Looking for clues for today's Connections answers? The Connections answers on March 8 for puzzle #1,001 are a lot harder than yesterday's puzzle, with the Connections Companion rating this puzzle's difficulty at 2.

The U.S. and Israel killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who had ruled the country since 1989.

Today’s crossword, constructed by Adrian Johnson, is an exemplary Friday.