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Duchamp contemporary / FRI 9-14-18 / Six-time Grammy winner who is half of...
Constructor: John GuzzettaRelative difficulty: Easy (or maybe a bit harder depending on one's familiarity with proper names)THEME: NoneWord of the Day: DAX (45A: Shepard of "Parenthood") — Daximus...
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Scanned smartphone graphics / SAT 9-15-18 / Early major-league game setting /...
Constructor: David Liben-Nowell Relative difficulty: Easy, leaning Easy-Medium (6:14)THEME: noneWord of the Day:"onboarding" (46A: Those needing onboarding => HIREES) — nounthe action or process of...
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Flower said to cover plains of Hades / SUN 9-16-18 / Large mobile devices to...
Constructor: Joel FaglianoRelative difficulty: Easy (9:43)THEME:"Uh, What?"— "Uh" sound added to words in familiar phrases, creating new, wacky words / phrases, clued "?"-style:Theme answers:OREGON...
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Eco-conscious Dfr. Seuss character / MON 9-17-18 / Apple tablet with...
Constructor: Caitlin ReidRelative difficulty: Medium (3:21)THEME: FISH (71A: Use the items found at the ends of the answers to 20-, 31-, 47- and 56-Across)— last words are fishing-related stuffTheme...
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Of the cheek / TUE 9-18-18 / Clothing brand with horse head logo / Dance in...
Constructor: Greg JohnsonRelative difficulty: By the clock, Medium-Challenging, but I solved at 4:45am, so ... adjusting for brain fog, probably more Medium (3:37)THEME: gases— letters form molecule...
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Locale of Tuvalu and Nauru / WED 9-19-18 / Frank Sammy ultimate event 1989...
Constructor: Scot Ober and Jeff ChenRelative difficulty: Easy (3:40)THEME: YIDDISH (38A: Source of the six longest Across answers in this puzzle) —Theme answers:TCHOTCHKE (16A: Knickknack)SCHMALTZ...
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Six-time MLB all-star Rusty / THU 9-20-18 / Opening between vocal cords / One...
Constructor: Sam EzerskyRelative difficulty: Challenging (by the clock—though the grid is odd-sized, and I solved upon rolling out of bed, and my software kept moving my cursor around in weird ways...
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Constructor: Zhouqin BurnikelRelative difficulty: Medium (Easy-ish for a Friday)THEME: NoneWord of the Day: TATAMI MAT (55A: Sight in many a Japanese restaurant) — A tatami (畳) is a type of mat used as...
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Counterpart of iamb / SAT 9-22-18 / Program that analyzes structure of input...
Constructor: Sam TrabuccoRelative difficulty: Medium (7:18)THEME: noneWord of the Day: IOLA, Ks. (?) (6D: City SW of Kansas City) — Iola (pronounced /aɪˈoʊlə/) is a city situated along the Neosho River...
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MI6 R&D division in 007 novels / SUN 9-23-18 / Three of wheel of dharma...
Constructor: Andrew ZhouRelative difficulty: Challenging (laughably so—just hit "check squares" at the 15 minute mark because I didn't care anymore ... had four errors ... just the stupidest puzzle ......
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Country below Hungary / MON 9-24-18 / Vegas hot spot / Alcohol that's...
Constructor: Michael BlackRelative difficulty: Easy (2:44)THEME: JEOPARDY (18-Across) and WHEEL / OF FORTUNE (34-Across) — each is a "Popular program shown back to back with" the otherTheme...
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Hit a four-bagger / TUES 9-25-18 / Casino game / Go a mile a minute / Goat's...
Hi, all! Happy end-ish of September. Hope yours has been better than my super rainy one in DC! The way it somehow manages to be hot, humid, and raining all at the same time is something. I'm currently...
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Horse with evenly mixed black white hairs / WED 9-26-18 / Ghost psychic Oda...
Constructor: Melinda Gates and Joel FaglianoRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (4:00)THEME: doubling of first letters — familiar phrases that start with a single letter have that letter doubled ... and...
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Early-blooming ornamental / THU 9-27-18 / Dr Foreman player on House / Brand...
Constructor: Daniel KantorRelative difficulty: Easy (5:16, and that's with every theme answer essentially unclued; see below)THEME:Â dunno ... some visual clues, I guess; here's what the grid looked...
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Six-time all-stary Ron / FRI 9-28-18 / Spy who trades sex secrets informally...
Constructor: Kameron Austin CollinsRelative difficulty: Easy (4:36)THEME: noneWord of the Day: MT DANA (38A: Peak that marks the eastern boundary of Yosemite Natl. park) — Mount Dana is a mountain in...
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Bahn Vietnamese cake / SAT 9-29-18 / Classic film with screaming boy on its...
Constructor: David SteinbergRelative difficulty:Â Challenging by the clock, but ... once I finally got traction it felt Easy-Medium, so ... dunno (9:23)THEME: noneWord of the Day:Â TROY OUNCEÂ (27D: Gold...
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Leather-clad TV warrior / SUN 9-30-18 / Where Karl Benz debuted world's first...
Constructor: Natan LastRelative difficulty: Challenging (12:35) (I had two drinks beforehand, though, so ... I'm not very confident in this rating)THEME:"Sleep On It"— PRINCESSes (82D: Any of the four...
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Monarch renowned for his wealth / MON 10-1-2018 / Going off script / Yom...
Constructor: Chuck DeodeneRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: THE END IS NIGH— Theme answers end in homophones for "nigh." (I'm not sure if it's called a homophone when it's just a syllable but bear with...
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Office-inappropriate in web shorthand / TUE 10-2-18 / Folksy restroom sign /...
Constructor: Paul CoulterRelative difficulty: Challenging (4:20, 20 seconds over my slowest Tuesday time)THEME: two Broadway shows ... that make a phrase ... that gets a wacky clue?  — Theme...
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Vain queen who boasted she was more powerful than / WED 10-3-18 /...
Constructor: Jennifer NuttRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (maybe easy, but I just woke up...) (4:10)THEME: POSEIDON (41D: God who banished 63-Across to the sky, as depicted by the constellation formed...
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