ONE BY ONE
NY Times Crossword
September 4, 2016
Tom McCoy

The answer to each clue will contain the ampersand (&) :

1. Monopoly railroad
2. Music genre
3. After-lecture session, perhaps
4. Break from stress
5. "New and improved" department
6. Noted stock index
7. Classic beverage
8. Onomatopoeic candy
9. With "Texas," site of the George Bush Presidential Library

Answers:

1. B&O
2. R&B (rhythm and blues)
3. Q&A (question and answer)
4. R&R (rest and recuperation)
5. R&D (research and development)
6. S&P Five Hundred (Standard and Poor's)
7. A&W (root beer)
8. M&M
9. A&M (agricultural and mechanical)