New York Times Crossword Puzzle Solutions – Mar 30 2018 Friday
| Clues | Answers |
| ___ chain | FOB |
| ___ tide | NEAP |
| 100 Years … 100 Movies org. | AFI |
| A rutabaga is a cross between a cabbage and this | TURNIP |
| Ain’t that somethin’! | WELLDAMN |
| And I get dumped on again | WELCOMETOMYLIFE |
| Asia’s ___ Darya River | AMU |
| Backspin producer? | REARAXLE |
| Broadside, maybe | RAM |
| Businesses often near beaches | SURFSHOPS |
| Chicago airport code | ORD |
| Choppers | AXES |
| Committed | ALLIN |
| Common ingredient in baked beans | MOLASSES |
| Cousins of Drama Desk Awards | OBIES |
| D.O.J. branch | ATF |
| Doctor’s wear | GLOVES |
| Does some diamond cutting? | MOWS |
| Egg warmer | MAMABIRD |
| Enough! : | PLEASESTOP |
| Essayist’s writing | PROSE |
| Ethel Mertz, on “I Love Lucy” | LANDLADY |
| For three: Fr. | ATROIS |
| God created ___ so that Americans would learn geography (line attributed to Mark Twain) | WAR |
| Hammer’s end | PEEN |
| High-profile merger, e.g. | MEGADEAL |
| Hit 1970s sitcom | RHODA |
| I won’t be back till late | DONTWAITUPFORME |
| It may pack a punch | FIST |
| Italian poetic form | RIMA |
| Jeez, that’s a shame! | AWMAN |
| Jell-O maker | MOLD |
| Jerk | ASS |
| Just what the doctor ordered | DOSAGE |
| Like a three-pitch inning | NORUN |
| Like many Christmas traditions | PAGAN |
| Like some jacket hoods | ZIPON |
| Like some reactions | ALLERGIC |
| Low-lying areas | DALES |
| Most-applied-to school in the U.S. | UCLA |
| Nikon competitors | CANONS |
| No bet, in poker | ICHECK |
| Offshore | ASEA |
| Pavarotti standard whose name means “My Sunshine” | OSOLEMIO |
| Plant from another country | ENEMYSPY |
| Preceder of first | ZEROTH |
| Refuse to drop | HARPON |
| Riles | UPSETS |
| Safe place to crash | BED |
| School cafeteria food, stereotypically | SLOP |
| Slithery | EELY |
| Some of Lockheed Martin’s business | ARMS |
| Spike | LACE |
| Strict, demanding parent | TIGERMOM |
| Stupid | FATHEADED |
| Stupid | DENSE |
| Style setter? | MOUSSE |
| Summer drink with caffeine : | ICEDCOFFEE |
| Terror in Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Lost World” | ALLOSAURUS |
| Thunderous sound | CLAP |
| Tie-breaking shots in soccer: Abbr. | PKS |
| Tom of old late-night TV | SNYDER |
| Toshiba competitor | RCA |
| Ubiquitous Chinese character | MAO |
| With the bow, in music | ARCO |
| Works every time | NEVERFAILS |
| Your Love Is King singer, 1984 | SADE |
| Your work inspires me | IMAFAN |
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