USA Today - Dec 16 2020

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Clues Answers
'Go get it, Fido!' FETCH
'Golden Hour' singer Musgraves KACEY
'If things continue as they're going . . .' ATTHISRATE
'Rumor has it . . .' IHEAR
'Wait, I don't follow . . .' YOULOSTME
'Where ___ things go wrong?' DID
A British competitive eater took down 141 of them in five minutes in 2020 OREOS
Add new employees HIRE
Antelopes hunted by African wild dogs GNUS
Balance sheet item ASSET
Bearded garden guard GNOME
Bible garden EDEN
Black ball in bubble tea PEARL
Blues musician Jessie ___ Hemphill MAE
Bottom of a trophy BASE
Capitol Hill group SENATE
Cavern sound effect ECHO
Cease STOP
Clean vigorously SCOUR
Come to light EMERGE
Congresswoman Haaland DEB
Dell competitor ACER
Donkey ASS
Dull and dreary DRAB
Examine closely PERUSE
Exfoliating skincare product ACIDTONER
Extensive periods EONS
Failing to qualify MISSINGTHECUT
Farm yield CROP
Favorable media coverage GOODPR
First or second, e.g ORDINALNUMBER
Game similar to bingo BEANO
Handcrafting initials DIY
In the know AWARE
Industrial tub VAT
Kept under wraps HID
Kosovo resident, perhaps SERB
Lettuce wrap wrapper LEAF
Like robins' eggs BLUE
Clues Answers
Like some bras NUDE
Mantel piece VASE
Mint container TIN
Mixes with chopsticks, say STIRS
Mountain feature RIDGE
Nickname for the 2020 NBA Finals MVP LBJ
None too soon JUSTINTIME
Ohio tire city AKRON
Oohs and ___ AAHS
Opposite of 'paleo-' NEO
Pal HOMIE
Papaya bits SEEDS
Pet ___ (grievance) PEEVE
Picnic pest GNAT
Picnic spoiler RAIN
Play matchmaker for SETUP
Prefix for 'sweet' SEMI
RAINN spokesperson Christina RICCI
Rank in kendo DAN
Recede gradually EBB
Road repair goop TAR
Run off to get hitched ELOPE
Scholarly article reviewer, often PEER
Shichi-Go-San, for one RITE
Sketched out DREW
Skip the doorbell KNOCK
Societal problems ILLS
Starry-___ EYED
Strongly encourage URGE
Sugary boxful NERDS
Tax form ID (Abbr.) SSN
Uses for a fee RENTS
Water brand that sponsors an LPGA major EVIAN
Water, in French EAU
Went over the limit SPED
Wintry hazard SLEET
Yawning gap CHASM
___ Bauer (backpack brand) EDDIE
___ Faire (medieval-themed festival) REN