Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Friday September 17 2021.
‘A Black Lady Sketch ___’ – SHOW
‘Finished!’ – DONE
‘Looks ___ everything’ – ARENT
‘Once ___ a time . . .’ – UPON
‘Where have you ___ all my life?’ – BEEN
‘You,’ in the olden days – THEE
Abu Dhabi’s country – UAE
Acorn sources – OAKS
Athletic talent finder – SCOUT
Bit of footwear for Layshia Clarendon – BASKETBALLSHOE
Capital of Vietnam – HANOI
Charged particles – IONS
Colorado town named for a tree – ASPEN
Concludes – ENDS
Cool ___ cucumber – ASA
Currency in Italy – EURO
Direction from Arizona to New Mexico – EAST
Disney deer – BAMBI
Dr. Helen Nash’s city, for short – STL
Drum in Afro-Cuban jazz – BONGO
Former lovers – EXES
Gems from oysters – PEARLS
Grade below a B-minus – CPLUS
Harness – TAPINTO
Harnesses – USES
Heap – PILE
Highest point – APEX
Inescapable outcome – FATE
Internet address – URL
King Kong, for one – APE
Like a rough, gravely voice – RASPY
Loan out – LEND
Looking surprised – GAPING
Marvel mutants – XMEN
Meeting, informally – SESH
Model airplane wood – BALSA
Nava Mau’s role on ‘Generation’ – ANA
Not pro- – ANTI
Off in the distance – AFAR
Opposite of first – LAST
Opposite of most – LEAST
Outdo – ONEUP
Painter’s stand – EASEL
Part of a wedding dress – TRAIN
Person prone to sobbing – CRIER
Piece of leverage in a negotiation – BARGAININGCHIP
Place to exchange vows – ALTAR
Poses a question – ASKS
Quality of a color or a voice – TONE
Read like a bar code – SCAN
Rhyming descriptor for sound – HIFI
Saint Regis Mohawk, for example – TRIBE
Secondary social media accounts – ALTS
Singer Corinne Bailey ___ – RAE
Sleeps under the stars, perhaps – CAMPS
Snowman in ‘Frozen’ – OLAF
Spice also known as jeera – CUMIN
Spreads – DIFFUSES
Super Mario World console, for short – SNES
Superman’s alter ego Clark – KENT
Swallows nervously – GULPS
Swedish car – SAAB
Tablet used with an Apple Pencil – IPAD
Taxi – CAB
Telemarketer’s goals – SALES
The A in 23-Across – ARAB
Theater and dance, for example – PERFORMINGARTS
Time limit printed on a milk carton – EXPIRATIONDATE
Timetable – SCHEDULE
Uninterrupted by commercials – ADFREE
Waffle House alternative – IHOP
Wander around – ROAM
Without a doubt – CLEARLY
___ spurt – GROWTH
