USA Today - Sep 29 2021 Wednesday Crossword Puzzle Solution

 USA Today - Sep 29 2021 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
'Dear Girls' author Wong	ALI
'Don't worry about it!'	NOSWEAT
'Jingle Bells' contraction	OER
'Let's get going!'	CMON
'Quit!'	STOPIT
'See what's inside!'	OPENIT
'Suits' actress Torres	GINA
'That is to say . . .'	IMEAN
'Where are you?' reply	HEREIAM
Active Sicilian volcano	ETNA
Affected by pollen, say	SNEEZY
Agrees silently	NODS
An amoeba only has one	CELL
Andean pack animal	LLAMA
Annual	YEARLY
Beef or veal	MEAT
Ben & Jerry's product	ICECREAM
Blotch on a bib	STAIN
Breakfast chain	IHOP
Candy in a plastic dispenser	PEZ
Color similar to khaki	TAN
Comic book sound effect	POW
Comment made with a wink	HINTHINT
Degrees for some adjunct profs	PHDS
Doesn't hog	SHARES
Doubanjiang, e.g	PASTE
Dubai dignitary	EMIR
Enjoy some shrimp chips	EAT
Even on the scoreboard	TIED
False pretense	CHARADE
Frequently	ALOT
Glazed or powdered treat	DONUT
Ikebana and pottery, e.g	ARTS
Insects that 'march'	ARMYANTS
Instruments on Irish euros	HARPS
Jafar's parrot in 'Aladdin'	IAGO
Knee part, for short	ACL
Leaving no evidence behind	WITHOUTATRACE
Like habits that die hard	OLD
Like ___ of bricks	ATON
Mafia boss	DON
Masoor ___ (spiced lentil dish)	DAL
Members of the BTS ARMY, e.g	FANS
Money in a jar, maybe	TIP
National Noodle Day mo	OCT
No. 1 choice, informally	FAV
Non-___ seeds	GMO
Noun-forming suffix	NESS
Oak or teak, e.g	WOOD
One hour into a workday, often	TENAM
Pans for making mapo tofu	WOKS
Parka or puffer, e.g	COAT
Person often up in the wee hours	NIGHTOWL
Pick and choose from a menu	ORDERALACARTE
Place for a trough	STY
Porpoise's habitat	SEA
Post office deliveries	PARCELS
Probable	LIKELY
Procrastinator's word	LATER
Records over	RETAPES
Retain	KEEP
See romantically	DATE
Shape with five points	STAR
Spanish for 'love'	AMOR
Stackable dairy container	MILKCRATE
State northeast of Kentucky	OHIO
Stylish	CHIC
Submits	HANDSIN
Sudden rush	SPATE
Swelled head	EGO
Tony winner Menzel	IDINA
Tony winner Salonga	LEA
Top-floor storage site	ATTIC
Traveler's document	VISA
University of ___ Dame	NOTRE
Veggie that's hard to eat with a fork	PEA
Wearable ___ (Fitbit, e.g.)	TECH
Word before 'king' or 'queen'	DRAG