Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Tuesday October 12 2021.
‘Happy for you!’ – CONGRATS
‘Holy moly!’ in a text – OMG
‘I get it now!’ – AHA
‘Intriguing!’ – OOH
‘Rock Wit U (Awww Baby)’ singer – ASHANTI
‘___ we meet again’ – UNTIL
Actress Gabrielle – TATI
Aliens, for short – ETS
Beachfront city near Los Angeles – SANTAMONICA
Biblical boat – ARK
Black Widow, Black Panther, etc – AVENGERS
British bar – PUB
Bugs that school nurses check for – LICE
Certification for an EMT – CPR
Chicken ___ king – ALA
Comedian Wong – ALI
Congeal – CLOT
Crushed it – SLAYED
Crypto heist perpetrators – HACKERS
Cuatro menos tres – UNO
Decorates – ADORNS
Do some recon – SPY
Drink sold at a 68-Across – ALE
Each and every one – ALL
Feathery accessory – BOA
French word before a birth name – NEE
Genetic molecule – DNA
Golf course standard – PAR
Got too old for – OUTGREW
Groove made by wheels – RUT
Had a talk – CHATTED
Horse’s hair – MANE
Ice cream containers – TUBS
Insect with wing cases – BEETLE
Kufis, e.g – HATS
Matching groups – SETS
Minor setback – HICCUP
Modification to a document – EDIT
Modulating between dialects – CODESWITCHING
Naval craft – SHIP
Obtained – GOT
Ore. neighbor – IDA
Pampering, for short – TLC
Part of a plant – ROOT
People who are worshipped – ICONS
Person who’s worshipped – IDOL
Prefix for ‘lingual’ – TRI
Preschool subject – ABCS
Regular, degular, shmegular – GARDENVARIETY
Remove from power – UNSEAT
Rule, for short – REG
Sailing – ATSEA
Salty droplet – TEAR
Second row of an org chart – VPS
Shelf above a fireplace – MANTEL
Sneaky ‘Hey!’ – PSST
Sociable rodent – RAT
Some soda – COLA
Something skipped at a lake – STONE
Sprinted past – RANBY
Statement of beliefs – CREDO
Stow away – HIDE
Students at Starfleet Academy – CADETS
Test for aspiring lawyers (Abbr.) – LSAT
Tight spot worked on by a massage therapist – KNOT
Tractor-trailer – RIG
Tree pieces – STICKS
Two-stringed instrument – ERHU
Unwavering – STEADY
Went for home plate feetfirst – SLID
What miming a phone might mean – HITMEUP
Wield an unethical amount of power – PLAYGOD
Word after ‘solar’ or ‘control’ – PANEL
Word before ‘rest’ or ‘wrestle’ – ARM
___ B (‘Money’ rapper) – CARDI
___ floor (target of Kegels) – PELVIC
___ Got Tea (Louisville tea shop) – SIS
___ LeWitt, artist known for his wall drawings – SOL
