USA Today - Jun 15 2021

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Clues Answers
'Ah, makes sense' ISEE
'Homegoing' author Gyasi YAA
'Just wonderful!' SPLENDID
'Losing My ___' (LCD Soundsystem song) EDGE
'Optimistically . . .' ATBEST
'___ wasn't built in a day' ROME
16-Across, for example STATE
AB positive, for example BLOODTYPE
American ___ (dog breed) BULLY
Argument against CON
Arguments in favor PROS
Attempt TRY
Bike part with treads TIRE
Bring up RAISE
Camp crackler FIRE
Career fair setup BOOTH
Coming-of-___ (movie about growing up) AGER
Competes VIES
Darling DEAR
Denim pants BLUEJEANS
Enthusiastic AVID
Fish's breathing organ GILL
Go on a shopping ___ SPREE
Got a perfect score on ACED
Green fruit LIME
Hawkeyes' home IOWA
James portrayed by Beyonce in 'Cadillac Records' ETTA
Juicy gossip DIRT
Lent a hand HELPED
Letter sequence that symbolizes easiness ABC
Malty brew ALE
Matures RIPENS
Nimble SPRY
Ninth Greek letter IOTA
Ocean's rise and fall TIDE
Olivia's last name on 'Scandal' POPE
Page in a manual STEP
Person listed on a dog tag OWNER
Praise-filled poems ODES
Clues Answers
Profound DEEP
Recipe amt TBSP
Region AREA
Rider (and rhyme) of a trike TYKE
Rodents found in tall grass HARVESTMICE
Seaside structure PIER
Secret agents SPIES
Skirt AVOID
Snoozes NAPS
Softball hitter's chance ATBAT
Sound of a sea or a lion ROAR
Spunky SASSY
Squares on a calendar DAYS
Stages a historical event REENACTS
Summer solstice month JUNE
Super smeller's asset NOSE
Tats INK
The Pine Tree State MAINE
They might be wild in a card game JOKERS
Toad's sound CROAK
Tower-building game JENGA
Traveled on RODE
TV show featuring Bowen Yang SNL
TV station that thanks 'viewers like you' PBS
Units of mass (Abbr.) LBS
Uttered SAID
Verb in a 52-Across recipe, often ROAST
Water toy in the National Toy Hall of Fame SUPERSOAKER
Web address ending for a college EDU
White root vegetable TURNIP
Wind-maker for a photoshoot FAN
Word after 'body' or 'modern' ART
Word with a sigh ALAS
Work hard for EARN
Worked with marble, perhaps SCULPTED
Workers at hospitals NURSES
___ eye (angelic makeup look) HALO
___ out (fall fast asleep) CONK
___ parking (driving test part) PARALLEL