USA Today - Sep 19 2022

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Clues Answers
'And I thought I should tell you / How loved you ___' (Honne lyric) ARE
'Are we having fun ___?' YET
'Gotta love that ___ hairdo' (Corinne Bailey Rae lyric) AFRO
'Nancy Drew' character Nickerson NED
'Oh, also . . .' in a text BTW
'Silly me!' DOH
'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' author Carle ERIC
'You'll ___ the day . . .' RUE
Actress Lucy LIU
Amid AMONG
Architect Maya LIN
At most TOPS
Authored PENNED
Bamboo-loving animals PANDAS
Big spender at a casino HIGHROLLER
Birds Aren't ___ (parody conspiracy theory) REAL
Book of maps ATLAS
Business-casual jacket SPORTCOAT
Clean ___ (fresh start) SLATE
Colorado or California STATE
Cover story ALIBI
Decay ROT
Decline to vote ABSTAIN
Drove too fast SPED
Elegant evening party SOIREE
Feudal lord LIEGE
Got married WED
Gymnast or judoka ATHLETE
Had some baozi ATE
Hill-building insect ANT
Hotel customer GUEST
In mint condition NEW
In separate locations APART
Initial stage ONSET
James Bond actor Daniel CRAIG
Japanese art form ORIGAMI
Laborious task SLOG
Lamb's mom EWE
Like close friends TIGHT
Clues Answers
Like haka performers MAORI
Little lump NUB
Male deer STAG
Measure of an economy GDP
Milkis, for example SODA
Mined resource ORE
Minimalist earrings STUDS
Morning moisture DEW
Not at home AWAY
Ostracized uncle in 'Encanto' BRUNO
Pay inequity issue WAGEGAP
Peruvian of old INCA
Photo effect caused by bright light LENSFLARE
Polar explorer Bancroft ANN
Postgame summary RECAP
Prolonged attacks SIEGES
Reaction to a bad pun GROAN
Regulation LAW
Salted parts of margarita glasses RIMS
Seating perk LEGROOM
Site of a biblical tower BABEL
Slow songs BALLADS
Social no-no TABOO
Sportswear brand with a three-stripe logo ADIDAS
Spy org CIA
Storage container BIN
Story progressions ARCS
Suggested retail cost LISTPRICE
Theme park attractions RIDES
Thick cord ROPE
Toothless adversary (or something that can be made in 39-Down) PAPERTIGER
Triceratops's three HORNS
V-formation birds GEESE
Vegetable with papery skin ONION
Women's History Month (Abbr.) MAR
Works on a canvas PAINTS
___ out (distribute) DOLE
___ range (dating app specification) AGE
___ velvet cake RED