Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Friday December 10 2021.
‘Hold on!’ – GIMMEASEC
‘Makes sense’ – ISEE
‘Move on before this gets awkward’ – DONTMAKEITWEIRD
‘Soldier of Love’ singer – SADE
‘___ we all?’ – ARENT
Adored celebrity – IDOL
Alluring scent – AROMA
Amusement park attraction – RIDE
Attacked by a jellyfish – STUNG
Bar seat – STOOL
Become hazy – BLUR
Capital of Norway – OSLO
Clothing ___ (event where outfits are traded) – SWAP
Competed in a sprint – RACED
Cornmeal cake that might be filled with frijoles – AREPA
Creature that rolls into a ball when threatened – ARMADILLO
Disorderly situation – MESS
Dodgeball official – REF
Dreary – DISMAL
Elaborate – ORNATE
Employs – USES
Feel sick – AIL
Final – LAST
Formerly named – NEE
Game theory subj – ECON
Gem that’s also a name – OPAL
Glowing fire remnant – EMBER
Green pasta sauce – PESTO
In the center of – AMID
Item shot with a bow – ARROW
Leafy green in some smoothies – KALE
Like blue hair – DYED
Like elbows when making the ‘M’ in the ‘YMCA’ dance – BENT
Louisiana ___ (Creole religion) – VOODOO
Lovestruck Shakespearean teen – ROMEO
Marvel character portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch – DOCTORSTRANGE
Meat cut – LOIN
Meh – SOSO
Military school student – CADET
Mo. when school might start – SEP
Mollusk in jaecheop-guk – CLAM
Moo goo ___ pan – GAI
Most impolite – RUDEST
Name hidden in ‘broccoli rabe’ – IRA
Not that – THIS
Passports, e.g – IDS
Pic-taking device – CAM
Pizzeria fixtures – OVENS
Praiseful poem – ODE
Prize for Wangari Maathai – NOBEL
Prof’s helpers – TAS
Prudent – WISE
Rich cake – TORTE
Rodent in a maze experiment – LABRAT
Ruin – SPOIL
Sampled – TASTED
Sandwich shop – DELI
Scoreboard tally (Abbr.) – PTS
Segment – PART
Simple – EASY
Singer-songwriter Lily – ALLEN
Snow day vehicle – SLED
Some first responders (Abbr.) – EMTS
Sounds of impact – THUDS
Suffix with ‘Gator’ or ‘lemon’ – ADE
Sun, in Spanish – SOL
Syrup source – MAPLE
The U.S. Constitution has 27 – AMENDMENTS
Ticket fragment – STUB
Vocal range – ALTO
Water balloons, e.g – AMMO
Wear away – ERODE
Website with a ‘4 Levels of . . .’ cooking show – EPICURIOUS
What ‘F’ might stand for, on a test – FALSE
What a clock shows – TIME
Zodiac feline – LEO
___ Mondays (North Carolina protests) – MORAL
___ Nas X – LIL
___lemon (athleisure brand) – LULU
