USA Today - Feb 29 2020

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Clues Answers
'Clarissa Explains It ___' ALL
'Namely . . .' TOWIT
'Star Trek' role for Nichols and Saldana UHURA
'___ my last email . . .' PER
'___ of the d'Urbervilles' TESS
'___ you were going to say that' IKNEW
Admit, slangily COPTO
Aware of ONTO
Bros, e.g SIBS
Choose OPT
City near K.C STJOE
Density times volume MASS
Direction opposite WSW ENE
Distinctive air AURA
Doesn't close KEEPSOPEN
Drive the getaway car for, say ABET
Enter in a journal LOG
Expensive soup ingredient BIRDSNEST
Famous ___ (rhyming cookie brand) AMOS
Female sheep EWE
Four-legged friend of Dorothy TOTO
Genetic messenger RNA
Gift in 18-Down LEI
Goes downhill (or cross-country) fast SKIS
Gossip DISH
Grp. opposed to intoxicated motoring MADD
Guiding principle CREDO
Heap PILE
High and thin REEDY
Honolulu's home OAHU
Included on an email CCED
Is sick AILS
Job title abbr ASST
Kermit or Ernie, for example MUPPET
Killer dog in a Stephen King novel CUJO
Layers of paint COATS
Leap ahead in school SKIPAGRADE
Leap from place to place BOUNCEAROUND
Leap into consciousness SPRINGTOMIND
Clues Answers
Leap with glee JUMPFORJOY
Least wide NARROWEST
Lifesaving letters CPR
Like some verbs IRREGULAR
Little devils IMPS
Love god who's an anagram of 'rose' EROS
Messes up ERRS
Model Carrera CARMEN
Neon is an inert one GAS
Newspaper essay OPED
Not great, not terrible SOSO
Not mono STEREO
Not these THOSE
On point APT
Paid to play a hand ANTED
Pieces in the board game Mastermind PEGS
Pin place LAPEL
Pooh's feathered friend OWL
Pop, by another name SODA
Pork, beef or lamb MEAT
Possible purchase from a lot USEDCAR
Pro whistleblower REF
Pyle of '60s TV GOMER
Rae who voiced the mom in 'Hair Love' ISSA
Rebuttal to 'You never . . .' IDIDSO
Relaxing spot SPA
Reptile that becomes an insect if you add a W ASP
Result of wax buildup, perhaps EARACHE
Sacred bovine COW
Smart-mouthed cat in 'Homeward Bound' SASSY
Soil EARTH
South American mountain range ANDES
Sweet stuff SUGAR
Syrup sources SAPS
The band Haim, for one TRIO
Turner who led a rebellion NAT
Un, translated ONE
Unrefined metal ORE
___ and night DAY