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Fictional African kingdom in Coming to America / WED 10-24-18 / Noted piranha...
Constructor: Michael PaleosRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (4:42)THEME: POP-UP AD (8A: Internet nuisance ... or a hint to four answers in this puzzle) — letters "AD""pop up" (i.e. go up to the...
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Rabbit's Tail / THU 10-25-18 / Dutch Artist Jan van der ___ / Stage name of...
Constructor: Neville FogartyRelative difficulty: Medium (4:38)THEME: "SEE" — the "See" of a cross-referenced clue is combined with the relevant fill to provide a clue for the corresponding longer...
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Arrives 1967 soul album / FRI 10-26-18 / Funny Martha / Hilton alternative /...
Constructor: Evan KalishRelative difficulty: Easy (4:19)THEME: noneWord of the Day: Kansas' Fort HAYS (22D) — Fort Hays, originally named Fort Fletcher, was a United States Army fort near Hays, Kansas....
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1973 Best Actor winner for Save the Tiger / SAT 10-27-18 / City on Douro...
Constructor: Byron WaldenRelative difficulty: Challenging (10:39 ... though roughly 3:00 of that for me was just being flat-out stuck in the NW)THEME: noneWord of the Day: POTASH (9A: Fertilizer...
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Popular Dominican dance / SUN 10-28-18 / Farthest point in an orbit around...
Constructor: Erik AgardRelative difficulty: Easy (8:37, but with an error that it took me another 1:19 to find)THEME:"Match Play" — the theme is MIXED DOUBLES (119A: Game suggested by this puzzle's...
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Foul-smelling swamp plant / MON 10-29-18 / Britcom of 1990s informally /...
Constructor: Peter GordonRelative difficulty: Medium (3:20, which would be slightly on the slow side, but it's an oversized grid)THEME:"black-and-white animal" — every theme answer has a...
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Halloween cry / TUES 10-30-18 / "Get lost!" / It's prologue, they say / JFK...
Happy almost Halloween, everyone! Most people celebrate by dressing up or doing something festive, while law school professors seem to celebrate by giving us even more work than usual. Yay! I've been...
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Battler of Hector in Iliad / WED 10-31-18 / CIA infiltrator during Cold War /...
Constructor: Bruce HaightRelative difficulty: Easy to Easy-Medium (3:44)THEME: CRYPT (67A: Resting place hinted at by 28-, 5-, 45-, 9- and 31-Across)— circled squares in themers are homophones of...
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Tycho Brahe contemporary / THU 11-1-18 / River past Orsk Orenburg / Idiom...
Constructor: Matt GinsbergRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (5:10)[note, there should be "OI" in the square at the end of GALILEO—not sure why the software didn't know that]THEME: flim-flam — theme...
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Composer of symphonic verse / FRI 11-2-18 / Bear in hit 2012 film / Genre for...
Constructor: David SteinbergRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (7:25)THEME: noneWord of the Day: THE ZAX (45D: Stubborn Dr. Seuss pair) — A story from the book The Sneetches and Other Stories...
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1998 Paul Simon Derek Walcott musical / Rapper with 5x platinum album then...
Constructor: Ryan McCartyRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (except for one ridiculous place in the NW)THEME: noneWord of the Day: APPARAT (2D: Political organization) — nounHISTORICALthe administrative...
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Deadbeat student at TV's Highland High / SUN 11-4-18 / Torch carrier's...
Constructor: Patrick BerryRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (10:36)THEME: none, somehow... ("UNTHEMED")Word of the Day: Steve DITKO (37D: Steve who co-created Spider-Man)— Stephen J. Ditko[1]...
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Long-winded sort / MON 11-5-2018 / Category for a minor-league team / Danny...
Constructor: Roland HugetRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: Sound Bites— Theme answers are foods that are connected to sounds.Theme answers:TOOTSIE POP (17A: Chocolaty candy on a stick)CAP'N CRUNCH...
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VOTE VOTE VOTE! / TUE 11-6-18 / Batman's water springs / Indian yogurt drink...
Constructor: Alan Southworth and Yacob YonasRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium if you knew FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE, probably harder if you didn't (3:32 on an oversized 16x15 grid)THEME: ALTER EGO (9D:...
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Former colony that's gambling mecca / WED 11-7-18 / Meaning of Simba in...
Constructor: Timothy PolinRelative difficulty: Easy (3:27)THEME: PISA, ITALY (38D: Home to this puzzle's featured structure, as hinted at by the starts of the answers to the starred clues) — LEA / NIN...
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Japanese mushroom / THU 11-8-18 / Notable feature of North Dakota and Texas /...
Constructor: Sam EzerskyRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: GO WEST, YOUNG MAN (37A: Horace Greeley's advice, as followed by 17-, 25-, 50- and 60-Across?)— theme answers all end in LAD, which has been...
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Eponymous Belgian resort town / FRI 11-9-18 / Bar Ireland's oldest pub dating...
Constructor: Robyn WeintraubRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (5:02) (actually probably very easy, but my brain is not yet warmed up this morning...)THEME: noneWord of the Day: SEAN'S Bar (28A: ___ Bar,...
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Smetana composition inspired by river / SAT 11-10-18 / Subject of class...
Constructor: Will NedigerRelative difficulty: Medium (8:37)THEME: noneWord of the Day: "THE MOLDAU" (15A: Smetana composition inspired by a river) — Má vlast (Czech pronunciation: [maː vlast], meaning...
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Indie rocker with 2009 #3 album Middle Cyclone / SUN 11-11-18 / Charcuterie...
Constructor: Eric BerlinRelative difficulty: Easy (8:59)THEME:"Escape Room"— theme answers are instructions on how to "escape this crossword": you need the LETTERS ON THE KEYS (because four different...
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Longtime SNL cast member Thompson / MON 11-12-18 / Spiced tea from East /...
Constructor: Kathy BloomerRelative difficulty: Medium (3:02)THEME: COME TO THE TABLE (57A: Show up for negotiations ... or a hint for 20-, 33- and 42-Across) — each theme answer contains a piece of...
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