USA Today - Aug 21 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 USA Today - Aug 21 2021 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
'Any ___?' ('Who's in?')	TAKERS
'Beyond the Gender Binary' author Vaid-Menon	ALOK
'It's too bad,' old-style	ALAS
'Respect' singer Franklin	ARETHA
'Respect' singer Redding	OTIS
'Uh-huh'	YEAH
'___ the thing . . .'	HERES
Action after 'copy'	PASTE
Autographed	SIGNED
Big, strong bags	SACKS
Body part that supports the head	NECK
Body parts with nostrils	NOSES
Brings back to 100% battery	RECHARGES
Casino game with a wheel	ROULETTE
Children	KIDS
Competitive advantage	EDGE
Compress into a ball	WADUP
Country where Nuu-chah-nulth is spoken	CANADA
Court sport	TENNIS
Cumin, for example	SPICE
Debate against, perhaps	SPARWITH
Doing a small wedding	ELOPING
Drive-___ (parts of fast-food places)	THRUS
El ___, Texas	PASO
Embarrassed	ASHAMED
Eyelid hair	LASH
Fashion initials	YSL
Food that's a month spelled backward	YAM
Geometry measurement	AREA
Get acquainted	MEET
Go against	OPPOSE
Greeting derived from Sanskrit	NAMASTE
Hairy bovine	YAK
Have yet to pay	OWE
He/him/___	HIS
In addition	TOO
Italy's capital	ROME
Knowles, for Beyonce	SURNAME
Large unit of weight	TON
List to order from	MENU
Looking closely	PEERING
Nautical distress call	SOS
Paid for a poker hand	ANTED
Perspired	SWEATED
Pile	STACK
Pioneering nurse Seacole	MARY
Plain of grassy land	PRAIRIE
Rise from bed	GETUP
Rodeo rope	LASSO
Room at the top of a house	ATTIC
Secret agent	SPY
Sesame bit	SEED
Shipped	SENT
Sing Christmas songs	CAROL
Size of a studio apartment	ONEROOM
Software customer	USER
Something a very busy person doesn't have a lot of	SPARETIME
Something given by an instructor	LESSON
Sounds from baby birds	PEEPS
Structure in a church	ALTAR
Struggle for many drivers	PARALLELPARKING
Substances next to sinks	SOAPS
Tehran's country	IRAN
Ten-cent coin	DIME
The Grand Canyon State, on scoreboards	ARI
The M in DMV	MOTOR
The ___ P. Johnson Institute	MARSHA
The ___ Stone (Egyptian artifact held in the British Museum)	ROSETTA
They're often combined with pedis	MANIS
Unaccompanied	ALONE
Venue that's 26-Down with a letter added	ARENA
Website with shops	ETSY
What 'u' is often short for	YOU
___ Z	GEN