USA Today - Dec 29 2021

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Clues Answers
'Fullmetal Alchemist,' for example ANIME
'Hold ___ your hat!' ONTO
'I want it first!' DIBS
'If all ___ fails . . .' ELSE
'Louder Than a ___' (NPR podcast) RIOT
'My Heart Will Go On,' for 'Titanic' THEMESONG
'That's what friends ___ for!' ARE
'Why not!' SURE
'___ your lip!' ZIP
Aro-___ SPEC
Asana resembling a pond flower LOTUSPOSE
Backsides RUMPS
Biology, for example (Abbr.) SCI
Car wash cloth RAG
Chapter of history ERA
Clearance event SALE
Cloud upload FILE
Comes to a halt STOPS
Control the wheel STEER
Cooling units, for short ACS
Country west of Iraq SYRIA
Cracker since 1934 RITZ
Curling surface ICE
Drink also known as a black cow ROOTBEERFLOAT
Enclosure to keep out does and bucks DEERFENCE
Enjoy a banh pia, for example EAT
Exam TEST
Fancy fundraiser GALA
Farsi is its official language IRAN
Fears greatly DREADS
Feelings of guilt PANGS
Follow secretly TAIL
Ghee, e.g FAT
Hissing creature in Madagascar ROACH
Hold up well LAST
Honeydew-collecting insect ANT
Housetops ROOFS
Large units of weight TONS
Laugh at a joke, for example REACT
Clues Answers
Lightweight makeup product SHEERFOUNDATION
Make ecstatic THRILL
Mayo relative AIOLI
Meal that marks the start of Passover SEDER
Necklace good for a few days LEI
North Pole assistant ELF
Not a fake LEGIT
Number of feet for a quadriped FOUR
Obvious CLEAR
Ocean floor mapping aid SONAR
Oohed and ___ AAHED
Org. that takes airline passenger complaints FAA
Palm or beech TREE
Pay for everyone TREAT
Perfect IDEAL
Pet's human OWNER
Question asked by someone waving SEEME
Remove from a whiteboard ERASE
Rotisserie rod SPIT
Roughly 87 thousand square miles, for Minnesota AREA
Rudely awaken ROUST
Sailboat pole MAST
Salary bumps RAISES
Sans-serif typeface ARIAL
Scattered for growing SOWN
Set on fire IGNITE
Sherbet alternative GELATO
Sign in to Twitter LOGON
Soprano McDonald AUDRA
Spanish for 'water' AGUA
Spots on spuds EYES
Spousal ___ (savings plan) IRA
Sworn promise OATH
The L in UNLV LAS
Thus ERGO
Trip around a racetrack LAP
Wrap things up END
Zen garden cover MOSS
___ Romeo (sports car) ALFA