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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