Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Monday October 4 2021.
‘It’s an honor just to be ___’ (Sandra Oh quote) – ASIAN
‘Mrs. Fletcher’ star Kathryn – HAHN
‘Not only that . . .’ – ALSO
‘Take care!’ – BESAFE
‘Yipes!’ – EEK
‘Young man . . .’ – SON
Actress Layne – KIKI
Alaska city – NOME
Bhindi masala vegetable – OKRA
BLK & Bold offering – FAIRTRADECOFFEE
Blood-filtering organ – SPLEEN
Boyz II ___ – MEN
Broadcast – AIR
Canvas shoes with blue tags – KEDS
Cincinnati’s state – OHIO
Colorful part of the eye – IRIS
Complete stranger – RANDO
Dad, in Arabic – BABA
Doze – SLEEP
Editor’s document – DRAFT
Ending for ‘agree’ or ‘account’ – ABLE
Enjoy festivities – REVEL
Exam for aspiring doctors – MCAT
Facial features in some dairy ads – MILKMUSTACHES
Fullness and bounciness of hair – BODY
Given in person – HANDDELIVERED
Go bargain-hunting – SHOP
Got together – MET
Haze in cities – SMOG
Historical period – ERA
HIV prevention method – PREP
Indian city home to Itimad-ud-Daulah’s tomb – AGRA
Internet-based – ONLINE
Its second F stands for ‘forever’ – BFF
Jewelry crafting supplies – BEADS
Language similar to Thai – LAO
Large body of water – OCEAN
Loops in on an email – CCS
Lorde who said ‘The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house’ – AUDRE
Lounge with a performer on the keys – PIANOBAR
Make leakproof – SEAL
Masjid figure – IMAM
Medication-approving org – FDA
Milan fashion house – PRADA
Negative replies – NOS
Neighbor of Yemen – OMAN
Number on Alyssa Naeher’s jersey – ONE
Office notice – MEMO
Parka part – HOOD
Pituitary ___ – GLAND
Plaything – TOY
Point a telescope, for example – AIM
Positive reply – YES
Postpone – DEFER
Prefix meaning ‘partially’ – SEMI
Put on Craigslist, perhaps – RESELL
Raspy-voiced – HOARSE
Repeating sound in a canyon – ECHO
Round-bottomed pan – WOK
School in Chapel Hill – UNC
School near Hollywood – UCLA
Set ___ (save for later) – ASIDE
Slippery ___ (tree) – ELM
Spoken – ORAL
Sudden public performance – FLASHMOB
Tax – LEVY
Tennessee football team – TITANS
Tennis court divider – NET
The ___ Holidays – HIGH
Treatment for the toenails – PEDI
Uttered – SAID
Very often – ALOT
Vision-related – OPTIC
Water-resistant sheet – TARP
We Are the Union genre – SKA
White winter coating – SNOW
Wicked – EVIL
Woodwind instrument – OBOE
