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1957 Jimmy Dorsey standard / FRI 2-1-19 / Game-changing invention / Cocktail...
Constructor: Ori BrianRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (7-something but with an error because I spelled it KAMIKAZ*I*)THEME: noneWord of the Day: WES Matthews (36D: ___ Matthews, either of an...
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Football franchise since 1899 / SAT 2-2-19 / Magnetic intensity unit named...
Constructor: David SteinbergRelative difficulty: Challenging (9:51)THEME: noneWord of the Day: OERSTED (33A: Magnetic intensity unit named after a Danish physicist) — Hans Christian Ørsted (/ˈɜːrstɛd/;...
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People of south-central Mexico / SUN 2-3-19 / Organization of Afro-American...
Constructor: Natan LastRelative difficulty: Medium to Medium-Challenging (11:58)THEME:"Ejection Letters" — sports stars (their names) are "ejected" from various phrases, creating gibberish phrases;...
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___ Goldfinger (Bond villain) / MON 2-4-2019 / Photo of Marilyn Monroe, once...
Constructor: Ali GascoigneRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: INSIDE INFO — Theme answers contain the word "info," well, inside them.Theme answers:TINFOIL HAT (17A: Paranoiac's headgear)OUT INFORCE (25A:...
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Celtics player-turned-executive / TUE 2-5-19 / Leg muscle in sports slang /...
Constructor: Erik AgardRelative difficulty: Easy (2:59!)THEME: SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN (58A: "Let's do it!" ... or comment on the last words of 16-, 26- and 47-Across)— those "last words""sound" like a word...
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Call to the hounds / WED 2-6-19 / Port up the lake from Cleveland O / Bygone...
Constructor: Queena Mewers and Alex Eaton-SalnersRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (not sure of my time 'cause I got suckered into reading the stupid Note, so the clock was running while I was trying to...
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World traveler since 1985 / THU 2-7-19 / Progenitor of Edomites in Bible /...
Constructor: Morton J. MendelsonRelative difficulty: Challenging (a hilarious and arduous 8:03)THEME: GO OVER THE EDGE (58A: Flip out ... or a hint to eight answers in this puzzle)— the letters "GO"...
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Military pilot's waiting area / FRI 2-8-19 / Big name in yo-yos / Bird...
Constructor: John Guzzetta and Michael HawkinsRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (5:29, still half-asleep)THEME: noneWord of the Day: John BONHAM (1D: Drummer John of Led Zeppelin) — John Henry Bonham...
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Gossipy schoolmate on Facts of Life / SAT 2-9-19 / Servant to Queen Amidala /...
Constructor: Ryan McCartyRelative difficulty: Medium (7:54)THEME: noneWord of the Day: TEA EGG (14D: Chinese snack with marblelike patterns on the outside) — Tea egg is a typical Chinese savory food...
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Leading characters in "Mad Max" / SUN 2-10-19 / Start of Euripides signature...
Constructor: Lee TaylorRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (10:31)THEME:"That's a Mouthful" — themers are phrases that (allegedly) are hard to say FIVE TIMES FAST (58D: Hard way to say the answers to the...
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Nickname for former NBA star Darryl Dawkins / MON 2-11-19 / Amy Adams Emma...
Constructor: Howard BarkinRelative difficulty: Easy (2:43, one second off my record, and on an *oversized* grid ... so that makes this a record by a looooongshot for a 16x15er)THEME: NEAPOLITAN (56A:...
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Psychedelic stuff from Evergreen State / TUE 2-12-19 / Belgian river to North...
Constructor: Tom PepperRelative difficulty: Medium (3:41)THEME: state code + word = new word — words that begin with state codes are clued as if they had something to do with the state:Theme...
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Actress Ramirez Grey's Anatomy / WED 2-13-19 / Art Spiegelman's...
Constructor: Ross TrudeauRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: PLANETARY / ALIGNMENT (2D: With 36-Down, astronomical rarity ... or a hint to the circled letters)— the SUN and the names of four (?) planets...
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Pakistani restaurant owner on Seinfeld / THU 2-14-19 / Opera that famously...
Constructor: John E. Bennett and Jeff ChenRelative difficulty: Easy (4:03 ... really thought I was gonna get my recent personal best, but I I forgot, it's early in the morning, when even my fastest...
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Sports Illustrated's "Olympian of the Century" / FRI 2-15-19 /...
Constructor: Wyna LiuRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (mostly smooth, but with a few tricky patches)THEME: noneWord of the Day: Khaleda ZIA (50D: Khaleda ___, first female P.M. of Bangladesh (1991-96,...
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Predecessors of Transformers / SAT 2-16-19 / Fifth-century scourge / Ovary's...
Constructor: Andrew Kingsley and John LiebRelative difficulty: Easy (5:16)THEME: kiss types and New Age musicians ... or, noneWord of the Day:"GOBOTS" (20A: Predecessors of Transformers) — GoBots is a...
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1962 hit for Ikettes / SUN 2-17-19 / 1966 Donovan hit with rhyming title /...
Constructor: David KwongRelative difficulty: Medium (12-something minutes)THEME: GENUS (.... edition of Trivial Pursuit...) (107D: Original edition of this puzzle's theme) — color rebus where color...
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Vegetarian spaghetti topper / MON 2-18-19 / Coastal county of England /...
Constructor: Leslie Rogers and Andrea Carla MichaelsRelative difficulty: Medium (3:01)THEME: CAP AND GOWN (59A: Graduation garb ... or what the compound answers to 17-, 28- and 44-Across represent?) —...
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Painter of maja both desnuda vestida / TUE 2-19-19 / Heyday of taxis in...
Constructor: David Alfred BywatersRelative difficulty: Medium (3:57)THEME: TO BE / OR NOT / TO BE (38A: With 39- and 40-Across, classic Shakespearean question phonetically suggested by 17-, 23-, 47-...
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Trilogy of tragedies by Aeschylus / WED 2-20-19 / Rigel Spica by spectral...
Constructor: Byron WaldenRelative difficulty: Easy (like, really easy—oversized grid, and I still set a personal record for a Wednesday) (3:01)THEME: EDU (7D: URL ending associated with the beginnings...
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