USA Today - Jan 2 2022

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Clues Answers
'Did I ___ tell you . . .' EVER
'Let me repeat . . .' ISAID
'Letters to the ___ of Society' (Shaka Senghor book) SONS
'Solve for x' subject ALGEBRA
'Stag's Leap' poet Sharon OLDS
'Sure' OKAY
'___ let you know' ILL
'___ we go again . . .' HERE
Added in the middle INSERTED
Alphabet beginning ABC
Bag type TOTE
Bits of hot sauce DABS
Chaka Khan's vocal range ALTO
Chant at the Solheim Cup USAUSA
Cookie with a Sakura Matcha flavor OREO
Corn or sugarcane, for example CROP
Corsage flowers ORCHIDS
Creative flashes IDEAS
Crumpet alternative SCONE
Ctrl ___ Del ALT
Day before Sat FRI
Distinctive period ERA
Dream collaborator GEORGE
Emmy night hopeful NOMINEE
Established fact GIVEN
Eventually become ENDUP
Excuse that might be described as airtight or ironclad ALIBI
Extinct since a while ago LONGGONE
Farm animal that burps a lot GOAT
Feline zodiac sign LEO
Filly's father SIRE
Garment with adjustable straps BRA
Goo used in roof work TAR
Handed out cards DEALT
Hawaiian necklaces LEIS
High self-image EGO
Highest point ACME
Hits the jackpot WINSBIG
Hypotheticals IFS
Clues Answers
Ikebana instructor SENSEI
Jeans brand LEVIS
Jog like a dog TROT
Kennel visitor PET
Kimchi jar liquid BRINE
Knight who's a three-time Masters champion NICKFALDO
Layered ice cream dessert PARFAIT
Less verbose TERSER
Like a fridge notepad MAGNETIC
Like bulls and bucks MALE
Like pet parakeets CAGED
Monastery leader ABBOT
Motrin alternative ALEVE
Mythical people-eater OGRE
Of two minds TORN
Olympic sword EPEE
Opposite of shallow DEEP
Palindromic name ANNA
Particles with charges IONS
Person with a 319 area code, for example IOWAN
PGA Tour Shot of the Day, often CHIPINBIRDIE
Pile of cong you bing STACK
Player who shoots 72 regularly SCRATCHGOLFER
Rainbow's place SKY
Relatives KIN
Ruthlessly competitive DOGEATDOG
Sarah Sherman's show SNL
Scholarship application stat GPA
Some pop-ups ADS
Southern ___ Indian Tribe UTE
Staircase part STEP
Telluride automaker KIA
Tests for high schoolers SATS
Title in Congress (Abbr.) SEN
Touched gently PATTED
Unrefined metal ORE
Vikings' org NFL
Word before 'lion' or 'snake' SEA