Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Thursday October 7 2021.
‘Didn’t need to know that’ – TMI
‘For Sama’ journalist Al-Kateab – WAAD
‘Loud’ plant – POT
‘Relax!’ – CHILL
‘The grass is always ___ on the other side’ – GREENER
‘Yes’ at the altar – IDO
‘___ the only one?’ – AMI
A ‘hot’ one is controversial – TAKE
Alternatives to trackpads – MICE
Assistant – AIDE
Avoid – SHUN
Become worthy of – EARN
Blown away – AWED
Camera type (Abbr.) – SLR
Campfire treat – SMORE
Car with a four-ring logo – AUDI
Chant for Megan Rapinoe’s team – USA
Coffeehouse artisan – BARISTA
Corn unit – EAR
Cornfield unit – ACRE
Cut into pieces – CHOP
Dentist’s image – XRAY
Director Murai – HIRO
Do some boxing training – SPAR
Donating for a transfusion – GIVINGBLOOD
Effortlessness – EASE
Five-digit postal code – ZIP
Flour in a sultsina – RYE
Give a round of applause – CLAP
Give off – EMIT
Grime – GUNK
Had some qatayef, e.g – ATE
Home to the tallest mountain in southern Africa – LESOTHO
Human geography, education, economics and others – SOCIALSCIENCES
Image that’s out of focus – BLUR
Ingredient in marshmallows – GELATIN
Insurance brand represented by a gecko – GEICO
Its N stands for ‘number’ – PIN
King of diamonds, for example – CARD
Late – TARDY
Laze in the sun – BASK
Lentil-and-rice cake that might be served with chutney – IDLI
Level above the ground floor – SECONDSTORY
Michelin offering – TIRE
Neither/___ – NOR
Newspaper think piece – OPED
NYSE event – IPO
Obscured by air pollution – HAZY
Outermost planet in our solar system – NEPTUNE
Overly inquisitive – NOSY
Philly Ivy – PENN
Piece of pie – SLICE
Pointy feature on a church – SPIRE
Pork cut – LOIN
Prefix for ‘economics’ or ‘nutrients’ – MACRO
Puts a cold pack on – ICES
Relinquish – CEDE
Rescue from danger – SAVE
Resume section – WORKEXPERIENCE
Ricelike pasta – ORZO
Show with a Miami-based spinoff – CSI
Sink in the middle – SAG
Six-legged marcher – ANT
Sleeping sound – SNORE
Small, to a Scot – WEE
Smile – GRIN
Something booked by a band – GIG
Stop – HALT
Tai ___ – CHI
Talk show host Fumudoh – ZIWE
Tear to shreds – RIP
The Supremes or the Powerpuff Girls – TRIO
Thing to call a king – SIRE
Tool with teeth – SAW
Touch down – LAND
Wheel with teeth – GEAR
Zero or one, but not one half – INTEGER
___ Xing – PED
