USA Today Crossword Answers August 16, 2021

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Author: by Sara Muchnick & Doug Peterson

Across

Did some stitching SEWED
Purim celebrant JEW
Notion IDEA
Banish EXILE
Wine Country valley NAPA
Prefix that means “somewhat” SEMI
“Westworld” actress Thompson TESSA
Revise EDIT
Uttered SAID
Shopper’s pay-it-later convenience CHARGEACCOUNT
Puddle gunk MUD
Garden tool HOE
Pencil part ERASER
Escalator segment STEP
TV type LCD
Long-term spy MOLE
Second floor, for example UPPERSTORY
Titus Underwood’s instrument OBOE
“All bets ___ off” ARE
Some Sharon Olds poems ODES
Singer who starred in NBC’s “Jesus Christ Superstar” JOHNLEGEND
Have another go at REDO
“Let’s call ___ night” ITA
Frozen drink brand ICEE
Inventor who worked with Latimer EDISON
“I love,” in Spanish AMO
Dallas school SMU
Burger King sandwich with two patties DOUBLEWHOPPER
Punny last name for a snowman BURR
Cookie brand with a Peach Oolong flavor OREO
Black Trans ___ Matter LIVES
Fifteenth-century Peruvian INCA
Main idea GIST
Mrs. Richardson’s first name in “Little Fires Everywhere” ELENA
Beverages sometimes brewed in the sun TEAS
Up to now YET
Brand name used as a synonym for “photocopy” XEROX

Down

Ready, ___, go SET
Boardroom bigwig, for short EXEC
Request to a genie WISH
Jewelry designer Peretti ELSA
“Oh, no!” DEARME
“Red Table Talk” host ___ Pinkett Smith JADA
Story such as the Ramayana EPIC
Viewer WATCHER
Copy of Essence or Elle ISSUE
College official DEAN
Give off EMIT
Help AID
Requirement NEED
Spiritual master in Sikhism GURU
“Didn’t mean to do that!” OOPS
Smiley face in a text, perhaps EMOJI
Droid, e.g. ROBOT
Hawaii, the ___ State ALOHA
As ___ on TV SEEN
Go on a shopping ___ SPREE
Adolescent TEEN
Prospectors’ finds LODES
Philosophy CREDO
Brand of vacuums and hair dryers DYSON
Part of a book PAGE
Character in “Victorious” whose name appears in the title TORI
Large branch of a tree LIMB
Branch of biology ECOLOGY
Early recording of a song DEMO
Type of apartment with a 34-Across DUPLEX
Mystical glows AURAS
Opportunity SHOT
Sand hill DUNE
Black-and-white whale ORCA
Toledo’s lake ERIE
W, on a map WEST
Mound PILE
Happily ___ after EVER
Nevada city RENO
Chomped BIT
Part of a horn section SAX