Many thanks to the whole USA Today team for all of their work on this one ... I'm always delighted to see a woman scientist highlighted in the crossword! MOTTO (4D: "All for Our Country," for Nevada) ...
Each theme answer features a different anagram of HORSE: OSHER, ERSHO, and EORSH. Congratulations to Ed Sessa making a USA Today crossword debut! Thank you, Ed, for this entertaining puzzle.
PRESS (43A: Silk ___ (hair straightening technique)) A silk PRESS is a chemical-free method of straightening hair. This term is new to me, but was fairly inferable. HEEL (36A: Shoe part that can ...