USA Today - Jan 31 2022

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Clues Answers
'Hold ___ this for me' ONTO
'Several People ___ Typing' (Calvin Kasulke novel) ARE
'Slippery' fish EEL
'Take ___ pick' YOUR
'Uh-uh' NAW
A couple floors tall TWOSTORIESHIGH
Actor's assignment ROLE
Actors' workplaces SETS
Angela Peralta solo ARIA
Arizona-to-New Mexico direction EAST
Assistant AIDE
Ballerina's skirt TUTU
Body part that sounds like a vowel EYE
Brain's place SKULL
Breakfast chain IHOP
Carry TOTE
City near Dallas PLANO
Completely original ALLNEW
Deja vu, for example EERIEFEELING
Extracting from the Earth MINING
Faucet usually found on the left side HOTTAP
Feline CAT
French pastry similar to a long john ECLAIR
Game with straight flushes POKER
Go by boat SAIL
Grin SMILE
Halmoni, for example RELATIVE
Hand-___ quilt SEWN
Inform TELL
Lake also known as Da.aw TAHOE
Lite-Brite pieces PEGS
Mysterious sight in the sky UFO
Name found in this clue's penultimate word TIM
Name that's an anagram of 'daily' LYDIA
Necklaces sent by Abraham Akaka to Selma marchers in 1965 LEI
New Year's dish TTEOKGUK
Nose-related NASAL
Clues Answers
Not running late ONTIME
Org. that approves medications FDA
Palm fruit DATE
Pan for char kway teow WOK
Paving substance ASPHALT
Place for gloss LIP
Place where crias are raised LLAMAFARM
Plays are divided into them ACTS
Plumbing problems LEAKS
Poetic tribute ODE
Pricey Super Bowl purchases ADS
Problem ISSUE
Profit GAIN
Response to 'You'll never believe this!' TRYME
Sacred ceremonies RITES
Samson and ___ DELILAH
School document IEP
Shellfish served with mignonette OYSTER
Simmered dish STEW
Single-stranded molecule RNA
Sit-___ (protests) INS
Societal problems ILLS
Stinging insect WASP
String instrument spelled by removing the first letter from a woodwind instrument LUTE
Sudden setback SNAG
Technical term for spit SALIVA
The Little Mermaid's name ARIEL
The Princess of R&B AALIYAH
Theater that hosts the Double Dutch Holiday Classic APOLLO
Tilt LEAN
To any extent ATALL
Type of 39-Across STUD
Umbundu is one of its national languages ANGOLA
___ Aviv TEL
___ ballot MAILIN
___ borealis (northern lights) AURORA
___ smell (automotive aroma) NEWCAR