New York Times Crossword Puzzle Solutions – Mar 9 2018 Friday
Clues | Answers |
___ done now? | AREWE |
___ rap | GANGSTA |
2008 Bond girl Kurylenko | OLGA |
Acropolis figure | ATHENA |
Animated character who graduated from Dogwarts University | GROMIT |
Bad way to go | KABLOOEY |
Bedevil | NAGAT |
Bottom line? | HEM |
Buffalo’s home: Abbr. | NYS |
Campaign aid | PAC |
Car once promoted with the line “The thrill starts with the grille” | EDSEL |
Cause of bad dreams, in modern lingo | NIGHTMAREFUEL |
Circular parts | ADS |
City nicknamed “The Old Pueblo” | TUCSON |
Classic arcade game with lots of shooting | NBAJAM |
Court divider | NET |
Emphatic admission | YESIDO |
Enamors | CHARMS |
Express stress, in a way | GROAN |
First world capital, alphabetically | ABUDHABI |
Flag-waving and such | JINGOISM |
Follower of bon or mon | AMI |
For adults only | XRATED |
Formidable opponents | NEMESES |
Giant competitor | PADRE |
Gradually | ONEDAYATATIME |
Group in the original “Ocean’s 11” | RATPACK |
Group of female seals | HAREM |
Gulf of ___ | SUEZ |
Has-___ | BEEN |
Helicases split it | DNA |
It could be on the tip of your tongue | TASTEBUD |
Jacob’s partner in “A Christmas Carol” | EBENEZER |
Joe known as “The Comeback Kid” | MONTANA |
Juiced (up) | SOUPED |
Last name of cosmetics giant Mary Kay | ASH |
Like clothes buttons, generally | SEWNON |
Like Istanbul | EURASIAN |
More, in México | MAS |
Musical “girl who cain’t say no” | ADOANNIE |
Nocturnal acronym | REM |
O.C.D. fighter, maybe | PROZAC |
One going against the grain? | REAPER |
Poem greeting the dawn | AUBADE |
Powerhouse in Olympic weightlifting | RUSSIA |
Prefix with -gon | NONA |
Put forth | ASSERT |
Rail center? | MARSH |
Request for food delivery | ORDEROUT |
Santa ___, Calif. | ROSA |
Scuffle | SCRAPE |
See ya | CIAO |
Show immediately preceding another | LEADIN |
Small slip | LAPSE |
So-so, as support | LUKEWARM |
Someone who’s pretty darn good | NOSLOUCH |
Source of stone used to build the ancient Egyptian pyramids | ASWAN |
Speaker units | OHMS |
Special-education challenge | AUTISM |
Spots | DETECTS |
Strange things | EXOTICA |
Super 8, e.g. | INN |
Superbright | NEON |
The “R” of 28-Across | RAPID |
The Old Curiosity Shop girl | NELL |
The Wizard of Oz farmhand | ZEKE |
Tom Sawyer’s half brother | SID |
Touched | DAFT |
Unexciting poker holding | PAIR |
What’s past is past, e.g. | TRUISM |
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