USA Today - Dec 22 2022

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Clues Answers
'Best Thing I Never ___' (Beyonce song) HAD
'Consequently . . .' ANDSO
'I'm shocked!' GASP
'Pitch Perfect' star Kendrick ANNA
'Send help!' SOS
'That hits the spot!' AAH
'The ___ the better' SOONER
'You might be ___ something!' ONTO
'___ Mananitas' LAS
'___ Up to the Plate, Maria Singh' (2017 novel) STEP
Actor Vigoda ABE
Add to a huge lead RUNUPTHESCORE
Archaeologist's find ARTIFACT
Arm day target BICEP
Assistant AIDE
Backpacker's accommodation option HOSTEL
Beg PLEAD
Bend to make it through a doorway STOOP
Beyond impressed AWED
Black Friday event SALE
Blogger's contribution POST
Bovine bellow MOO
Bowling alley part LANE
Campfire's remains ASHES
Cast members ACTORS
Castle material at the beach SAND
Celebration, in French FETE
Change with the times ADAPT
Chicken ___ salad CAESAR
City northwest of Miami TAMPA
Cooking fat LARD
Costume at a ballet recital TUTU
Diary update ENTRY
Dojo activity KARATE
Employs USES
Endure LAST
Get ___ of (throw out) RID
Give half away, for example SHARE
Gives a call PHONES
Clues Answers
Gold medal gymnast Sunisa LEE
Heartwarming news item FEELGOODSTORY
Heterochromia means having different-colored ones EYES
Holders of valuables SAFES
Indiana's WNBA team FEVER
Ink stain BLOT
Like a relic OLD
Like this clue's number ODD
Lil ___ X NAS
Liquor in Gwendolyn Brooks' 'We Real Cool' GIN
Make a reference ALLUDE
Marching insect ANT
Maze runner LABRAT
Medals go around them NECKS
Name shared by MLB's first all-brother outfield ALOU
Name that's a letter plus a body part OLEG
Not close FAR
Part of a mailing address STATE
Parts of a to-do list CHORES
Picked CHOSE
Picks outfits for STYLES
Place for Aquaman and SpongeBob SEA
Protein in some stir-fry TOFU
Psychic's skill ESP
Ready for some shut-eye SLEEPY
Response to 'Am not!' ARETOO
Selection process that might involve a bag RANDOMDRAWING
Serving platter TRAY
Setting for the early chapters of a biography HOMETOWN
Short and to the point TERSE
Skeptical brow shapes ARCHES
Sombrero or beret HAT
Some mahjong tiles WINDS
Spoken ORAL
Suffix for 'lemon' or 'Gator' ADE
Suppress STIFLE
Tequila's base AGAVE
Tirade RANT
___-prone skin ACNE