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Relative of weasel / MON 9-9-19 / Neckwear with letters A B C D
Constructor: Dan SchoenholzRelative difficulty: Ha ha ha ha I have no idea. It was my slowest Monday ever, but don't mind me, I'm kind of out of it tonight (4:15 LOLOL 30 seconds slower than my slowest...
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2000s stage name for rapper Sean Combs / TUE 9-10-19 / Canonized pope of...
Constructor: Ethan CooperRelative difficulty: Easy (3:11)THEME: BLT (56D: Sandwich whose initials have been rearranged in five other ways in this puzzle) — BUT WHY?Theme answers:LOVED TO BITS (18A:...
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Upscale Swiss ski resort / WED 9-11-19 / 2000s Fox drama set in Newport Beach...
Constructor: Ned WhiteRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (5:00)THEME: Pain in the ass? — how even to describe it ... theme clues are idioms following pattern "___ in the ___" where the second...
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Flowers named after Greek physician of gods / THU 9-12-19 / Refrain from...
Constructor: Grant ThackrayRelative difficulty: Medium? (computer froze / rebooted in the middle, had to start over)THEME: Q puns — familiar phrases respelled as Q-containing homophones, then clued...
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French protesters beginning in 2018 / FRI 9-13-19 / Teen drama set in SoCal /...
Constructor: Anne and Daniel LarsenRelative difficulty: Medium (6:06) (others seem to be finding it Easy, though, so who knows?)THEME: noneWord of the Day: EREBUS (6D: Darkness personified) — In Greek...
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Marriageable quaintly / SAT 9-14-19 / One of 23 for Matt Stairs / Symbol of...
Constructor: Peter A. CollinsRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (6:27)THEME: noneWord of the Day: IN STIR (17A: Finishing a sentence, say) — STIR—noun Slang.prison. (dictionary.com)• • •LOL white men...
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Marine mollusks that cling to rocks / SUN 9-15-19 / Film monster originally...
Constructor: Andrew KingsleyRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: "Get Your Mind Out Of The Gutter" — Several long downs are puns with bowling terminology, plus ten down answers feature ten PINs in...
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Nickname of King Edward VII / MON 9-16-19 / June observance commemorating the...
Constructor: Amanda Rifkin and Ross Trudeau Relative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (3:40) (I have had a drink, and the grid is 16-wide, but still, it felt a bit on the hard side for a Monday)THEME:...
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Old British coins worth 21 shillings / TUE 9-17-19 / 2012 film about...
Constructor: Paul CoulterRelative difficulty: Medium (felt easier, but at 4 in the morning, my fingers don't obey brain commands so good) (3:41)THEME: Like a happy ___ — idioms meaning "happy," clued...
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Dark-tongued Chinese dogs / WED 9-18-19 / Prominent cockatoo feature /...
Constructor: John WrenholtRelative difficulty: Easy (3:42)THEME: DOWN THE PIPE (53A: How a perfect pitch comes ... or a hint to the missing parts of the circled answers)— circled-square answers are...
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Site of Herculean feat / THU 9-19-19 / Stats for eggheads / Track that hosted...
Constructor: David KwongRelative difficulty: Easy (untimed clipboard solve)THEME: PRI(ME) TI(ME) EMMY (62A: What each of the programs in this puzzle has won at least once) — a "ME" rebus where the "ME"...
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Balm with oxymoronic name / FRI 9-20-19 / Chandler four-term US senator who...
Constructor: Luke VaughnRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (on paper, untimed)THEME: noneWord of the Day: ÈVE CURIE (4D: Journalist whose mother, fagther, sister and husband all won Nobel Prizes)...
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Rowers workout machines infomrally / SAT 9-21-19 / Suckerfish / Noted film...
Constructor: Joon Pahk and Erik AgardRelative difficulty: Challenging (interrupted solve, but somewhere in the 9s, I think)THEME: noneWord of the Day: AGENDER (37D: Like some nonbinary people) — : of,...
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Large decorative letter at start of chapter / SUN 9-22-19 / Hairstyling icon...
Constructor: Tracy GrayRelative difficulty: Medium (probably easy, but I've had a couple ... (drinks, I mean drinks))THEME:"On the Up and Up"— themers all contain a word followed by "up"; instead of...
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Vegas casino named for African locale / MON 9-23-19 / Some hippie neckwear /...
Constructor: Andrea Carla MichaelsRelative difficulty: Easy (2:48)THEME: yak yak yak— terms for people who talk a lot:Theme answers:TALKAHOLIC (17A: One who yaks, yaks, yaks ...)BLABBERMOUTH (27A: ......
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Addie's husband in As I Lay Dying / TUE 9-24-19 / Aromatic shrubs yielding an...
Constructor: John GuzzettaRelative difficulty: Medium (felt easy, but clock says ... 3:48, i.e. normal)THEME: GREEK CROSS (51A: Religious symbol resembling a plus sign ... or a hint to the three groups...
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Ally in bygone legal drama / WED 9-25-19 / Setting for Forrest Gump movie...
Constructor: Natan Last, Andy Kravis and The J.A.S.A. Crossword ClassRelative difficulty: Easy (3:47) (it's undersized, so not terribly surprising my time was fast)THEME: BREXIT (34A: Subject of a 2016...
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Marvel hero who manipulates weather / THU 9-26-19 / Mid-March shout / Famed...
*********NOTE: the puzzle in the actual paper (at least the one that came to our door this morning) is a different puzzle from the one released online, and as of now, I have no idea...
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Give a false impression of eco-friendliness / FRI 9-27-19 / ___ Addiction,...
Constructor: Jack MowatRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: THEME— NoneWord of the Day: GREENWASH (39A: Give a false impression of eco-friendliness) — nounnoun: greenwash; noun: green-washdisinformation...
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Japanese instrument with 17 bamboo pipes / SAT 9-28-19 / Sweet treat depicted...
Constructor: Alex Eaton-SalnersRelative difficulty: Easy (5:26 without trying hard at all)THEME: no nope not counting it you can't make meWord of the Day: SHO (4D: Japanese instrument with 17 bamboo...
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