A Parting of the Words

It's time for a little separation.
This puzzle's theme is all about wordplay, splitting single answers into two parts to solve the punny clues.
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Across

  • 3A
    Victory for novelist Jennifer?
  • 6A
    1965 Beatles film and title track
  • 7A
    Office division after G?
  • 8A
    A picnic pest's pants cuff?
  • 11A
    Perform a vanishing act
  • 14A
    It may have a message or a genie inside
  • 15A
    Deserve through excellence
  • 16A
    Greeting to the Peach State?
  • 17A
    The Gray Lady's sci-fi section, for short

Down

  • 1D
    What a beer needs?
  • 2D
    Thickens, as gravy or blood
  • 4D
    Not subject to the rule
  • 5D
    The real deal
  • 7D
    Transfer from a planter?
  • 9D
    With a pleasant and polite touch
  • 10D
    A nun might wear them
  • 12D
    A community's characteristic spirit
  • 13D
    Memo subject regarding a California airport?