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John Updike novel subtitled "A Romance" / FRI 6-21-19 / Entertainer and civil...
Constructor:Robyn WeintraubRelative difficulty:Easy (for a Friday)THEME: NoneWord of the Day:LENA Horne (48D: Entertainer and civil rights activist Horne)— Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (June 30, 1917 – May...
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Old boosted rocket stages / SAT 6-22-19 / Media big Zuckerman / Either...
Constructor: Joe DeeneyRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (6:19)THEME: noneWord of the Day: AGENAS (43D: Old boosted rocket stages) — noun Rocketry.a U.S. upper stage, with a restartable...
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Model for bust at Musei Capitolini / SUN 6-23-19 / Quaint contradiction /...
Constructor: David Liben-Nowell and Victor BarocasRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (9:49) (super duper easy "theme," weirdly hard clues in many other places)THEME:"Take Two"— nine different times, the...
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Woods who voiced Cinderella / MON 6-24-19 / Tussle between wiki page...
Constructor: Ross TrudeauRelative difficulty: EASY for many , but Medium-Challenging (3:26) for me (it's got a themeless word count (72)??? so yeah, just somewhat slower than usual for me to get...
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Game cube / TUES 6-25-19 / Beyond the horizon / Tower-building game /...
Hello, and happy Tuesday! Hope everyone is having a great start to the week. My week started off significantly better than it would have if the U.S. women's national soccer team had been upset by Spain...
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Oldest golfer to win PGA Tour event / WED 6-26-19 / Shade akin to rust / Two...
Constructor: Zhouqin BurnikelRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (4:44)THEME: THEYDOSTUFF — all-caps clues are ordinary words that are meant to be understood as verb phrases (pronoun + verb) and...
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Decorative sewing case / THU 6-27-19 / Famous symbol of Cold War / Monopoly...
Constructor: Hoang-Kim VuRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (5:26)THEME: CHECK ALL / THE BOXES (9D: With 39-Down, fulfill requirements ... or how to fill four of this puzzle's squares?) — a rebus puzzle...
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Physician on TV's Celebrity Rehab / FRI 6-28-19 / Actress Doborev of Vampire...
Constructor: Bruce Haight and David SteinbergRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (more Medium) (6:33)THEME: ugh don't make me say it — black squares are supposed to be birds or bats or some...
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Soviet workers group / SAT 6-29-19 / Geographical eponym of 1970s-'80s fad...
Constructor: Kameron Austin CollinsRelative difficulty: Easy (5:12 without even hitting the gas) (first thing in the morning)THEME: noneWord of the Day: OURBOROS (11D: Ancient symbol depicting a...
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Rapid movement of eye from one point to another / SUN 6-30-19 / Wife in F...
Constructor: Emily CarrollRelative difficulty: Easy (8:17, my second-fastest Sunday time)THEME:"Flip 'phones"— theme answers are imaginary phrases made up of two two-syllable terms. Second term is just...
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Rock drummer whose last name is same as his band / MON 7-1-19 / Paul who...
Constructor: Damon GulczynskiRelative difficulty: Medium (felt easy, but 3:04 is pretty Medium)THEME: MAKE MINE A DOUBLE (39A: Bar request ... or hint to the letters in the circles) — answers contain...
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Oral only / TUE 7-2-19 / Former fast jet in brief / Any class vinyl record /...
Constructor: Peter GordonRelative difficulty: Medium (I was slow because of sleepiness and typo) (3:56)THEME: Actors who share their initials with a signature role they played —Theme answers:MARK...
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Here’s hoping / WED 7-3-19 / Matthew English poet who wrote Dover Beach /...
Constructor:Evan MahnkenRelative difficulty:Easy (5:47)THEME: FINGERS CROSSED (54A: "Here's hoping" ... or a hint to 16-Across/10-Down and 37-Across/14-Down) — two sets of entries cross "fingers" --...
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Silo filler, in brief / THU 7-4-19 / Figure skater Midori / Olympic champion...
Constructor: Jim HilgerRelative difficulty: Easyish (5:51 for me)THEME: CONCISELY — Theme answers are three-word phrases where the last letter of one word is the same as the first letter of the next,...
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Cause of typos, humorously / FRI 7-5-19 / Deposits in some banks / Synthetic...
Constructor: Freddie ChengRelative difficulty: Medium (7:38)THEME: Freestyle / Themeless (70 words)Word of the Day: ASE'S ("__ Death," movement from "Peer Gynt") — Peer Gynt, Op. 23, is the incidental...
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Kashyyyk denizen, in sci-fi / SAT 7-5-19 / #2 image among smartphone users? /...
Constructor: Erik AgardRelative difficulty: Medium (8:40, while very distracted trying to remember things to write about)THEME: noneWord of the Day: PABLO CASALS (31A: Cellist with a Presidential Medal...
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Letters near an X-ray machine / SUN 7-7-2019 / Veto on movie night /...
Constructor: Jack ReuterRelative difficulty: Medium (perhaps harder if you're not familiar with chess or chess notation)THEME: CHESS — The middle of the grid represents a chessboard with "pieces" set...
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Marx's collaborator on "The Communist Manifesto" / MON 7-8-19 / Al who...
Constructor: Ned WhiteRelative difficulty: HardTHEME: P AND G— Theme answers start with P and contain G. Theme answers:POINT GUARD (18A: *Basketball position for Magic Johnson or Steph Curry)PAY GRADE...
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Folgers alternative / WED 7-9-19 / Automated producer of spam / "The...
Constructor: Bruce HaightRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: (Somewhat) Commonly Used Redundant Phrases —Theme answers:PAST HISTORY (17A: Experience, redundantly)RAT FINK (25A: Snitch, redundantly)CASH...
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Constructor: David J. KahnRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME — I.M. PEI tribute puzzleWord of the Day:I.M. PEI [Subject of this puzzle (1917-2019)] — Ieoh Ming Pei (Chinese: 貝聿銘), FAIA, RIBA[2] (English:...
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