USA Today - Aug 20 2021

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Clues Answers
'Despicable Me' protagonist GRU
'It's not my ___!' FAULT
'Sesame Street' network PBS
'thats rly funny' LOL
'The ___ Black Girl' OTHER
'Three Little Pigs' abode that thwarts the Big Bad Wolf BRICKHOUSE
'You've got mail' company AOL
'___ message will self-destruct' THIS
Apple tablet IPAD
Back in time AGO
Baseball hitter's turn ATBAT
Be in charge of LEAD
Best-liked, informally FAV
Big shopping outing SPREE
Bill ___ the Science Guy NYE
Brennan ___ Mulligan of 'Fantasy High' LEE
Cable alternative DSL
Cheeky SASSY
Chemistry Nobelist Hoffman ROALD
Coke and Pepsi COLAS
Connector of oxen YOKE
Cookie brand with spokeselves KEEBLER
Dings on cars DENTS
Dog, in Spanish PERRO
Double-reed instrument OBOE
Dreidel, e.g TOP
Enjoyed some nam khao ATE
Exceptional intelligence BRILLIANCE
Fibbed LIED
First food consumed for Iftar, often DATE
Floating airship BLIMP
Florida, for one PENINSULA
Fusion of Amethyst and Pearl in 'Steven Universe' OPAL
Future perfect, e.g TENSE
Gobble up DEVOUR
Greek vowels IOTAS
H.S. science class APBIO
Happy and successful time to look forward to BRIGHTFUTURE
Hindi honorific SRI
Clues Answers
Hoppy brew IPA
Hosp. areas ERS
Infuses with liveliness BRINGSTOLIFE
Like Clara for most of 'The Nutcracker' ASLEEP
Love dearly ADORE
Memoir with juicy details TELLALL
Month after Mar APR
Muscular BEEFY
Name hidden in 'delight' ELI
Nested district ENCLAVE
Not as much LESS
Org. that Sarah Thomas refs in NFL
Oui's opposite NON
Out on the ocean ATSEA
Person who might enjoy solo gaming LONER
Person you admire IDOL
Place for a sleeve tattoo ARM
Places for plugs and eyes SOCKETS
Plant with soothing gel ALOE
Platypus's beak BILL
Pointers TIPS
Professor's job security TENURE
Pull from the soil UPROOT
Rent out your rental SUBLET
Roadside rescue TOW
Say 'I'll have the . . .' ORDER
Say hi with your hand WAVE
Simone Manuel's Olympic team USA
Snow day vehicle SLED
Splash around SLOSH
Spuds TATERS
Subside ABATE
Swerves VEERS
Take to court SUE
That person's THEIR
Upscale outdoor tents PAVILIONS
Use scissors on CUT
Word after 'parking' or 'vacant' LOT
Word near a door handle, maybe PULL