPRESSION
Counterpart of written – VERBAL
Crooked – BENT
Dee who directed ‘Pariah’ – REES
Desperate requests – PLEAS
Difference between is and was – TENSE
Elbow’s place – ARM
Esquites, but on a cob – ELOTE
Feeling after leg day – ACHE
Figures defined by y = mx b – LINES
Final – LAST
Flat ___ (hairstyling tools) – IRONS
Follow an order – OBEY
Former student, for short – ALUM
Frostier – ICIER
Fruit with a pit – PEACH
Great Mosque of Djenne building material – ADOBE
Heifer sound – MOO
Highway entrance – ONRAMP
In need of lotion – ASHY
Kansas City barbecue specialty – BURNTENDS
Key near Caps Lock – TAB
Lengthy attack – SIEGE
Like 2 and 5 but not 25 – PRIME
Like hair in a pixie cut – SHORT
Mailbox opening – SLOT
Make a T-shirt quilt, for example – SEW
Mixture for making brownies – BATTER
Mode of transportation – RAIL
Neighbor of Sweden – NORWAY
Neither gain nor lose – BREAKEVEN
North American bird of prey – BALDEAGLE
Numbered highway (Abbr.) – RTE
Ocean predator – ORCA
One and only – LONE
Out of style – PASSE
Period of a billion years – EON
Pillow annoyance – LUMP
Place to sleep – BED
Prickly ___ cactus – PEAR
Prohibit – BAN
Public defender’s expertise – LAW
Put back on the market – RESELL
Respond to the Adhan – PRAY
Restaurant servers – WAITERS
Scrabble piece – TILE
Serengeti predators – LIONS
Shinbone – TIBIA
Soaks up some rays, perhaps – TANS
Sports analyst Taylor – MARIA
Starch in Indian cuisine – ALOO
Sunburn application – ALOE
Tempted – LURED
The ___ Empire – INCA
Tiny bit – TAD
To-do ___ – LIST
Wingspan and Clue, for two – BOARDGAMES
Wolf relatives – COYOTES
Woody’s owner in ‘Toy Story’ – ANDY
