Newsday.com - March 15 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers

Newsday.com Crossword Puzzle Solutions  - Mar 15 2018 

Clues	Answers
''Slow down!''	WHOA
''Take this one''	HERE
''That's not good''	UHOH
Abandoned ship	HULK
Aspiring MDs' hurdles	MCATS
Atop, for short	OER
Boone nickname	DANL
Branch group	SECT
Complain	CRAB
Complain	GRIPE
Computer ancestor	ABACUS
Concave navel	INNIE
Courtroom VIP	ATTY
Cuban steps	CONGA
Decline slowly	EBB
Depleted	GONE
Edible shell	TACO
Emphasized	PLAYEDUP
Escape artists' challenges	CAGES
Family members	MOMS
Far from rosy-cheeked	PALE
Folk singing group, often	TRIO
Freebie for grocery patrons	AROMA
Gardening gear	HOSES
Good and welfare	SAKE
Granola morsel	OAT
Group of whales	GAM
Gut	BELLY
Handicapper's hangout	OTB
High anxiety	HYSTERIA
Idiomatic marcher	TIME
Iowa State's city	AMES
Lasers play them	CDS
Loose-leaf lettuce	BIBB
Makeshift doorstop	ROCK
Multiple of bi-	OCTO
Musket-loading tool	RAMROD
Mythical giant	ATLAS
Mythical giants	OGRES
Name on a ''Firebird'' score	IGOR
Necklace device	CLASP
News sources	MEDIA
NL Central team	STL
Not a lot	SELDOM
Oceanic art	SEASCAPE
On the highest shelf	UPTOP
One in a small house	DOLL
Open, as some bottles	UNCAP
Pasta salad, for instance	COLDDISH
Place to stay, for short	BANDB
Produce Department sign	BERRYGOODDEALS
Produce Department sign	GIVEPEASACHANCE
Produce Department sign	WHATAGRAPEIDEA
Punxsutawney groundhog	PHIL
Purview	REALM
Shelf hanger's tool	LEVEL
Shot in the dark	STAB
Sofa neighbor, often	ENDTABLE
Somewhat hurried pace	TROT
Spinning wheel stats	RPMS
Steinbeck title place	EDEN
Stuff (in)	CRAM
Suited for Her Highness	REGAL
Supervisor's request	SEEME
Supplier payer	CLIENT
Term for 11 Down	SHE
Three-Oscar director Kazan	ELIA
Trident part	TINE
Whitefish relative	CHUB
Wood splitter	AXE
Wren remark	CHIRP
Yellow turnip	RUTABAGA
Zinc __ ointment	OXIDE
__ & Telescope Magazine	SKY