Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Friday October 8 2021.
‘How about no’ – LETSNOT
‘That’s so gross!’ – UGH
‘True Detective’ star Mahershala – ALI
‘___ friends like these . . .’ – WITH
Acquire – GET
Animated characters, for short – TOONS
Arrange in a row – LINEUP
Be introduced to – MEET
Button that gives a sneak peek of a hard copy – PRINTPREVIEW
Cable-___ sweater – KNIT
Cherry cola, for example – SODA
Color of carrot ginger soup – ORANGE
Comes to an end – STOPS
Cookie with a Cherry Cola variety – OREO
Coquito liquor – RUM
Defrost – THAW
Disapproving sound – TSK
Does some scheming – PLOTS
Dude – BRO
Earnest request – PLEA
Feeling blue – SAD
Firetruck color – RED
Genre for Mumu Fresh – SOUL
Granola pieces – OATS
Hems some pants, for example – SEWS
In need of a nap – TIRED
Instruction manual reader – USER
Jewelry designer Khouri – ANA
Layers of paint – COATS
Lightbulb units – WATTS
Like old donuts – STALE
Listened sympathetically – LENTANEAR
Local government building – TOWNHALL
Mammal that becomes a bird if you change its first letter – MOOSE
Many a late-night program – TALKSHOW
Markdown event – SALE
Medieval Japanese assassin – NINJA
Mined material – ORE
Misjudges a push door – PULLS
Name located within this clue – TED
Olympic gymnast Moreno – ALEXA
One who might dote on a nibling – AUNT
Opening next to the septum – NOSTRIL
Outfit for a bride – SUIT
Pages on restaurant websites – MENUS
Part of a lemur or a comet – TAIL
Path on a GPS (Abbr.) – RTE
Presentation at an expo – DEMO
Radiate, like light – EMIT
Red panda’s continent – ASIA
Room often used for storage – ATTIC
Says yes – AGREES
Sci-fi devices – TIMEMACHINES
Shelled out – SPENT
Short fashion choice – MINISKIRT
Shrek is one – OGRE
Simple shirt – TEE
Skyscraper measurement – HEIGHT
Snow tube alternative – SLED
Sonic the Hedgehog company – SEGA
Squirrels away – STASHES
Suddenly reject – JILT
Teensy – WEE
Tent opening – FLAP
The ‘Dark Star’ trilogy, for example – SAGA
Tiny particle that can form a bond – ATOM
Toothy Amazon fish – PIRANHA
Valid reasoning – LOGIC
Vehicle with a chauffeur – LIMO
Way into a house – RAMP
Winter racing sport – LUGE
Word above an emergency door – EXIT
Worn-down crayons, e.g – NUBS
Zipped along – SPED
___ mignon – FILET
___ Scotia – NOVA
___ vez mas (once more) – UNA
___-limits – OFF
