Help with spot healing brush in LR

I cannot get the spot healing brush to work in the newest version of LR. I used to use it successfully since LR 2. I have to go into PS now to clean up dust spots.  Can someone please tell me what I need to do to get my spots cleaned in LR?
Thanks!

Hi Keith
I click on the spot healing brush tool, click on either heal or clone, then go to the spot, circle it, and click. The spot will not go away.
I've tried holding down the alt/option key and clicking on the spots, but still nothing.  I can drag on the spots, click, nothing....
If I go into Photoshop I can use the spot healing brush there, but not sure why I can't get it to work in LR anymore. It used to always work for me.
Thank you for any input.
Chris

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