USA Today Tuesday May 25 2021 Crossword Solutions

 USA Today - May 25 2021 Tuesday Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
'Plus . . .'	ALSO
'Strong Island' director Ford	YANCE
'Sweetie' or 'babe'	PETNAME
'The High Note' star Tracee Ellis ___	ROSS
'The Lord of the Rings' setting	MIDDLEEARTH
'The ___' (musical set in Oz)	WIZ
'Throw It Back' rapper	MISSYELLIOTT
Amaze	STUN
Au, on the periodic table	GOLD
Barrette, for example	CLIP
Beneath	UNDER
Bi Visibility ___ (Sept. 23)	DAY
Big cut	GASH
Big test that's not a final	MIDTERMEXAM
Breanna ___, 2020 WNBA Finals MVP	STEWART
Calculate the total of	ADDUP
Campfire remnants	ASHES
Chemistry Nobel Laureate Molina	MARIO
Chromosome features	ARMS
Clean Air Act org	EPA
Coconut ___	OIL
Compact ___	DISC
Cuts bangs, perhaps	TRIMS
Decibel or deciliter, e.g	UNIT
Device for weighing	SCALE
Draws back	SHIES
Dress edge	HEM
Elm, for example	TREE
Environmentalist's prefix	ECO
Excuse from the Latin for 'elsewhere'	ALIBI
Figure skating jump	AXEL
French for 'very'	TRES
Fried food on a stick	CORNDOG
Glue back together, maybe	FIX
Got worse	WENTSOUTH
Had some shish barak, say	ATE
Handsome	GUAPO
Happy cat sound	PURR
Hypotheticals	IFS
Insect in a papery nest	WASP
Kicking ___ (rugby ball support)	TEE
Leaves the highway	EXITS
Lies in the sun, perhaps	TANS
Looked at	EYED
Low-calorie, on labels	LITE
Make huge efforts	STRIVE
Miner's find	ORE
Most vending machine cash	ONES
Mouth parts	GUMS
On vacation, say	AWAY
Panel on a car	FENDER
Particles discussed in Chemistry 101	ATOMS
Peak called Sagarmatha in Nepal	MOUNTEVEREST
Performed in a play	ACTED
Person who saves the day	HERO
Pillow cover	SHAM
Pleasant	NICE
Post-exercise feeling	ACHE
Prefix for 'sweet' or 'circle'	SEMI
Protects from disease	IMMUNIZES
Puppy's tail movement	WAG
Ran off	FLED
Rideshare app stat	ETA
Rudely ignore	SNUB
Simplicity	EASE
Some graduate degrees	PHDS
T.J. Oshie's league	NHL
Throat-clearing sound	AHEM
Tiny	SMALL
Treatment for an ankle sprain	ICE
Unbusy	IDLE
Volleyball player's knee protectors	PADS
Was nosy	PRIED
Well-protected	SAFE
What a Jenga tower does at the end of the game	FALLS
Wineglass part	STEM
Word of consent	YES
___ anesthetist	NURSE