Explore daily insights on the USA TODAY crossword puzzle by Sally Hoelscher. Uncover expert takes and answers in our ...

Explore daily insights on the USA TODAY crossword puzzle by Sally Hoelscher. Uncover expert takes and answers in our ...

LIGHT OF MY LIFE (51A: Nickname for someone who makes you very happy) TAKE THE DAY OFF: TAKE THE word DAY OFF of the front of a word to form the first word of each theme answer: DAY/DREAM ...

Explore daily insights on the USA TODAY crossword puzzle by Sally Hoelscher. Uncover expert takes and answers in our ...

DUO (66D: Bert and Ernie, e.g.) We have a hidden anagram theme today, which the word BLEND in the title nicely hints at. Each theme answer contains one of the following letter strings: HOESU ...

NICE COMEBACK: The word NICE is found going backwards (making a COMEBACK, in a way) in each theme answer: LEAD-PIPE CINCH, HOME CINEMA, and APPLE CINNAMON. Today's title works particularly well to ...

I correctly guessed from today's title that the word USE was going to be anagrammed. We have three different MIXED up versions of USE hidden in the theme answer: SEU, UES, and EUS. Thank you ...

SOMETHING CORPORATE: Each theme answer ends with a word that is synonymous with corporation ... "Konstantine," in a clue. Today, SOMETHING CORPORATE serves as a great theme.

TRACKS DOWN: The last word of each vertical (DOWN) theme entry can be placed in front of the word TRACK: SOUNDTRACK, BACKTRACK, and SIDETRACK. When I see the word DOWN in the title, it immediately ...

The word on THE RIGHT side of each theme answer is a synonym for THING: ITEM, OBJECT, ARTICLE. A fun set of theme answers today for this synonym-themed puzzle. I especially like the grid-spanning ...

splitting the word so the LI- is at the beginning of the answer, and the -P is at the end. "LITTLE HELP?" is my favorite of the three theme answers today. It is something I have certainly uttered ...

You might want to solve ... single word. Thank you, Noelle, for this enjoyable puzzle. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword ...