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Hello! It's Clare, again. Hope everyone is having a great summer so far! I'm up in Lake Tahoe enjoying the glorious weather and lake while wearing holes in my shoes from how much walking around the...
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Constructor: Ned WhiteRelative difficulty: Pretty easy for a Wednesday THEME: Drop The THE (57A - Sean Parker's famous advice to Mark Zuckerberg in naming The Facebook...)Theme answers:17 ACROSS:...
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Chest protectors? / THU 6-28-18 / Holds / Ones going down the tubes? /...
Constructor: Jeff ChenRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: ENTER (37A: Key that moves the cursor to the next line...or a hint to answering five clues in this puzzle) — The solver presses an...
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"Voila!" / FRI 6-29-18 / They provide quarters for dollars / "This is killing...
Constructor: David SteinbergRelative difficulty: Standard Friday for me (11:13)THEME: NoneWord of the Day: SCIPIO (38A: Hannibal's foe in the Second Punic War) — Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus...
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Cosmetic injections for guys / When repeated, cry in Matthew 27 / Abstract...
Constructor:Andy KravisRelative difficulty: reasonably easy (4:04, difficulty not found)THEME: noneWord of the Day:SPATLESE(27D: German wine made from late-harvest grapes) — Spätlese (literal meaning:...
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Asian berry marketed as superfood / SUN 7-1-18 / Certain Spanish murals / One...
Constructor: Sam TrabuccoRelative difficulty: Medium (10:10)THEME:"Driving Around"— theme answers have to go "around" a vehicle (in circled squares) by way of a PASSING LANE (109A: It's left on a...
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Berry marketed as a superfood / MON 7-2-2018 / Writer Jong / "I.e.," spelled...
It's Annabel Monday! But you totally won't be able to tell because I sound like Rex in this one! Aaaaaah! Constructor: Evan KalishRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: IT'S A SECRET— Bubbled words within...
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Co-starring actress on HBO's insecure / TUE 7-3-18 / Decent human being...
Constructor: Christopher AdamsRelative difficulty: Easy (2:58!)THEME: NATIONAL PASTIME (58A: Baseball, colloquially) — theme answers are baseball team names that contain the colors RED, WHITE, and...
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Dense megalopolis that includes Hong Kong Macau Guangzhou / WED 7-4-18 /...
Constructor: Freddie ChengRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (though my wife had to explain to me how NUMBERS fit the theme... even though I now notice that the theme clues themselves tell you ... this...
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Poor woodcutter of folklore / THU 7-5-18 / Gene mutation results / Iceberg's...
Constructor: Randolph RossRelative difficulty: Medium to Medium-Challenging (6:42)THEME: "Undercover" orgs. — rebus with FBI, NSA, DEA, and CIA lurking in their own squares. Then there's a revealer,...
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One of jacks in cribbage / FRI 7-6-18 / Ruler who died in 30BC / It time 1977...
Constructor: Robyn WeintraubRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (5:51)THEME: none, although the MIDDLE answer is in the MIDDLE and the BOTTOM part of the BOTTOM answer is at the BOTTOM, so that's...
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Loss of sound at start of word / SAT 7-7-18 / Fighter of Ferocious Flea in...
Constructor: Ryan McCartyRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (6:03)THEME: noneWord of the Day: APHERESIS (29D: Loss of a sound at the start of a word, as "opossum" to "possum") — nounnoun: apheresis1....
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Regatta site since 1839 / SUN 7-8-18 / Godfather mobster who was shot in eye...
Constructor: Bruce HaightRelative difficulty: Easy (9:34)THEME: Person / Place / Thing — theme answers are three interlocking two-word phrases, first a person then blah blah you know the drillTheme...
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Cape Cod resort town / MON 7-9-18 / Danglers on luggage / Computer crash...
Constructor: John LampkinRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (for a Monday) (3:31)THEME: DIDDLY SQUAT (62A: What the exercise regimen in 17-, 25-, 37- and 51-Across is worth) — weightlifting puns...
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Concert pianist Rubinstein / TUE 7-10-18 / Old print tint / Sight at golf...
Constructor: Alex Eaton-SalnersRelative difficulty: Easy (3:08)THEME: FULL HOUSE (57A: Hit 1980s-'90s sitcom ... or what the circled letters in 16-, 26- and 43-Across represent?) — five-letter strings...
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Pianist comic Victor of old TV / WED 7-11-18 / Memorable 1995 hurricane /...
Constructor: Michael HawkinsRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (3:52)THEME: SNOOZE BUTTON (49A: What a late sleeper may use ... resulting in 19-, 31- and 40-Across?) — familiar phrases that, when taken...
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Wisest and justest of all centaurs in Greek myth / THU 7-12-18 / Pro...
Constructor: Joe DiPietroRelative difficulty: Challenging (11:47 ... third slowest time for Any puzzle in the last three months—and the two slower times were Sundays) THEME: HANDS DOWN (34D: Easily ......
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Fore-and-aft-rigged vessel / FRI 7-13-18 / / Apocalytpic event predicted in...
Constructor: Trenton CharlsonRelative difficulty: Easy (4:20)[mirror symmetry!]THEME: ZZ TOP (52A: Rock band whose name is suggested by the first row of this puzzle) — "ZZ" is in every answer at the...
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Style of Southern hip-hop / SAT 7-14-18 / Banana Republic's parent company /...
Constructor: Kameron Austin CollinsRelative difficulty: Medium (8:16) (possibly easier: one possibly idiosyncratic mistake made a Huge difference today) (possibly harder, if your knowledge of rap or...
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French city where D'Artagnan lived in Three Musketeers / SUN 7-15-18 / Worlds...
Constructor: Sam Ezersky and Byron WaldenRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (12:28)THEME:"Complimentary"— familiar phrases clued as if they were compliments (by reimagning the meaning of the first...
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