USA Today - Dec 9 2021

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Clues Answers
'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' language MANDARIN
'Hey, over here!' PSST
'How you doin'?' SUP
'It'll happen before you know it' SOMEDAYSOON
'Life of Pi' director Lee ANG
'Many moons ___ . . .' AGO
'Wow!' OOH
'___ & Queens' (Ava Max song) KINGS
'___ your words' USE
Actress Neal ELISE
Alternative to a nail SCREW
Award in the shape of a knight standing on a reel of film OSCAR
Back talk SASS
Bags for flour SACKS
Banish EXILE
Birds associated with Athena OWLS
Blood part PLASMA
Borscht vegetable BEET
Bugle or tuba HORN
Busy airport HUB
Country celebrated during Mash GUYANA
Develop maturity GROW
Don't participate in SITOUT
Easy gaits TROTS
eBay offers BIDS
Executive order DECREE
Fish whose males give birth SEAHORSE
For better or ___ WORSE
Friends ___ (feed privacy option) ONLY
Gay Jeans Day fabric DENIM
Greek wrap GYRO
Grenadine and falernum, e.g SYRUPS
Huipil or gomesi, e.g DRESS
Jake Shimabukuro's instrument, for short UKE
Kidded JOKED
Leg joint that's padded to prevent scrapes KNEE
Little devils IMPS
Merch table shirts TEES
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Money execs CFOS
Navigation device that might talk to you GPS
Observes SEES
Ocean waves and flowing rivers, for many SOOTHINGSOUNDS
Pacific Crest Trail activity HIKING
Painter's support EASEL
Pale lager type PILSNER
Pantry pest ANT
Person wielding a non-red lightsaber JEDI
Point-and-click device MOUSE
Poppy-derived drug OPIUM
Preserve by salting CURE
Previewed at an expo DEMOED
Pronoun pair in some bios HEHIM
Puttin' on the Glitz nail polish brand OPI
Quick peek GLANCE
Ruby or jade GEM
Sax variety ALTO
Sense of finality CLOSURE
Shows to be true PROVES
Sneaky SLY
Some visual FX CGI
Spelunker's spot CAVE
Spendy shopping outings SPREES
Staircase feature RAIL
Supreme Court justice and Nuyorican SONIASOTOMAYOR
Taiwanese PC maker ACER
Take by force USURP
Tidy and organized NEAT
Unwavering FIRM
Used the pink side of a pencil ERASED
Villain's base of operations LAIR
Vote against NAY
Western bar that might have swinging doors SALOON
Wrinkle-reducing appliance IRON
Yoked animals OXEN
Young panda CUB
___ Major (constellation) URSA