Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Wednesday March 3, 2021.
‘The Boys’ actress Moriarty – ERIN
‘The Country Girls’ author O’Brien – EDNA
‘To clarify . . .’ – IMEAN
‘Well, gosh!’ – OHGEE
‘You Can’t Stop the ___’ (‘Hairspray’ finale) – BEAT
‘___ Boy Is Mine’ – THE
A persimmon grows on one – TREE
Acorn sources – OAKS
Aves. and blvds – STS
Award for a military pilot – AIRMEDAL
Backside – REAR
Batter’s stat – RBI
Biergarten mugs – STEINS
Bird on the Australian coat of arms – EMU
Budae-jjigae, e.g – STEW
College sports channel – ESPNU
Color similar to almond – TAN
Connection – BOND
Cortisone, e.g – STEROID
Currency of America (Abbr.) – USD
Diet whose name means ‘ancient’ – PALEO
Exec’s helper (Abbr.) – ASST
Eyelash coloring – TINT
Feasts with roast pigs – LUAUS
Fetch – GET
First Lady of ___ Lanka – SRI
Football field marking – YARDLINE
Garlic ___ – NAAN
Gefilte fish option – CARP
Greek sandwich – GYRO
Hair fastener – CLIP
Highway warning – NOENTRY
Hour after midnight – ONE
Ingredient in a deep fryer but not an air fryer – OIL
Jane’s rhyming surname on ‘Daria’ – LANE
Lessen in intensity – WANE
Lift weights – PUMPSOMEIRON
Little kid – TOT
Male deer – STAG
Mall regular’s motto – SHOPTILLYOUDROP
Mass confusion – CHAOS
Medical plan grp – HMO
Mouse relative – RAT
Name hidden in ‘white lie’ – ELI
Name that’s a palindrome – OTTO
Nevada city on the Truckee River – RENO
Not clueless – AWARE
One of two in most musicals – ACT
Org. sponsoring after-school events – PTA
Pale purple – MAUVE
Party often hosted by a maid of honor – BRIDALSHOWER
Person reading a life line, say – SEER
Plant used for natural fencing – REED
Popular DVRs – TIVOS
Prefix for ‘biography’ – AUTO
Pricing figures – RATES
Rains heavily – POURS
Ran out of juice – DIED
Room where safety goggles are worn – LAB
Sailing vessel – YACHT
Scratch-off ticket game – LOTTO
Scratchy voice – RASP
Sings in the Alps – YODELS
Skillful – ADEPT
Sound bounce – ECHO
Swarming insects – GNATS
Tall airport structure – RADARTOWER
Tear apart – REND
Tennis champ Rafael – NADAL
Tweak – EDIT
Uncorked – POPPEDOPEN
Unhelpful response to ‘Who’s there?’ – ITSME
Weak-___ (faint) – KNEED
Whole bunch – SLEW
Wish-granting spirit – GENIE
Wood stove residue – ASH
___ dip (sandwich-inspired appetizer) – BLT
___ up (hid out) – HOLED
