USA Today - Nov 7 2022

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Clues Answers
'Hoops means everything to me' BALLISLIFE
'I Am ___ Okay With This' NOT
'I'm in my flop ___' ERA
'The' and 'a,' for example ARTICLES
'Why are you telling me this??' TMI
Advocacy and community organizing, for example SOCIALWORK
Ballerina's skirt TUTU
Bangkok language THAI
Big-brained SMART
Birches and beeches TREES
Blend well MESH
Cavities that neti pots clear SINUSES
Close by NEAR
Component PIECE
Corned beef ___ HASH
Country name suffix that means 'land of' STAN
Crystal ___ ('Steven Universe' alien) GEM
Dampen the sound of MUFFLE
Dish whose spice level is sometimes measured in 'alarms' CHILI
Dresses in WEARS
Drink that might have art on top LATTE
Enthusiastic critiques RAVEREVIEWS
Explosive block in Minecraft TNT
Fan nickname for the evil 'Star Wars' emperor PALPS
Fearless way to confront a problem HEADON
Gate fastener LATCH
Get rid of SCRAP
Get rid of, informally AXE
Glistens SHINES
Grasshopper, for one INSECT
Grinning smugly SMIRKING
Hard-to-find children's book character WALDO
Help out ASSIST
Hot Wheels toy CAR
In which 'W' is 3 fingers held up ASL
Involuntary jerks SPASMS
Largest Micronesian island GUAM
Mailed SENT
Medium's ability, for short ESP
Clues Answers
Move suddenly DART
Not many FEW
Old flames EXES
Opera solo ARIA
Pageant accessory SASH
Passed-down legends LORE
Pedicured digit TOE
Perfect in every way IDEAL
Perform on stage ACT
Poker player's giveaway TELL
Quick doze CATNAP
Reddish-orange cider fruit GALAAPPLE
Rid of weaponry DISARM
Roads that cross aves STS
Roth ___ IRA
Scandinavian name related to Lawrence LARS
Seahawks' org NFL
Silently agree NOD
Six, in Spanish SEIS
Song made of other songs, like DJ Earworm's 'United State of Pop' MASHUP
Source of fluoride, often TAPWATER
Sugary Southern brew SWEETTEA
Superlative suffix EST
The 'D' in DMV (Abbr.) DEPT
Time machine destination PAST
Tuna variety AHI
Understand SEE
Units of electric potential VOLTS
Untruth LIE
Untruth FIB
Unused and forgotten GATHERINGDUST
Used to be WAS
Venomous snake VIPER
Vibe AURA
Weightlifting unit REP
Wizards' incantations SPELLS
___ Rica COSTA
___ room (place for foosball) REC