USA Today - Oct 1 2022

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Clues Answers
''Tis a shame' ALAS
'Don't ruin the ending!' NOSPOILERS
'Judith and Holofernes' painter, 2012 KEHINDEWILEY
'Stay in your lane!' sound BEEP
A surfer rides one WAVE
Acquire GAIN
Actor Simu LIU
Allow LET
Ancient OLD
Another name for the internet WORLDWIDEWEB
Beginning points of hikes TRAILHEADS
Boy Scout's award MERITBADGE
Breakfast chain with blue roofs IHOP
Bring to mind EVOKE
By means of VIA
Citation abbr ETAL
Closest friend BESTPAL
Common verb ending ING
Confess ADMIT
Conveyors also known as travelators MOVINGSIDEWALKS
Cookie with a Firework variety OREO
Curved trajectories ARCS
Device for taping shows DVR
Direction opposite WSW ENE
Dropped the ball ERRED
Dulce de ___ LECHE
Egg quantity DOZEN
Erase, like a hard drive WIPE
Ever so slightly ATAD
Falling behind in a race LOSINGTIME
Gets by MAKESDO
Harlem Renaissance poet Spencer ANNE
Have a luxurious meal DINE
Kid-lit character who protects Truffula trees LORAX
Large sporting venue ARENA
Like a yellow banana with spots RIPE
Lil ___ X NAS
Lions' lairs DENS
Lumberjack's tool AXE
Clues Answers
Nana's daughter MAMA
Not bottled ONTAP
Papier-mache component PASTE
Parental ___ LEAVE
Part of TGIF ITS
Paving goop TAR
Perform before the main act OPEN
Pleasant coffee emanation AROMA
Prefix for some blended family members STEP
Prefix meaning 'new' NEO
Put on Poshmark SELL
Puts in order of preference RANKS
Radiate EMIT
Rough guess (Abbr.) EST
Rummikub piece TILE
Shark's home OCEAN
Silent performer MIME
Sit for a portrait POSE
Snow-clearing vehicles PLOWS
Sore ACHY
Southern Decadence city, for short NOLA
Spanish for 'love' AMOR
Spanish for 'Mrs.' SRA
Substance used to make soap LYE
Super messy room STY
Take a nice, long bath SOAK
Take responsibility for something OWNIT
Tasmanian Devil's nickname TAZ
Tool with teeth SAW
Topic on an agenda ITEM
Tubular pasta PENNE
Turn 'mine' into 'ours' SHARE
U.S. intelligence org NSA
West Coast convenience store open 24 hours a day AMPM
Wheat variety SPELT
Word after 'visual' or 'financial' AID
Wrinkly-faced dogs PUGS
___ cell research STEM
___ monster SEA