USA Today 2022 09 02 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
ASSORTMENT	ARRAY
ALTER ___	EGO
'To recap . . .'	INSUM
'If all ___ fails . . .'	ELSE
'HOW COME?'	WHY
'Born This Way' singer Lady ___	GAGA
EXAM	TEST
MAKES A MISTAKE	ERRS
PALINDROMIC TERM OF ADDRESS	MADAM
DINED	ATE
D.C. IS ITS CAPITAL	USA
Crackling radio sound	STATIC
BIRD'S-___ VIEW	EYE
April filing	TAXRETURN
START	INITIATE
SIGNIFICANT PERIOD IN HISTORY	ERA
Akwaeke Emezi's nationality	NIGERIAN
'What time ___?'	ISIT
JOURNEY	TRIP
Five-in-one Olympic sport	PENTATHLON
Get via blackmail	EXTORT
Grain used to make pumpernickel	RYE
Industrial explosive	TNT
Insect sometimes kept as a pet	PRAYINGMANTIS
Miami time zone, for short	EST
NBA player ___ Porter Jr	OTTO
Place for a cuddly cat	LAP
Show some ___ (hold back)	RESTRAINT
Stuff in a volcano	MAGMA
The Milky Way is one	GALAXY
'That's not a bad ___!'	IDEA
'It ___ Nice' (protest song)	ISNT
SPLIT ___ SOUP	PEA
PAPA	DAD
REALLY LOVE	ADORE
LEAVE ALONE	LETBE
PART OF A TENNIS MATCH	SET
The ___ Collective ('70s abortion network)	JANE
They can be secret or mistaken	IDENTITIES
MIDDLE EASTERN MARKETPLACE	BAZAAR
TAKE IT ONE DAY ___ TIME	ATA
GREEK GOD OF LOVE	EROS
RELAXATION DESTINATION	SPA
Movie director Lee	ANG
Prefix between bi- and quad-	TRI
OPERA SOLO	ARIA
REGION	AREA
SKILLED	ADEPT
ROUTE	PATH
YOGA SURFACE	MAT
VIETNAMESE HOLIDAY	TET
TYPE OF POEM	ODE
___ LATTE	SOY
YANK	PULL
Visitors from outer space (Abbr.)	ETS
Spanish for 'for'	POR
Reality show incentive	PRIZEMONEY
People who spoke Quechua	INCAS
Dividing line at zero longitude	PRIMEMERIDIAN
BE GOOD ENOUGH	PASSMUSTER
Broadway star Menzel	IDINA
'So tragic'	ITSSAD
Totally relaxed	ATEASE

ASSORTMENT

ARRAY

ALTER ___

EGO

'To recap . . .'

INSUM

'If all ___ fails . . .'

ELSE

'HOW COME?'

WHY

'Born This Way' singer Lady ___

GAGA