USA Today Crossword Answers – Friday October 22 2021

Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Friday October 22 2021.
‘Fine by me’ – OKAY
‘Freak Like Me’ singer Howard – ADINA
‘I hate to ___ your bubble . . .’ – BURST
‘My bad,’ in a text – SRY
‘Ta-ta!’ – CIAO
‘That’s a shame’ – TOOBAD
‘The Kids ___ Alright’ (Chloe x Halle album) – ARE
‘___ Bitsy Spider’ – ITSY
4-Down grp – OPEC
Actress Tatyana – ALI
Aloe ___ – VERA
Basic unit of distance – METER
Big name in cookies – AMOS
Big name in cookies – OREO
Bonus ingredients – ADDINS
Bothersome beings – PESTS
Brand with a swoosh logo – NIKE
Chitchats a lot – GABS
Common first date question – WHATDOYOUDO
D.C. time zone – EST
Delicious – TASTY
Dozed – SLEPT
Family – KIN
Female chicken – HEN
Gold, in Spanish – ORO
Juliet marries him – ROMEO
Just around the corner – NEAR
Large bodies of water – SEAS
Legendary person – ICON
Little green veggie – PEA
Metaphor for high turnover – REVOLVINGDOOR
Microwave sounds – BEEPS
Moderately fast running paces – TROTS
Moves carefully – EASES
Mvskoke for ‘thank you’ – MVTO
Nickname for Edward – EDDIE
Nickname for Edward – NEDNot happy – UPSET
Not yet active – LATENT
Painter whose name means ‘The Greek’ – ELGRECO
Palindromic first name – AVA
Palindromic first name – ANA
Part of a poem – VERSE
Pedal for stopping – BRAKE
Pencil stuff – LEAD
Performed brilliantly – SLAYED
Performing music without accompaniment – SOLOING
Place to store tools – SHED
Placeholding letters on a schedule – TBA
Positive answer to ‘Have fun?’ – IDID
Prefix for ‘binary’ – NON
Problem with a sock or a plot – HOLE
Red gem – RUBY
Resource measured in barrels – OIL
Single-digit perfect square – NINE
Single-digit perfect square – ONE
Slithery sea creature – EEL
Something might be proven beyond one – REASONABLEDOUBT
Steal from – ROB
Strange in a scary way – EERIE
TV show starring Paulina Alexis, Lane Factor, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai and Devery Jacobs – RESERVATIONDOGS
Twelve-month periods (Abbr.) – YRS
Twitter menace – TROLL
Uses for support – LEANSON
Very long time – EON
Wet weather events – RAINS
What a hendecagon has – ELEVENSIDES
Word before ‘party’ or ‘dress’ – WRAP
Writing tool – PEN
Yours and mine – OURS
Zero – NIL
___ a bell (sounded familiar) – RANG
___ for the ride – ALONG
___ up (unearths) – DREDGES