USA Today Feb 29 2020 Saturday Crossword Puzzle Solutions

USA Today Crossword February 29 2020 Saturday Answers

Clues	Answers
'Clarissa Explains It ___'	ALL
'Namely . . .'	TOWIT
'Star Trek' role for Nichols and Saldana	UHURA
'___ my last email . . .'	PER
'___ of the d'Urbervilles'	TESS
'___ you were going to say that'	IKNEW
Admit, slangily	COPTO
Aware of	ONTO
Bros, e.g	SIBS
Choose	OPT
City near K.C	STJOE
Density times volume	MASS
Direction opposite WSW	ENE
Distinctive air	AURA
Doesn't close	KEEPSOPEN
Drive the getaway car for, say	ABET
Enter in a journal	LOG
Expensive soup ingredient	BIRDSNEST
Famous ___ (rhyming cookie brand)	AMOS
Female sheep	EWE
Four-legged friend of Dorothy	TOTO
Genetic messenger	RNA
Gift in 18-Down	LEI
Goes downhill (or cross-country) fast	SKIS
Gossip	DISH
Grp. opposed to intoxicated motoring	MADD
Guiding principle	CREDO
Heap	PILE
High and thin	REEDY
Honolulu's home	OAHU
Included on an email	CCED
Is sick	AILS
Job title abbr	ASST
Kermit or Ernie, for example	MUPPET
Killer dog in a Stephen King novel	CUJO
Layers of paint	COATS
Leap ahead in school	SKIPAGRADE
Leap from place to place	BOUNCEAROUND
Leap into consciousness	SPRINGTOMIND
Leap with glee	JUMPFORJOY
Least wide	NARROWEST
Lifesaving letters	CPR
Like some verbs	IRREGULAR
Little devils	IMPS
Love god who's an anagram of 'rose'	EROS
Messes up	ERRS
Model Carrera	CARMEN
Neon is an inert one	GAS
Newspaper essay	OPED
Not great, not terrible	SOSO
Not mono	STEREO
Not these	THOSE
On point	APT
Paid to play a hand	ANTED
Pieces in the board game Mastermind	PEGS
Pin place	LAPEL
Pooh's feathered friend	OWL
Pop, by another name	SODA
Pork, beef or lamb	MEAT
Possible purchase from a lot	USEDCAR
Pro whistleblower	REF
Pyle of '60s TV	GOMER
Rae who voiced the mom in 'Hair Love'	ISSA
Rebuttal to 'You never . . .'	IDIDSO
Relaxing spot	SPA
Reptile that becomes an insect if you add a W	ASP
Result of wax buildup, perhaps	EARACHE
Sacred bovine	COW
Smart-mouthed cat in 'Homeward Bound'	SASSY
Soil	EARTH
South American mountain range	ANDES
Sweet stuff	SUGAR
Syrup sources	SAPS
The band Haim, for one	TRIO
Turner who led a rebellion	NAT
Un, translated	ONE
Unrefined metal	ORE
___ and night	DAY