USA Today Crossword Answers - August 21, 2015
| Clue | Answer |
| "Black Beauty" novelist Sewell | ANNA |
| "Don't clap yet" | HOLDTHEAPPLAUSE |
| "To ___ is human . . ." | ERR |
| Adventurous tale | SAGA |
| Assortment | OLIO |
| Attentive way to look? | ALIVE |
| Be a snitch | TELL |
| Be as good as new? | HEAL |
| Be in the best possible position | HOLDALLTHECARDS |
| Beelike | APIAN |
| Belafonte or Lewis | SHARI |
| Best for the job | ABLEST |
| Blissful garden | EDEN |
| Blunted blade | EPEE |
| Bowler's headache | SPLIT |
| Camelot, to Arthur | REALM |
| Campaigner, for short | POL |
| Capital of Rhone | LYONS |
| Certain IRS deduction | HEADOFHOUSEHOLD |
| Charge | FEE |
| Chocolate sources | CACAOS |
| Coins of India | RUPEES |
| College military org | ROTC |
| Comfortably familiar | HOMEY |
| Completely reverse | UNDO |
| Comply with | OBEY |
| Confirm a minister | ORDAIN |
| Crescent point | CUSP |
| Do more than merely fly | SOAR |
| Dutch South African | BOER |
| Earthquake line | FAULT |
| Emulate a beaver | GNAW |
| Eve's eldest | CAIN |
| Every mailperson has one | ROUTE |
| Fissile rock | SHALE |
| Fleur-de-___ (Quebec symbol) | LIS |
| Grade elevator | PLUS |
| Great landmass | ASIA |
| Hard to pin down | EELY |
| IRA type | ROTH |
| Isle with a lagoon | ATOLL |
| It can help you join? | COLDWELD |
| It may be continuous and dull | ACHE |
| Kind of force or strength | BRUTE |
| Knife feature | EDGE |
| Like some milk | WHOLE |
| Like some remarks | SNIDE |
| Make sharper | HONE |
| Margarine | OLEO |
| Mexican stew | OLLA |
| Monthly bill for many | CABLE |
| Moon's circuit | ORBIT |
| Name on many jeans | LEVI |
| Narrow wood strip | LATH |
| North Dakota's largest city | FARGO |
| Open carriage | SHAY |
| Pinocchio, infamously | LIAR |
| Pitcher in a picture | EWER |
| Place for some salespeople | CARLOT |
| Pond buildup | ALGAE |
| Pudding fruit | PLUM |
| Register part | TILL |
| Right angle | ELL |
| Roll of stamps | COIL |
| Romantic interlude (var.) | IDYL |
| Set ___ for (try to snare) | ATRAP |
| Sounds of pleasure | AHS |
| Take a piece from? | UNARM |
| The "O" in SRO | ONLY |
| They crave an early release | HOSTAGES |
| Tighten, in a way | RESEAL |
| Water park feature | CHUTE |
| Watered, as a sidewalk | HOSED |
| Weird, in a spooky way | EERIE |
| Window box bloom | PANSY |
| ___ polloi | HOI |