USA Today - Jan 2 2022 Sunday Crossword Puzzle Solution

 USA Today - Jan 2 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
'Did I ___ tell you . . .'	EVER
'Let me repeat . . .'	ISAID
'Letters to the ___ of Society' (Shaka Senghor book)	SONS
'Solve for x' subject	ALGEBRA
'Stag's Leap' poet Sharon	OLDS
'Sure'	OKAY
'___ let you know'	ILL
'___ we go again . . .'	HERE
Added in the middle	INSERTED
Alphabet beginning	ABC
Bag type	TOTE
Bits of hot sauce	DABS
Chaka Khan's vocal range	ALTO
Chant at the Solheim Cup	USAUSA
Cookie with a Sakura Matcha flavor	OREO
Corn or sugarcane, for example	CROP
Corsage flowers	ORCHIDS
Creative flashes	IDEAS
Crumpet alternative	SCONE
Ctrl ___ Del	ALT
Day before Sat	FRI
Distinctive period	ERA
Dream collaborator	GEORGE
Emmy night hopeful	NOMINEE
Established fact	GIVEN
Eventually become	ENDUP
Excuse that might be described as airtight or ironclad	ALIBI
Extinct since a while ago	LONGGONE
Farm animal that burps a lot	GOAT
Feline zodiac sign	LEO
Filly's father	SIRE
Garment with adjustable straps	BRA
Goo used in roof work	TAR
Handed out cards	DEALT
Hawaiian necklaces	LEIS
High self-image	EGO
Highest point	ACME
Hits the jackpot	WINSBIG
Hypotheticals	IFS
Ikebana instructor	SENSEI
Jeans brand	LEVIS
Jog like a dog	TROT
Kennel visitor	PET
Kimchi jar liquid	BRINE
Knight who's a three-time Masters champion	NICKFALDO
Layered ice cream dessert	PARFAIT
Less verbose	TERSER
Like a fridge notepad	MAGNETIC
Like bulls and bucks	MALE
Like pet parakeets	CAGED
Monastery leader	ABBOT
Motrin alternative	ALEVE
Mythical people-eater	OGRE
Of two minds	TORN
Olympic sword	EPEE
Opposite of shallow	DEEP
Palindromic name	ANNA
Particles with charges	IONS
Person with a 319 area code, for example	IOWAN
PGA Tour Shot of the Day, often	CHIPINBIRDIE
Pile of cong you bing	STACK
Player who shoots 72 regularly	SCRATCHGOLFER
Rainbow's place	SKY
Relatives	KIN
Ruthlessly competitive	DOGEATDOG
Sarah Sherman's show	SNL
Scholarship application stat	GPA
Some pop-ups	ADS
Southern ___ Indian Tribe	UTE
Staircase part	STEP
Telluride automaker	KIA
Tests for high schoolers	SATS
Title in Congress (Abbr.)	SEN
Touched gently	PATTED
Unrefined metal	ORE
Vikings' org	NFL
Word before 'lion' or 'snake'	SEA