USA Today - Crossword Answers | 2021 10 21

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Deep sleep letters REM
'___ can't be right!' THAT
NOT VERBOSE TERSE
Softball gloves MITTS
Cryptanalysis org NSA
Hindustani classical music instrument SITAR
RICE DISHES PILAFS
Maria ___ Trapp ('The Sound of Music' role) VON
Smelled bad STANK
DESTROYS DEMOLISHES
Country where Yalda Night is celebrated IRAN
___ AVIV TEL
SOCIAL STANDARDS NORMS
Letters on a sign at a racial justice march, perhaps BLM
Clog or wedge SHOE
Actor Studi WES
___ AND HEARTY HALE
ANTLERED DEER STAG
TEAR RIP
Animal hidden in 'pretzel knot' ELK
H.S. students nearing graduation SRS
'24K Magic' singer Mars BRUNO
ATTORNEY'S FIELD LAW
GENRE FOR REEL BIG FISH SKA
Lovers' Lane encounter ROLLINTHEHAY
Canyonlands National Park state UTAH
GENDER-NEUTRAL PRONOUN THEY
Symbol between pronouns SLASH
WARTY AMPHIBIAN TOAD
LOST FISH IN A PIXAR FILM NEMO
BOXER LAILA ALI
SAY ALOUD TO BE RECORDED DICTATE
HAWAIIAN GARLAND LEI
'The best!' in internet slang FTW
'Best Colleges' list maker, briefly USNEWS
MOST MINIMAL LEAST
TEMPO PACE
MORE ACHY SORER
Fetus, metaphorically BUNINTHEOVEN
URGE TO TRAVEL WANDERLUST
Video chats, say SKYPES
'lol' alternative HAHAHA
STUCK-UP SNOBBY
UNREALISTIC ASPIRATION PIEINTHESKY
Zip, zilch, zero NADA
Obtained admission GOTIN
House, in Spanish CASA
'The ___' (comic strip turned Cartoon Network show) BOONDOCKS
92%, as a letter grade AMINUS
Cushiony shoe parts INSOLES
Feature of an accessible building, perhaps RAMP
Nucleus's place ATOM
Some airport vehicles UBERS
'___ So Fine' (Chiffons hit) HES
Enjoy some vindaloo EAT
Website for sharing and categorizing images PINTEREST
Fennec foxes have big ones EARS
'I swear!' NOLIE
RESIDES DWELLS
'OF COURSE!' YES
Goal for many professors TENURE
'Whoa, whoa, whoa!' SLOWDOWN
VOW OATH