USA Today Thursday - Oct 1 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 USA Today Thursday - October 1 2020 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
'Don't depart, doggie!'	STAY
'Kapow!'	BAM
'Lip Gloss' artist Lil ___	MAMA
'Never Have I ___'	EVER
'Take a ___' (Janelle Monae song from 'Dirty Computer')	BYTE
An hour after midnight	ONEAM
Angry speeches	RANTS
Apartment units (Abbr.)	RMS
Armstrong who signed letters 'Red beans and ricely yours'	LOUIS
Chaotic crowd	MOB
Coax a grin from	AMUSE
College concentration	MAJOR
Competition on natural terrain	CROSSCOUNTRYRUN
Complies with	OBEYS
Container for dirty clothes	LAUNDRYBASKET
Cozy stopovers	INNS
Crisco competitor	WESSON
Croc's cousin	GATOR
Cut off	SEVER
CUUP purchase	BRA
De-fleeced	SHORN
Dryer filter clogger	LINT
Education evaluation	TEST
Far from clueless	AWARE
Feel nostalgic about	MISS
Fifth Harmony song with the lyric 'Every day is pay day'	BOSS
Floppy part of a dachshund	EAR
Frilly	LACY
Gibbons and gorillas, e.g	APES
Has yet to pay back	OWES
Hold very dear	ADORE
Imbue with a new hue	DYE
India's continent	ASIA
Ingredient from a peel	ZEST
Initials meaning 'Now!'	ASAP
Its shadow causes lunar eclipses	EARTH
Leave out	OMIT
Let's Move! leader Michelle	OBAMA
Monopoly token with wheels	CAR
Moved in a curved path	ARCED
Near-future target	SHORTTERMGOAL
Notable periods	ERAS
Number-picking casino game	KENO
Phrase after an estimate	ORSO
Place for mascara	LASH
Promgoer's vehicle	LIMO
Safari sound	ROAR
Sale caveat	ASIS
Scheduled to arrive	DUE
Scientific unit that's an anagram of 'slate'	TESLA
Sharp-toothed eel	MORAY
Shopping ___	MALL
Shoreline shelter	COVE
Smartphone symbol	ICON
Soccer star Lionel	MESSI
Some sculptures	BUSTS
South American rainforest	AMAZON
Standards	NORMS
Stockholmers, e.g	SWEDES
Strange sort, unkindly	WEIRDO
Sudden flood	SPATE
Suddenly abandon	JILT
Sycophantic guys	YESMEN
Taiwanese PC maker	ACER
They get 40-Down	EWES
Toga relative	TUNIC
Took a tuk-tuk, say	RODE
Top of a mosque	DOME
Underneath	BELOW
Village People song	YMCA
Walk like a penguin	WADDLE
Walking rate	PACE
Wasn't indifferent	CARED
Well-suited	APT
Woodworking tool with jaws	VISE
Word after 'go' or 'home'	TEAM
Word after 'packing' or 'masking'	TAPE
World Cup cheer	OLE