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Coin in Potterverse / SUN 9-28-19 / End of oyster season / Lead-in to ville...
Constructor: Tom McCoyRelative difficulty: Medium (10-something on the timer)THEME:"Now Weight Just a Second" — familiar phrases are made wacky by changing a single two-syllable word from one whose...
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Bash some tobacco holders / MON 9-30-19 / Strikebreaking worker / John who...
Constructor: Lynn LempelRelative difficulty: Medium (3:02)THEME: Bash Brothers! — famililar phrases are clued as if they were verb phrases where the first word means "Bash" (as in "criticize")Theme...
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Sky hue / TUES 10-1-19 / Fingerprint shape / "Cool" amounts / Travel aimlessly
Hi, everyone!I'm here for the first Tuesday of the month instead of writing last week because, well, law school. It's a little bit of work combined with a lot more work all wrapped up in a pretty bow...
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1999 rom com with Julia Roberts Hugh Grant / WED 10-2-19 / Icon born...
Constructor: Mangesh GhogreRelative difficulty: Very (this was a Thursday-type puzzle; my time was very very high, but I kinda stopped a bunch to be actively annoyed at this thing, so the clock isn't...
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Competitor of Blue Bell / THU 10-3-19 / 2008 Beijin Olympics stadium / 2010...
Constructor: Ricky CruzRelative difficulty: Easy (4:41, felt faster)THEME: MIRROR— theme answers are all "___ MIRROR" but instead of the word MIRROR's appearing in the grid, the first word is instead...
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Actress Marsay of Game of Thrones / FRI 10-4-19 / Aspirations for group of...
Constructor: Matthew SewellRelative difficulty: Medium to Medium-Challenging? (felt crunchy, but I solved untimed on paper, so not sure)THEME: noneWord of the Day: Irwin ALLEN (25D: Director Irwin...
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Heraldic hue / SAT 10-5-19 / Egyptian sky god / Short yardage play briefly /...
Constructor: Trenton CharlsonRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (7-something)THEME: noneWord of the Day: MESONS (5D: Accelerator particles) — n.Any of a class of subatomic particles that are both hadrons...
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NYC-based dance troupe / SUN 10-6-19 / Psalm 63 opening / 1976 hit whose...
Constructor: Howard Barkin and Victor BarocasRelative difficulty: Medium (10:03)THEME: Initial Public Offerings— three-letter answer that either precedes or follows long themer is just that themer in...
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Spring jauntily / MON 10-7-2019 / Filmmaker Rob / Bird: Prefix / "Right,"...
Constructor: Keiran KingRelative difficulty: EasyTheme: SQUARE ROOTS — Some Down answers are the square roots of their clue numbers.Theme answers:ONE (1D: √This clue's number)TWO (4D: √This clue's...
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Battle of Normandy locale / TUE 10-8-19 / Mark who won 1998 Masters / Kathy...
Constructor: Ross TrudeauRelative difficulty: Medium (3:38)THEME: CURLING STONES (36A: Items guided by brooms in the Winter Olympics ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme) — names of precious gems (or...
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Old Seattle sports headline / WED 10-9-19 / 1980 sci-fi thriller /...
Constructor: Alan ArbesfeldRelative difficulty: Challenging (high 5s, then another minute or so half-heartedly tracking down wrong squares / typos)THEME: ALTERED STATES (34A: 1980 sci-fi thriller ......
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Sexologist Shere / THU 10-10-19 / Old cars with wings in their logo / Bana...
Constructor: Tracy GrayRelative difficulty: Easy (4:38)THEME: WATCH YOUR STEP! (39A: "Tread carefully!" ... or a hint to four dangers in this puzzle) — parts of the long (Across) theme answers turn...
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1870 tax evasion scandal / FRI OCT-11-19 / Parvenues with a certain je ne...
Constructor: Andy KravisRelative difficulty: Apparently easy for others, but on the harder side for me (untimed clipboard solve at 4:30am)THEME: noneWord of the Day: WHISKEY RING (34A: 1870s tax...
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Batman portrayer of TV film / SAT 10-12-19 / Request softener / NyQuil...
Constructor: Andrew J. RiesRelative difficulty: Easy (6:19 on a weirdly oversized grid (15x16))THEME: noneWord of the Day: ILENE Chaiken (6D: "The L Word" creator Chaiken) — Ilene Chaiken (born June...
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2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner who founded the Green Belt movement / SUN...
Constructor: Erik AgardRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (the "Challenging" part due almost entirely to 15-Down)THEME:"Lines of Work"— Clues all start "Professional whose favorite movie lines...
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Southeast Asian housemaid / MON 10-14-19 / Root in Polynesian culture /...
Constructor: Gary CeeRelative difficulty: Medium (3:21)THEME: MAKE THE CUT (65A: Survive elimination ... or what one may do to the ends of 17-, 31-, 38- and 50-Across) — the "ends" are all things you...
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Walled city on coast of France / TUE 10-15-19 / Spouter in Moby-Dick / Old...
Constructor: Julie BérubéRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (my time was over average, but it's 16 wide, and I totally misread the second themer clue, both of which inflated my time in ways that had zero...
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Galactic Empire superweapon / WED 10-16-19 / Push-button bankers / Modern...
Constructor: Peter A. CollinsRelative difficulty: Who knows? Normal level? Dumb quips are harder than regular themers because they are dumb, so ... I was a little on the slow side, but the rest of the...
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Outdated postal abbr / THU 10-17-19 / Grimalkin / Rowdy concertgoer maybe /...
Constructor: Randolph RossRelative difficulty: untimed, on paper, but I'm gonna say "Easy-Medium"THEME: joined at the hip— clues are ALLCAPS words or names that have something in common and have been...
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Rules maven Edmond / FRI 10-18-19 / 2016 film about 1967 Supreme Court case /...
Constructor: Jamey SmithRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (7:17)THEME: noneWord of the Day: VOILE (16A: Fabric for a wedding dress) — : a fine soft sheer fabric used especially for women's summer...
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