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Below are USA Today October 16, 2021 Crossword Answers. We have changed the way we posting answers and solutions for clues; instead of opening them in a new page we are revealing answers and solutions in the same page. This is the simplest way for you to find the answers. As you see in the left side are crossword clues and in the right side are crossword answers.
Author: by Jess Goldstein
Across
| “I cracked the code!” | AHA |
| Messages on Insta | DMS |
| Fully horizontal | FLAT |
| Arabian Peninsula country | OMAN |
| “C’mon, what are you waiting for?” | DOIT |
| Rapper ___ Nasty | RICO |
| “Biked” or “swum,” grammatically | PASTPARTICIPLE |
| Hair goop | GEL |
| Group featured on Taylor Swift’s “no body, no crime” | HAIM |
| Decay | ROT |
| Sound of a puppy’s bark | ARF |
| “Reach Out (___ Be There)” | ILL |
| Bamboozled | FOOLED |
| Prince’s estate | PAISLEYPARK |
| State east of Oregon (Abbr.) | IDA |
| Chilly | COLD |
| Whichever | ANY |
| Pal of Troy on “Community” | ABED |
| Personal heroes | IDOLS |
| Code-carrying strands | DNA |
| Lefts, rights and uies | TURNS |
| “See ya!” | CIAO |
| Fish with an Atlantic species | COD |
| Constellation hidden in “positively radiant” | LYRA |
| Hosp. areas | ERS |
| One might involve a pillow fight | PAJAMAPARTY |
| Substitute route | DETOUR |
| Congressional affirmative | AYE |
| Anagram and synonym of 48-Across | YEA |
| Direct-to-consumer farm model (Abbr.) | CSA |
| Double ___ Oreos | STUF |
| Relatives, for short | FAM |
| Cake pan liner | PARCHMENTPAPER |
| Pakistan’s national language | URDU |
| Great Lake near Detroit | ERIE |
| Signals on stage | CUES |
| Equipment | GEAR |
| Trip across a pool | LAP |
| Short music releases | EPS |
Down
| Italian tourist destination | AMALFICOAST |
| Owns | HAS |
| Piles of soil formed by colonies | ANTHILLS |
| College building with bunk beds | DORM |
| School near Harvard | MIT |
| Prepare like jeyuk bokkeum | STIRFRY |
| 2021 ___-Lay strike | FRITO |
| Part of the face | LIP |
| Part of the knee | ACL |
| Part of the foot | TOE |
| Production with arias | OPERA |
| Multivitamin frequency | DAILY |
| Got whiter | PALED |
| Do some 6-Down-ing, e.g. | COOK |
| Space between two things | GAP |
| Borrowing fines declared “a form of social inequity” by the ALA in 2019 | LIBRARYFEES |
| Biblical garden | EDEN |
| Family members associated with corny jokes | DADS |
| Alone | SOLO |
| Bamboo-loving bear | PANDA |
| Santa ___, California | ANA |
| Colorful glow | AURA |
| Frosted | ICED |
| Dreadful | DIRE |
| The AG leads it | DOJ |
| Lettering design | TYPEFACE |
| Salted ___ ice cream | CARAMEL |
| Close-range basketball shot | LAYUP |
| Pull’s opposite | PUSH |
| Lipstick variety that lacks shine | MATTE |
| Rips | TEARS |
| Etor ingredient | YAM |
| Happen | OCCUR |
| Little cut | SNIP |
| Flat-faced dog | PUG |
| “___ we there yet?” | ARE |
| Nutrition fig. | RDA |
| Time period | ERA |
| Baby shark | PUP |