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Constructor: Dan CapreraRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium - about my average WednesdayTHEME: Pirate Treasure Map— Theme answers spell out directions to find where there is buried treasure in the grid,...
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Constructor: Patrick MerrellRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium - below my average, but I was trying *very* hardTHEME: Alphabetical — Theme clues were just lists of letters that appeared (in order, but...
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Colorado's official state dinosaur / FRI 8-2-2019 / Locks that might not be...
Constructor: Andrew J. RiesRelative difficulty: Very Easy (8:29, my fastest Friday time by over three minutes)THEME: noneWord of the Day:PAPAW (7D: Fruit in the custard apple family) — Asimina triloba,...
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Constructor: Ryan McCartyRelative difficulty: AverageTHEME: NoneWord of the Day: SS MINNOW (Vessel in a famous 1960s shipwreck) — The S. S. Minnow is a fictional charter boat on the hit 1960s...
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Pioneering silent director Weber / SUN 8-4-19 / Says Quack instead of Buzz /...
Constructor: Will NedigerRelative difficulty: Easy (8:59)THEME: Constant Consonants — themers are nonsense two-word phrases where both words have the same consonants in the same order, yes that's it,...
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Letter after sigma / MON 8-5-2019 / Measure of light's brightness / Smidgen /...
Constructor: Tracy GrayRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: Downward Dog— Theme answers were Down clues of two or more words where the second word is a dog breed.Theme answers:SHADOW BOXER (3D: Air-punching...
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Something to believe in / TUES 8-6-19 / Ballet leap / Home of Anne of Green...
Hi, everyone! It's Clare — and I'm writing on the first Tuesday of the month this time around. Hope everyone managed to stay cool during the record-breaking heat in July. I'm learning that summer in DC...
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Yellow citrus fruit used in Japanese cuisine / WED 8-7-19 / Certain German...
Constructor: Jeff ChenRelative difficulty: Challenging (6:07) (second slowest Wednesday of the year)THEME: PIG LATIN (66A: "Language" that explains the answers to the six starred clues) — answers don't...
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Philistine-fighting king / THU 8-8-19 / Tin has been in them since 1929 /...
Constructor: Timothy PolinRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (5:24)THEME: THINK / TWICE (60A: With 19-Across, reconsider ... or a hint to the starts of the five starred clues) — starred clues start with...
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Faux brother of popular rock group / FRI 8-9-19 / Greek city visited by Paul...
Constructor: John GuzzettaRelative difficulty: Easy (5:19)THEME: noneWord of the Day: BEREA (15D: Greek city visited by Paul before Athens) — Berea or Beroea was a city of the Hellenic and Roman era...
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Fad game of 1990s / SAT 8-10-19 / Certain online food critic / Enemies in...
Constructor: Anna Gundlach and Erik AgardRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (8:42) (at least a minute of that was self-inflicted: a dumb wrong letter that I entered, dumbly—a mistake no one else...
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Nurmi 1920s Olympic runner nicknamed Flying Finn / SUN 8-11-19 / Diaper in...
Constructor: Alex Eaton-SalnersRelative difficulty: Medium (9:31)THEME:"Bird Play" — Four answers have circled squares that literally represent some bird idiom (those idioms are also theme...
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Sharp's counterpart / MON 8-12-19 / Image in Jurassic Park logo informally /...
Constructor: Jeffrey WechslerRelative difficulty: Medium (2:59)THEME: O, B— all the themers begin with the sounds of those letters being said aloud:Theme answers:OBIE AWARD (17A: Theatrical...
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Deep-sea fishing nets / TUE 8-13-19 / Flight amenity that costs extra / Bill...
Constructor: Lynn LempelRelative difficulty: Easy (3:14)THEME: STAR-CROSSED (23D: With 38-Across, like Romeo and Juliet ... and like the circled words)— words that can precede "star" in common phrases...
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Capital whose name derives from Ojibwa word for traders / WED 8-14-19 / West...
Constructor: David J. KahnRelative difficulty: Easy (3:39)THEME: WOODSTOCK (63A: Iconic August 1969 music festival, four of whose performers appear in answers to 17-, 36-, 46- and 55-Across) —...
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Aspic-like dish / THU 8-15-19 / Filled steamed bun in Chinese cuisine /...
Constructor: Andrew ZhouRelative difficulty: Medium (6:00)THEME: REVERSE ENGINEER (55A: Take apart in order to reproduce ... or a hint to what's hidden in 17-, 23-, 34- and 46-Across) — you can find...
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Fictional raiding archaeologist / FRI 8-16-19 / Craft shop item with...
Constructor: Ori BrianRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (6:05)THEME: noneWord of the Day: LAD MAG (9A: Maxim, e.g.) — n(Journalism & Publishing) a magazine aimed at or appealing to men, focusing on...
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Shared delusion from French / SAT 8-17-19 / Maternity option involving pool
Constructor: Michael HawkinsRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (somewhere in the 7s, and that's with the timer going for at least 30 seconds before I even started, and with me reading some of the clues...
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Leave off, as the last word of a / Sea creatures that may employ camouflage...
Constructor: David SteinbergRelative difficulty: very easy (5:15)THEME: "Revolutionary" — four balls in the grid rotate around from left to right; four long down answers through those balls use all...
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French river to English channel / MON 8-19-19 / British hitmaker on Iggy...
Constructor: Peter GordonRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (3:08 on an oversized 16x15 grid)THEME: ARTIE (71A: *Clarinetist Shaw ... or, when said aloud, the only two consonants in the answers to the...
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