USA Today 2022 02 25 - Crossword Answers

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

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

HAD

'What ___ is new?'

ELSE

Moisture on blades of grass

DEW

PAST DUE

LATE

Butterfly's relative

MOTH

THERMOMETER TYPE

ORAL