Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Thursday September 23 2021.
‘Absolutely!’ – YES
‘At Last’ singer James – ETTA
‘But . . .’ – YET
‘Candyman’ actress Williams – VANESSA
‘Firstly . . .’ – ONE
‘Great performance!’ – BRAVO
‘How ya ___’?’ – DOIN
‘Not so loud!’ – SHH
‘To All the Boys ___ Loved Before’ – IVE
‘Wow, it’s cold!’ – BRR
‘You got it, captain’ – AYEAYE
‘You ___ hear this from me, but . . .’ – DIDNT
2021 comedy directed by Natalie Morales – PLANB
Ad in an awareness campaign – PSA
Alphabetical is one – ORDER
And so on, for short – ETC
Angelou’s birth city, for short – STL
Animal with its own Instagram, perhaps – PET
Apt rhyme for ‘wet’ – SWEAT
Artery from the heart – AORTA
Attracted to people of any gender, for short – PAN
Backless seat – STOOL
Banana’s exterior – PEEL
Basics – ABCS
Berry served na tigela – ACAI
Cat’s scratcher – CLAW
Chi’chil Bildagoteel people – APACHE
Cleaning tool in a bucket – MOP
Conclusion – END
Counterpart of longitude (Abbr.) – LAT
Country that uses the pa’anga – TONGA
Elaborate theft – HEIST
Exploratory spacecraft – PROBE
Foamy coffee drink – LATTE
Folded dish – OMELET
Forest components – TREES
Get older – AGE
Hashtag for Katie Grogg’s clue explanation videos – CROSSWORDTOK
Individuals, for short – PPL
Kayak, for example – BOAT
Labor – WORK
Like the night in an 1889 Van Gogh painting – STARRY
Masses of bees – SWARMS
Mathematician’s proposition – THEOREM
Midsection muscles – ABS
Mitochondria’s place – CELL
Mix up the pot – STIR
Newfoundland city – CORNERBROOK
Not as much – LESS
Not throw away – KEEP
Oat ___ – MILK
One might be used as a four-digit PIN – YEAR
One might form outside the bathroom – LINE
Paving crew’s goo – TAR
Penny’s worth – CENT
Pie ___ mode – ALA
Puerto ___ – RICO
Residue in a fireplace – ASH
Sing really loud – BELT
Sitcom title character with a diary – MOESHA
Snobbish – SNOOTY
Snow monster – YETI
Some August births, signwise – LEOS
Started to study – CRACKEDABOOK
Sweatshirt that might have a drawstring – HOODIE
The Preds play in it – NHL
Trail walkers – HIKERS
Unapt rhyme for ‘dry’ – CRY
Unit of land area – ACRE
Valiant – HEROIC
Vietnam’s capital – HANOI
Wasn’t truthful – LIED
Word before ‘sauce’ or ‘Santa’ – SECRET
Work as a pilot – AVIATE
Write a program – CODE
Zany – WACKY
___ diet – KETO
___ diet – PALEO
