USA Today - Oct 22 2021

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Clues Answers
'Fine by me' OKAY
'Freak Like Me' singer Howard ADINA
'I hate to ___ your bubble . . .' BURST
'My bad,' in a text SRY
'Ta-ta!' CIAO
'That's a shame' TOOBAD
'The Kids ___ Alright' (Chloe x Halle album) ARE
'___ Bitsy Spider' ITSY
4-Down grp OPEC
Actress Tatyana ALI
Aloe ___ VERA
Basic unit of distance METER
Big name in cookies AMOS
Big name in cookies OREO
Bonus ingredients ADDINS
Bothersome beings PESTS
Brand with a swoosh logo NIKE
Chitchats a lot GABS
Common first date question WHATDOYOUDO
D.C. time zone EST
Delicious TASTY
Dozed SLEPT
Family KIN
Female chicken HEN
Gold, in Spanish ORO
Juliet marries him ROMEO
Just around the corner NEAR
Large bodies of water SEAS
Legendary person ICON
Little green veggie PEA
Metaphor for high turnover REVOLVINGDOOR
Microwave sounds BEEPS
Moderately fast running paces TROTS
Moves carefully EASES
Mvskoke for 'thank you' MVTO
Nickname for Edward NED
Nickname for Edward EDDIE
Clues Answers
Not happy UPSET
Not yet active LATENT
Painter whose name means 'The Greek' ELGRECO
Palindromic first name ANA
Palindromic first name AVA
Part of a poem VERSE
Pedal for stopping BRAKE
Pencil stuff LEAD
Performed brilliantly SLAYED
Performing music without accompaniment SOLOING
Place to store tools SHED
Placeholding letters on a schedule TBA
Positive answer to 'Have fun?' IDID
Prefix for 'binary' NON
Problem with a sock or a plot HOLE
Red gem RUBY
Resource measured in barrels OIL
Single-digit perfect square ONE
Single-digit perfect square NINE
Slithery sea creature EEL
Something might be proven beyond one REASONABLEDOUBT
Steal from ROB
Strange in a scary way EERIE
TV show starring Paulina Alexis, Lane Factor, D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai and Devery Jacobs RESERVATIONDOGS
Twelve-month periods (Abbr.) YRS
Twitter menace TROLL
Uses for support LEANSON
Very long time EON
Wet weather events RAINS
What a hendecagon has ELEVENSIDES
Word before 'party' or 'dress' WRAP
Writing tool PEN
Yours and mine OURS
Zero NIL
___ a bell (sounded familiar) RANG
___ for the ride ALONG
___ up (unearths) DREDGES