USA Today - Jan 23 2023

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Clues Answers
'Amy Wu and the Perfect ___' BAO
'As a counterpoint . . .' for short TBF
'Darn!' RATS
'It's All Coming Back to Me Now' singer Celine DION
'Maybe ___ born with it . . .' SHES
'Mudbound' director Dee REES
'Russian Doll' star Natasha LYONNE
Adheres closely HEWS
Alone SOLO
Among AMID
Another word for cocoa beans CACAO
Bakunawa's habitat SEA
Brainstorm output IDEAS
Bumpy amphibian TOAD
Buy in ___ BULK
Cakesters cookie OREO
Cheering section members FANS
City in Pennsylvania ERIE
Coagulate CLOT
Color of some wines PINK
Come face to face MEET
Country whose capital is Muscat OMAN
Crosses a threshold ENTERS
Desperate request PLEA
Discover the presence of DETECT
Does a news story about REPORTSON
Dough in tamales and pupusas MASA
Faulty BAD
Fibrous STRINGY
Football shoes CLEATS
Frozen drink brand ICEE
Fundoshi and others LOINCLOTHS
Game with a 'Fold' button ONLINEPOKER
Garment for a newborn ONESIE
Got older AGED
Green cocktail garnish LIME
Guesstimate phrase ORSO
Having people over HOSTING
Clues Answers
Heap PILE
Herb cutting SPRIG
Home made of twigs NEST
Identified NAMED
In its current condition ASIS
It's read from during a bat mitzvah TORAH
Like Londoners and Liverpudlians ENGLISH
Lincoln ___ (children's toy piece) LOG
Marked down at a store ONSALE
Mattress topper material FOAM
Numerical factoid STAT
Olympic ice dancer Virtue TESSA
On-the-___ decision SPOT
One presiding over a bat mitzvah RABBI
Parts of peonies STEMS
Parts of plays ACTS
Personal credentials BONAFIDES
Phrase on signs in public parks NOLITTERING
Place where some vows are exchanged ALTAR
Possible result of union negotiations RAISE
Prefix meaning 'one billionth' NANO
Prom accessory TIARA
Raison d'___ ETRE
Retirement planning options IRAS
Rubber ducky's place BATH
Sesame condiment in Middle Eastern cuisine TAHINI
Shakespearean title king LEAR
Small housepet GERBIL
Sound in a fit of laughter SNORT
Suffix for 'jumbo,' in stadiums TRON
Surgical sites, for short ORS
Synchronized INLOCKSTEP
Take a load off SIT
Take a ___ at (try) STAB
Tie score in tennis DEUCE
Verb in an ohn no khao swe recipe STIR
What fireflies do GLOW
___ Falls NIAGARA