USA Today Crossword Puzzle Solutions – Mar 12 2018 Monday
| Clues | Answers |
| “Immediately!” | NOW |
| “I’ve ___ it up to here!” | HAD |
| “That stings!” | YEOW |
| 37-Across competitor | PORSCHE |
| 38-Across surface figure | AREA |
| Aim-improving device | SCOPE |
| Alternative to Rover or Spot | FIDO |
| Ambient quality | AURA |
| Backsplash piece | TILE |
| Bit of ugly campaigning | SMEAR |
| Blood bank quantity | UNIT |
| Bone up in a hurry | CRAM |
| Bret who wrote of Poker Flat | HARTE |
| Brisbane buddy | MATE |
| Carnation location | LAPEL |
| Cause of flight delays | FOG |
| Chartered ride | BOAT |
| Coed abode, perhaps | DORM |
| Collectible Detroit flop | EDSEL |
| Commotion, to the Bard | ADO |
| Compact cars from 1984 to 1994 | FORDTEMPOS |
| Eggs in sushi rolls | ROE |
| Fish caught in pots | EELS |
| Fitzgerald on a postage stamp | ELLA |
| Gave the cold shoulder to | SLIGHTED |
| Harvest machinery | REAPERS |
| Having a knack | TALENTED |
| Holey, lightweight clog | CROC |
| Hunt and peck, say | TYPE |
| Import with a four-ring logo | AUDI |
| In reference to | ASFOR |
| Invoice word | DUE |
| Jamie of “M*A*S*H” | FARR |
| Like Dali’s art | SURREAL |
| Like-minded voting group | BLOC |
| Literary governess Jane | EYRE |
| McEntire, or her sitcom | REBA |
| Moderator’s skill | TACT |
| Navy mascot | GOAT |
| Nevada casino city | RENO |
| Not exactly, informally | SORTA |
| Not much | ABIT |
| Not yet scheduled (Abbr.) | TBA |
| Patrolled rounds | POLICE BEATS |
| Penny-pinching | CHEAP |
| Pressure-packed periods | CRUNCH TIMES |
| Prime for picking | RIPE |
| Put the kibosh on | END |
| Read digitally | SCAN |
| Roughs it | CAMPS |
| Rugged rock formation | CRAG |
| Ruins a secret, say | BLABS |
| Salt lick visitor | DEER |
| Salt truck’s target | SLEET |
| Scattered, as confetti | STREWN |
| Shoreline phenomenon | TIDE |
| Start to fidget | GETANTSY |
| Story spanning centuries | SAGA |
| Subside, as a storm | ABATE |
| Take to task | SCOLD |
| Talent show that returned in 2018, for short | IDOL |
| Tearoom serving | SCONE |
| Teslas don’t need it | GASOLINE |
| The “fizz” in a gin fizz | SODA |
| They’re set to zero by drivers | TRIPMETERS |
| Three-dimensional map | GLOBE |
| Throws into the mix | ADDS |
| Trampled, with “on” | TROD |
| Tropical fruit, as it’s sometimes known | PAPAW |
| Use a Kindle | READ |
| Vegging out | IDLE |
| Vein yield | ORE |
| Verdi’s title princess | AIDA |
| Volleyball players, at times | STETERS |
| White-tie affair wear | TAILS |
| Wild equines | ASSES |
| Withdraw, with “out” | OPT |
| Worth mentioning | OFNOTE |
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