Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Friday August 18 2017

$40/hour and others – RATES
‘Everybody knows that!’ – DUH

‘So effective you can skip a day’ sloganeer, once – MITCHUM
‘Surprising to run into you here’ – OHHI
‘That’s the spot!’ – AAH
1942 Abbott and Costello musical comedy – RIORITA
Actress Taylor of ‘Bones’ – TAMARA
Amelia Earhart and others – AIRWOMEN
Anonymous – UNNAMED
Antique – OLDEN
Be successful – ACHIEVE
Became slippery, in a way – ICEDOVER
Birthplace of the philosopher Parmenides – ELEA
Bit of media self-promotion – HOUSEAD
Bucket of bolts – HEAP
Carrier in the Star Alliance – SAS
Clotheshorse – DANDY
Computer programmer’s need – LOGIC
Cousins of honeydews – CASABAS
Cry around mealtime – MEOW
Damage control org – FEMA
Defied 25-Across – MADENOSENSE
Doc’s orders – MEDS
Epithet for Jesus – THELAMB
Especially – ABOVEALL
Exultant cry – IWON
Farmyard females – HENS
Fragrant prom present – POSY
Frequent designation for Elizabeth Taylor – EXWIFE

Gallaudet Univ. system – ASL
Gather – LEARN
Growing industry, informally? – AGRIBIZ
Health org – AMA
Home of ‘the bell,’ briefly – NYSE
Internet meme of the star of ‘The Matrix’ looking sullen – SADKEANU
Clues – Answers
Island known for its coffee – SUMATRA
Jazz/samba fusion popularized in the 1960s – BOSSANOVA
Joined forces? – YINYANG
Layer below the sclera – UVEA
Level connectors in Donkey Kong – LADDERS
Like some multiuse eyeglass lenses – TRIFOCAL
Miffed – SORE
Minute, to a tot – ITTY
Often-misused irregular verb – LAY
One might require an oversize jacket – TOME
One of a pack of 20, for short – CIG
Platform for Siri – IOS
Prominent part of Nestea’s logo – LEAF
Put in a hold – LADED
Safari sighting, informally – RHINO
Shaping device – ADZ
Sometimes-zippered container – SANDWICHBAG
Spouse of Alexander Hamilton – ELIZA
Stink – ADO
System used by servers – UNIX
Take things the wrong way – THIEVE
Taken in – SEEN
Theologian called ‘The Father of English History’ – BEDE
They write many opinions – LAWCLERKS
They’re just above a handlebar – NOSTRILS
Thought fit – DEIGNED
Toy consisting of a spool on a string – DIABOLO
Toys that may open and close their eyes – BABYDOLLS
Very passionate – HEATED
Weight of a U.S. banknote – ONEGRAM
What you’re in if you’re nearby – THEAREA
Whatchamacallit – GIZMO
Word ending many farm names – ACRES
___ scale – MOHS
___-Frank Act – DODD