USA Today Friday - Aug 28 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 USA Today Friday Puzzle - August 28 2020 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
'A League of Their Own' field	BASEBALLDIAMOND
'Absolutely!'	YES
'All bets ___ off'	ARE
'Full Frontal' host Samantha	BEE
'Great job!'	NICE
'Tattooed Heart' singer Grande	ARIANA
'Yum!'	TASTY
12/31, for short	NYE
A la ___ (menu option)	CARTE
Analyzes grammatically	PARSES
Apex predators among birds	EAGLES
Be up front on a plane	SITINFIRSTCLASS
Bleak	GRIM
Budget or Dollar alternative	AVIS
Buffalo's Great Lake	ERIE
City northeast of (and hidden nonconsecutively in) Sacramento	RENO
Clumsy	INEPT
Contractor's proposal	BID
Copper-zinc alloy	BRASS
Country with a four-crescent emblem	IRAN
Criticize severely	SLAM
Cube root of 27	THREE
Defib experts	EMTS
Deviates from the course	STRAYS
Devious	SLY
Doesn't lack	HAS
Email button	SEND
Erroneous	FALSE
Fail to mention	OMIT
Flatbreads with pockets	PITAS
Free verse's lack	METER
Furtive 'Hey!'	PSST
Get the ball rolling	BEGIN
Get ___ the ground floor	INON
Grill fuel	GAS
Halle Berry's 'X-Men' role	STORM
Has an inclination	TENDS
Has wings, say	EATS
Hedging words	ORSO
Clues	Answers
Horse-guiding strap	REIN
Hourly ___	RATE
Impetus for a Boston 'party' in 1773	TEAACT
Investment initials	IRA
Large primates	APES
Like a skyscraper	TALL
Lingerie purchases	BRAS
List-ending abbreviation	ETAL
Lunch menu letters	BLT
Messy type	SLOB
Mushroom part	CAP
Not even one	NONE
Not prerecorded	LIVE
On the ocean	ATSEA
One may be airtight	ALIBI
Operatic solo	ARIA
Outdo	TOP
Part of a sock	HEEL
Pastry served with tea	SCONE
Peru's capital	LIMA
Pester relentlessly	HOUND
Pimento-stuffed tidbit	OLIVE
Plant secretion	RESIN
Prom committee's selection	THEME
Ranchland measures	ACRES
Reason for refusing an invitation	PRIORENGAGEMENT
Reduce to smithereens	SMASH
Repair	MEND
Risotto base	RICE
River through Egypt	NILE
Small-screen commercial	TVAD
Spot for a houseplant	SILL
Storage areas in some houses	GARAGES
Studio stand	EASEL
Tattoo ___	PARLOR
Wall coating	PLASTER
Writing assignment	ESSAY
___ congestion	SINUS
___ testimony	ORAL