USA Today - Oct 17 2022

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Clues Answers
'Burlesque' star CHER
'Dynamite' group BTS
'First I've heard of it!' NEWSTOME
'Isn't that fantastic' OHGREAT
'Perfect! Don't change a thing!' NONOTES
'The Umbrella Academy' actor Elliot PAGE
'Up' voice actor Ed ASNER
A, in the NATO phonetic alphabet ALFA
Acting and dancing, for example ARTS
Aloo matar veggies PEAS
Alters for a perfect fit TAILORS
App testing stage BETA
Approx. guess EST
Assigned a duty to TASKED
Athlete's rep AGENT
Becomes firm, like jello SETS
Begged PLED
Begins to blossom BUDS
Body parts outlined to make turkey drawings HANDS
Chopper's landing spot HELIPAD
Cookware for frying PANS
Corner store that may have a cat BODEGA
Detail of interest to a book collector EDITION
Drive to work against traffic REVERSECOMMUTE
Element with a museum in Las Vegas NEON
F1 racing or 'RuPaul's Drag Race' assistants PITCREW
Faded and dirty DINGY
Finish END
Fist ___ (celebratory gesture) PUMP
Foolish, chaotic search WILDGOOSECHASE
Formal agreement PACT
Genetic screening procedure DNATEST
Gumbo vegetable OKRA
Harvey Milk Terminal's airport code SFO
Huff and puff PANT
ID no. on a W-2 SSN
Incense residue ASH
Infectious microorganism GERM
Clues Answers
Jelly containers JARS
Jewish text divided into weekly portions TORAH
Joke around JEST
Kit ___ bar KAT
Many 'Grey's Anatomy' characters (Abbr.) DRS
Methods WAYS
Minty cocktails JULEPS
Morally correct JUST
NASA space probe named after the wife of Jupiter JUNO
Not bright DIM
Observes SEES
Opera solos ARIAS
Option at the beginning of a Netflix episode SKIPINTRO
Peach State capital (Abbr.) ATL
Pool stick CUE
Praiseful poem ODE
Preacher's title, for short REV
Qatar's capital DOHA
Right this minute NOW
Roadies' loads AMPS
San Diego baseball player PADRE
Sarcastic applause SLOWCLAP
School support orgs PTAS
Sencha or matcha TEA
Settle the score GETEVEN
Snapping parts of snapping turtles JAWS
Sound made when passing notes in class PSST
Spock's home planet VULCAN
Stand up to RESIST
Taken by mouth ORAL
Tater snacks TOTS
Unit of corn EAR
Upgrades some circuitry REWIRES
Upright ERECT
Water down DILUTE
www.barnard.___ EDU
___ and proper PRIM
___-tac-toe TIC