USA Today 2022 02 25 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
'Clue' genre	WHODUNIT
'Fire Shut Up in My Bones' is one	OPERA
'If I ___ a nickel for every time . . .'	HAD
'What ___ is new?'	ELSE
Banana ___ (dessert)	SPLIT
Butterfly's relative	MOTH
'I'm ___ you!'	ONTO
'A long time ___ in a galaxy far, far away . . .'	AGO
BARELY DETECTABLE AMOUNT	TRACE
SUPPORTER	FAN
SWEETIE	HON
REMAINED	STAYED
LET GO OF	DROP
REUBEN BREAD	RYE
FEELING BLUE	SAD
MORE PROFOUND	DEEPER
Does what a hen does	LAYS
Ending for 'micro' or 'tele'	SCOPE
Exercise facility	GYM
Legendary warrior Hua ___	MULAN
Lower-body exercise move	LUNGE
Make a baby blanket, maybe	KNIT
Moisture on blades of grass	DEW
Nochebuena, for example	EVE
Non-pointy end of a pencil	ERASER
Section on a map	REGION
Sign up for, like a contest	ENTER
Sound made while weightlifting	GRUNT
TOY BEAR	TEDDY
CLARINET INSERT	REED
CITY NEAR LAKE TAHOE	RENO
BREWERY PRODUCTS	ALES
Bitter quarrels	FEUDS
BIT OF BODY ART, FOR SHORT	TAT
BEGGED	PLED
Visibly shows sleepiness	YAWNS
'GOT IT'	NOTED
Word before 'rug' or 'code'	AREA
PITCH IN	HELP
PAST DUE	LATE
PIG ENCLOSURE	STY
SHADE OF GRAY	ASH
GOODBYE IN SPANISH	ADIOS
COMMON LUNCHTIME	NOON
REIGN	RULE
CORROSIVE COMPOUND	ACID
CLOSES	SHUTS
Alternative to solar power	WINDENERGY
OPPOSITE OF POST-	PRE
Country where ceviche originated	PERU
UNAPPETIZING FOOD	SLOP
TEARY	WATERYEYED
'That's a wrap'	ITSOVER
Former student, for short	ALUM
THERMOMETER TYPE	ORAL
___ OUT (DISTRIBUTE)	DOLE
Tortilla type	FLOUR
___ FAIRE	REN
Resolve a debt	PAYUP
Like many telenovela actors	LATINO
Got a hold of via phone	CALLEDUP
Op-___ (newspaper columns)	EDS
WayHaught's TV show	WYNONNAEARP
University in D.C	HOWARD
EMBRACES	HUGS
Winter precipitations	SNOWS

'Clue' genre

WHODUNIT

'Fire Shut Up in My Bones' is one

OPERA

'If I ___ a nickel for every time . . .'

HAD

'What ___ is new?'

ELSE

Banana ___ (dessert)

SPLIT

Butterfly's relative

MOTH