USA Today - Dec 31 2021

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Clues Answers
'Alma and How She Got Her ___' NAME
'Can you catch me up?' WHATHAPPENED
'Hot' or 'pro' pointers TIPS
'However,' in a text OTOH
'I can't believe this good fortune!' ITSAMIRACLE
'I'm Like a Bird' singer NELLYFURTADO
'Jane Eyre' author Charlotte BRONTE
'Move it along!' TODAY
'Not ___' (sarcastic roll call answer) HERE
'That's for sure!' ANDHOW
'The Bluest ___' EYE
'To a . . .' poem ODE
'Well said!' AMEN
'What a bummer!' AWMAN
'___ side are you on?' WHOSE
A cranky person might need one NAP
After the bell LATE
Alphabetically first playing card ACE
Alphabetically first vocal range ALTO
Asset for an axe thrower AIM
Bed frame part SLAT
Bench in a church PEW
Boldly experimental EDGY
Capital of Saudi Arabia RIYADH
Casing for a vanilla bean POD
Chimpanzee, e.g APE
Comes next ENSUES
Convened MET
Cooks with dry heat ROASTS
Country where tapas originated SPAIN
Curved bridge shape ARCH
Cut wool from SHEAR
Dad PAPA
Divvy up SPLIT
Episode you might have already seen RERUN
Eve's first home EDEN
Fancy napkin fabric LINEN
Feeling low SAD
Fix REPAIR
Clues Answers
Fruits pollinated by wasps FIGS
Funny quality HUMOR
Get better HEAL
Get the picture SEE
Habitats for clownfish REEFS
In separate places APART
Like a hopeless situation NOWIN
Member of a Stanford 'Nation' NERD
Norway's largest city OSLO
Numbers that change on birthdays AGES
On an ocean voyage ATSEA
One might step on the gas FOOT
Outraged MAD
Peak ACME
Photo session SHOOT
Plaything TOY
Provide accommodations to PUTUP
Real estate unit ACRE
Remain STAY
Requiring help INNEED
Rhyming cocktail MAITAI
Rita ___ Brown ('Rubyfruit Jungle' author) MAE
Ruin MAR
Second tries REDOS
Significant slice of time ERA
Small salamanders NEWTS
Snake that can slither 12 mph MAMBA
Sneaky plan SCHEME
Spanish for 'two' DOS
Steel part of a work boot TOE
Stockholm native SWEDE
Televise AIR
Venue stocked with 3D glasses IMAXTHEATER
Website with handmade plush alpacas ETSY
Woolly mammoth or dodo, e.g EXTINCTANIMAL
Word after 'spending' or 'thinking' CAP
Word before 'Arches' or 'opportunity' GOLDEN
___ out (apportion) METE
___ to (care for) TEND