USA Today - Oct 21 2021

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Clues Answers
'24K Magic' singer Mars BRUNO
'Best Colleges' list maker, briefly USNEWS
'I swear!' NOLIE
'LOL' alternative HAHAHA
'Of course!' YES
'Smooth Operator' singer SADE
'The best!' in internet slang FTW
'The ___' (comic strip turned Cartoon Network show) BOONDOCKS
'Whoa, whoa, whoa!' SLOWDOWN
'___ can't be right!' THAT
'___ So Fine' (Chiffons hit) HES
92%, as a letter grade AMINUS
Actor Studi WES
Animal hidden in 'pretzel knot' ELK
Antlered deer STAG
Attorney's field LAW
Bouncers check them IDS
Boxer Laila ALI
Cafeteria item that might be used as a sled TRAY
Canyonlands National Park state UTAH
Clog or wedge SHOE
Country where Yalda Night is celebrated IRAN
Cryptanalysis org NSA
Cushiony shoe parts INSOLES
Deep sleep letters REM
Destroys DEMOLISHES
Drivers exceeding the limit SPEEDERS
Enjoy some vindaloo EAT
Expands the family, perhaps ADOPTS
Feature of an accessible building, perhaps RAMP
Fennec foxes have big ones EARS
Fetus, metaphorically BUNINTHEOVEN
Fill with love ENAMOR
Gender-neutral pronoun THEY
Genre for Reel Big Fish SKA
Getting the job done ONIT
Goal for many professors TENURE
Clues Answers
H.S. students nearing graduation SRS
Hawaiian garland LEI
Hindustani classical music instrument SITAR
House, in Spanish CASA
Letters on a sign at a racial justice march, perhaps BLM
Lost fish in a Pixar film NEMO
Lovers' Lane encounter ROLLINTHEHAY
Maria ___ Trapp ('The Sound of Music' role) VON
More achy SORER
Most minimal LEAST
Not verbose TERSE
Nucleus's place ATOM
Obtained admission GOTIN
Put dish soap in the dishwasher, say ERR
Resides DWELLS
Rice dishes PILAFS
Say aloud to be recorded DICTATE
Skin care brand that sounds like a cheer OLAY
Smelled bad STANK
Social standards NORMS
Softball gloves MITTS
Some airport vehicles UBERS
Soothing plants ALOES
Sound that might replace a curse word BLEEP
Stuck-up SNOBBY
Symbol between pronouns SLASH
Tear RIP
Tempo PACE
Unrealistic aspiration PIEINTHESKY
Urge to travel WANDERLUST
Video chats, say SKYPES
Vow OATH
Warty amphibian TOAD
Website for sharing and categorizing images PINTEREST
Zip, zilch, zero NADA
___ and hearty HALE
___ Aviv TEL