New York Times Crossword Puzzle Solutions – Mar 13 2018 Tuesday
| Clues | Answers |
| ___ chips (trendy snack food) | TARO |
| ___ Maria | AVE |
| Abbr. before a memo recipient’s name | ATTN |
| Actress Knightley | KEIRA |
| Ancient Andean | INCA |
| Approximately | ORSO |
| Awards show for top athletes | ESPYS |
| Beyond that | MORESO |
| Big name in kitchen appliances | OSTER |
| Boredom | ENNUI |
| Capital of the world’s largest island country | JAKARTA |
| Change one’s approach | SHIFTGEARS |
| Church recess | APSE |
| Codger | COOT |
| Cruise ship stop | PORT |
| De ___ (legally) | JURE |
| Derisive sound | SNORT |
| Devotee of Haile Selassie, informally | RASTA |
| Digital photo filter | SEPIA |
| Double-helix molecule | DNA |
| Each | PER |
| Emile who wrote “J’accuse” | ZOLA |
| Feeling upon meeting an idol | AWE |
| First among men | ADAM |
| First name of two of the three Apple co-founders | STEVE |
| Florida island … or a hint to 17-, 24-, 52- and 65-Across | KEYWEST |
| Frank who performed “Watermelon in Easter Hay” | ZAPPA |
| Gasoline additive | ETHANOL |
| Grocery shopping aids | LISTS |
| Harper who wrote “Go Set a Watchman” | LEE |
| Jimmy of the Daily Planet | OLSEN |
| Keats or Yeats | POET |
| Kit ___ bar | KAT |
| Lead-in to rock or right | ALT |
| Loo | JOHN |
| Look through the cross hairs | AIM |
| Makes a pit stop, say | REFUELS |
| Mental blur | HAZE |
| Metallica hit with the lyric “Sleep with one eye open” | ENTERSANDMAN |
| Micromanager | CONTROLFREAK |
| Mine cartload | ORE |
| Model S, Model X and Model 3 | TESLAS |
| Olive or peach | TREE |
| One of four on a fork, often | TINE |
| Opposed to | ANTI |
| Org. seeking life in space | SETI |
| Overhead | ALOFT |
| Part of G.P.A.: Abbr. | AVG |
| Poetic rhythm | METER |
| Product of Yale or Medeco | LOCK |
| Relatives of rhododendrons | AZALEAS |
| Rod’s mate | REEL |
| Rolls up, as a flag | FURLS |
| Ruler’s domain | REALM |
| See 53-Down | MAINE |
| Series of puzzles for group solving | ESCAPEROOM |
| Side of a gem | FACET |
| Similar (to) | AKIN |
| Singer ___ King Cole | NAT |
| Slightly open | AJAR |
| Societal problems | ILLS |
| Soda brand, or its opener | TAB |
| Some do it through their teeth | LIE |
| Something pinned on a map | SITE |
| Soprano’s solo | ARIA |
| Source of a baby’s (and parent’s) discomfort | COLIC |
| Spanish gentlemen | DONS |
| Theater, for a Broadway show | VENUE |
| Things that bottles and snow-covered mountains have | CAPS |
| Tolkien monster | ORC |
| TV studio sign | ONAIR |
| Unwanted inbox filler | SPAM |
| Victim of the first fratricide | ABEL |
| Wafer brand | NECCO |
| What you might do to a turtle that’s withdrawn into its shell | POKE |
| With 44-Across, home of a major Northeast university | ORONO |
| You said it! | AMEN |
| Young friend, to a good ol’ boy | SON |
| Zap, in a way | STUN |
| Zap, in a way | TASE |
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