Here are the answers to USA Today Crossword puzzles Friday April 17, 2020.

$1,000,000, for short – MIL
‘1919’ author Ewing – EVE
‘All Rise’ channel – CBS
‘Brown Girls’ star ___ Denis – SONIA
‘Calm down!’ – EASYTHERE
‘If ___ falls in the forest . . .’ – ATREE
‘In Too Deep’ actress Long – NIA
‘Ta-ta!’ – CIAO
‘We hold ___ truths to be self-evident . . .’ – THESE
‘You know how ___’ – ITIS
‘___ your head!’ – USE
A vegan might make it from tofu or cauliflower – STEAK
Accused’s excuse – ALIBI
Aunt, in Spanish – TIA
Branch of Islam – SUNNI
Bro or sis, for short – SIB
By way of – VIA
Camera brand that sounds like a weapon – CANON
Car washer’s challenge – TAR
Ceiling fixture – TRACKLIGHTING
Challenging – HARD
Connections – TIES
Country star McEntire – REBA
Daytona 500 org – NASCAR
Doesn’t play fairly – CHEATS
Eco-friendly – GREEN
Eluded capture – GOTAWAY
Emerald Bay lake – TAHOE
Emerges from an egg – HATCHES
Enjoy some flash fiction, say – READ
Enjoyed some french fries, say – ATE
Flock mother – EWE
Fork over – PAY
Former Austrian rulers – ARCHDUKES
Former Russian ruler – TSAR
Friends, in Australia – MATES
Full of attitude – SASSY
Ginger ___ – ALE
Give a keynote, say – ORATE
Give something up, perhaps – OBSERVELENT
Gushes forth – SPEWS
He’s next to Teddy on Mount Rushmore – ABE
Head out the door – LEAVE
Hidden stockpile – STASH
Hunter constellation – ORION
Irish actress Fiona – SHAW
Island near Curacao – ARUBA
Knee-ankle connector – TIBIA
Large reptile – MONITORLIZARD
Leavening agent – YEAST
Letters of distress at sea – SOS
Like the remnants of a volcanic eruption – ASHEN
Move really fast – ZIP
Moved really fast – TORE
Name comprised of Roman numerals – VIC
Paintball cry – IMHIT
Part of a play – ACT
Person taking dictation, for short – STENO
Physician’s colleague – NURSE
Pouch for a timepiece – WATCHPOCKET
Salon sweepings – HAIR
Sci-fi characters, often (Abbr.) – ETS
Sets loose – FREES
Sideways – LATERAL
Site with homemade jewelry – ETSY
Small jazz group – TRIO
Take notice of – SEE
Tax prep pro – CPA
Tiger Balm target – ACHE
Topic in a sermon – SIN
Topic in some cultural appropriation discourse – SLANG
Total failure – FLOP
Totally puzzled – ATALOSS
Up to, informally – TIL
Website address – URL
Wheel with teeth – GEAR
Wields a needle – SEWS
Word after ‘public’ or ‘civil’ – SERVANT