USA Today Crossword Answers – Wednesday December 1 2021

Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Wednesday December 1 2021.
‘How can I ___ thank you enough?’ – EVER
‘I Can Love You’ singer Mary J – BLIGE
‘I’ll be darned!’ – GEE
‘That’s strange . . .’ – HOWODD
Advil alternative – ALEVE
Adzuki or fava – BEAN
Alley-___ – OOP
Became a big success – MADEIT
Become wider – DILATE
Birds heard at night – OWLS
Browser’s destination – SITE
C. J. Cherryh’s birth city, for short – STL
Calculates a sum – ADDS
Carve into glass – ETCH
Ceases – ENDS
Clear frost from – DEICE
Close association – ALLIANCE
Commotion – DIN
Cue for the forgetful – PROMPT
D’Pharaoh Woon-A-___ – TAI
Dark aesthetic – GOTH
Digits in binary code – ONES
Digits in binary code – ZEROS
Dispatched by Buffy – SLAIN
Doesn’t have dinner until midnight, for example – EATSLATE
Emulates Quan Hongchan – DIVES
Eyeshadow purchase – PALETTE
Feast featuring a cup of wine for Elijah – SEDER
Form W-9 input, for short – SSN
Garbage can smell – ODOR
Garment with many draping styles – SARI
Gas pump part – HANDLE
Get together – MEET
Grab a chair – SIT
Grand ___ Opry – OLE
Grated citrus part – ZEST
Grunting farm animals – HOGS
Habitat for arame and nori – SEA
Heading for college, perhaps – LEAVINGTHENEST
Just average – SOSO
Keep for later – SAVE
Knight’s protective wear – ARMOR
Letters before an alias – AKA
Like limousine windows – TINTED
Like throwback jackets – RETRO
Litter box trainee – KITTEN
Med. plan option – HMO
Nagano-based printer brand – EPSON
Neck and neck – TIED
Negative conjunction – NOR
Neighbor of Ore – IDA
Newspaper section for columnists – OPEDPAGE
Nikkei index currency – YEN
Obstetricians’ calculations – DUEDATES
On cloud nine – ELATED
Opposed to – ANTI
Paperless exams – ORALS
Pick out of a crowd – SPOT
Prone to backtalk – SASSY
Provide the meaning of – DEFINE
Really close – TIGHT
Regrets greatly – RUES
Son of a queen – PRINCE
Spiteful – MEAN
Suffix for ‘room’ or ‘team’ – MATE
Sugar, in Chinese – TANG
Sunflower part – STEM
Tended to polenta – STIRRED
The ___ Moines Symphony – DES
Took first place – WON
Totally full – SATED
Trailing the field – DEADLAST
Trapeze artists’ precautions – SAFETYNETS
Tree sacred to the Druids – YEW
Very much a blessing – HEAVENSENT
Vinyl albums – LPS
Wrestler Ruby – SOHO
___ mutter (Punjabi curry) – ALOO