USA Today 2022 01 17 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
SILENT ASSENT	NOD
PROOF OF OWNERSHIP	DEED
C.R. Patterson & ___ (early automaker)	SONS
BECOME PART OF	JOIN
CLARINETIST'S NEED	REED
'THAT WAS CLOSE!'	PHEW
HIGH-PITCHED BARK	YAP
BIG JUMPS	LEAPS
Dialect group spoken in China's capital	BEIJINGMANDARIN
Bills also called singles	ONES
Gemstone imperfection	FLAW
Break an undefeated streak	LOSE
British baker Berry	MARY
Etching and embroidery, for example	ARTS
Big tech company	IBM
Intro to a hot take	IMO
Harlem Globetrotters icon	MEADOWLARKLEMON
Miso or ngapi	PASTE
Prefix for 'perspirant'	ANTI
Question from someone writing a check	WHATSTODAYSDATE
Random acts of ___	KINDNESS
Recently purchased	NEW
BIT OF PARSLEY	SPRIG
Salad or fries	SIDE
Snack for a panda	LEAF
Sound from a leaky faucet	DRIP
ARRIVED IN TIME FOR	MADE
'___ Matters' (Cornel West book)	RACE
'Talk to you later'	BYE
'You've gotta be kidding me'	YEESH
MISERY	WOE
'To clarify . . .'	IMEAN
ENGLISH CLASS ASSIGNMENT	ESSAY
Ibiza o Mallorca	ISLA
Tree susceptible to DED	ELM
Tree used to make archery bows	YEW
Meat in a BLT	BACON
Holiday after Ramadan	EID
Honeymoon, for example	TRIP
CRITICISM	FLAK
NEVER HAVE I ___	EVER
Unit equivalent to 43,560 square feet	ACRE
LOUD COMMOTION	DIN
Unoccupied job positions	OPENINGS
Foam toy brand	NERF
Prefix meaning 'small'	MICRO
No, in Russia	NYET
NOTION	IDEA
Rounded part of a building	DOME
'This is so relaxing!'	AHH
Laundry day unit	LOAD
Siberia's continent	ASIA
UNDERSTAND	GET
SURROUNDED BY	AMID
___ NESS MONSTER	LOCH
WEAR AND ___	TEAR
Use a trowel	DIG
DIMINISHES GRADUALLY	EBBS
'The Wiz' star Ross	DIANA
'HOORAY!'	YAY
FEARLESS	INTREPID
The Uncompahgre band, etc	UTES
FEELING SORE	ACHY
UNPRODUCTIVE PERIOD	DRYSPELL
When necessary	ASNEEDED
LEFT-HANDER	SOUTHPAW
___/her	SHE

SILENT ASSENT

NOD

PROOF OF OWNERSHIP

DEED

C.R. Patterson & ___ (early automaker)

SONS

BECOME PART OF

JOIN

CLARINETIST'S NEED

REED

'THAT WAS CLOSE!'

PHEW