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Gaucho's weapon / MON 1-27-20 / Utah city of more than 100,000 / Avian hooter...
Constructor: Timothy PolinRelative difficulty: Medium (actually slow for me at 3:17 because of a couple wrong short answers)THEME: MOUSTACHES (60A: Archetypically villainous features possessed by the...
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March Madness quartet / TUE 1-28-20 / Branch of mathematics concerned with...
Constructor: Trenton CharlsonRelative difficulty: Easy (untimed clipboard solve)THEME: FINAL FOUR (62A: March Madness quartet ... or, collectively, the second parts of 17-, 25-, 37- and 51-Across?) —...
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Nightcap go-with in brief / WED 1-29-20 / Robotic supervillain in first...
Constructor: Jeremy NewtonRelative difficulty: Challenging (for me ... some names were ???? and the cluing was horrendous all around)THEME: [Want an actor...]— actors whose last names + FOR can mean...
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Official of ancient Rome / THU 1-30-20 / Arrow poison / Gift that comes in...
Constructor: Emily Carroll Relative difficulty: Easy (time irrelevant as I still don't have the rebus-function on my solving software down pat yet, so I had to figure out the keystroke pattern and kept...
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Environmentalist Leopold / FRI 1-31-20 / Command from director's chair / Jon...
Constructor: John Guzzetta and Michael HawkinsRelative difficulty: Easy (untimed, clipboard solve)THEME: noneWord of the Day: ALDO Leopold (21A: Environmentalist ___ Leopold, author of the best-selling...
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Former kingdom of central Vietnam / SAT 2-1-20 / Grain bristles / Home away...
Constructor: Mark DiehlRelative difficulty: Easy (except for ... well, you'll see) (untimed, clipboard solve)THEME: noneWord of the Day: ANNAM (13D: Former kingdom of central Vietnam) — Annam...
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Farthest orbital point from moon / SUN 2-2-20 / Lone female argonaut /...
Constructor: Brian Herrick and Christopher AdamsRelative difficulty: Easy (very—7:21, a new personal record for Sunday)THEME:"Audubon Society" — not a great title, but the revealer makes up for it:...
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Chinese region dubbed the "Vegas of Asia" / MON 2-3-2020 / Help-wanted inits....
Constructor: Michael SchlossbergRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: Animal Anatomy — Theme answers are in the format "[body part] of the [animal]."Theme answers:EYE OF THE TIGER (20A: Theme song for "Rocky...
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Deceitful doings / TUES 2-4-19 / Jerry's partner in ice cream / 007, for one...
Hi, everyone, it's Clare — this time for the first Tuesday of the month! Now that the football season is over (nice win, Chiefs), it's time for some baseball! Just 50 days until Opening Day. And even...
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Daily run for short / WED 2-5-20 / Something seismograph detects / Impulse...
Constructor: Ross TrudeauRelative difficulty: Mediumish (untimed, clipboard solve)THEME: USED FURNITURE (52A: Some garage sale goods ... or what the answers at 15-, 19-, 33-, 41- and 62-Across have...
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Domination in slang / THU 2-6-20 / Fragrance since 1932 / Title partner of...
Constructor: Jake HalperinRelative difficulty: Medium, I think (time was somewhere in the 7s, but I was going slowly, taking notes, so the clock doesn't tell me much)THEME: a chore and more — themers...
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Seminal William S. Burrows novel 1959 / FRI 2-7-19 / Intensifying suffix in...
Constructor: Mary Lou Guizzo and Erik AgardRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (trivia just not in my wheelhouse) (high 6s)THEME: noneWord of the Day: Sue (?) (15A: Sue at Chicago's Field Museum,...
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Office-sharing system in modern lingo / SAT 2-8-20 / Easy kill in Fortnite...
Constructor: Hemant MehtaRelative difficulty: Medium (6:50)THEME: noneWord of the Day: HOT-DESKING (3D: Office-sharing system, in modern lingo) — Hot desking (sometimes called "non-reservation-based...
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Bug-eyed primates / SUN 2-9-20 / New York city where Mark Twain was married...
Constructor: Brian KulmanRelative difficulty: Easy (8:28)THEME:"The Emoji Movie" — movies clued via emojis (or so I'm told—Across Lite just gave me [bracketed explanations of emojis]," LOL):Theme...
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Drudgery in old usage / MON 2-10-20 / Big name in athletic shoes /...
Constructor: Bruce HaightRelative difficulty: Medium for me (maybe slightly harder-than-usual for some, tho ... this fill, yeesh)THEME: corny movie puns—maybe a nod to the Oscars (happening roughly...
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Comeuppance for package thief / TUE 2-11-20 / Ballet position on tiptoe /...
Constructor: Neil Padrick Wilson and Jeff ChenRelative difficulty: Medium (in the mid/high 3's)THEME: FLYING / COLORS (33A: With 35-Across, complete success ... or a hint to 18-, 23-, 46- and...
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Optimistic maxim from Virgil / WED 2-12-20 / Lorena who was #1 female golfer...
Constructor: Rich ProulxRelative difficulty: Easy (3:23, first thing in the morning)THEME: GOD (62A: What each set of circled letters is, relative to the first word in its answer) — non-consecutive...
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Onetime truth in engineering sloganeer / THU 2-13-20 / Relative of jaguarundi...
Constructor: Amanda Chung and Karl NiRelative difficulty: Medium (6:06, very much not trying to speed ... I can't speed-solve before 6am, and it's not even 5)THEME: ROLL THE DICE (56A: Take a chance...
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Successor language to Common Brittonic / FRI 2-14-20 / Automotive sponsor of...
Constructor: Daniel LarsenRelative difficulty: Easy (very) (4:16)THEME: noneWord of the Day: KORN (33D: Grammy-winning metal band with a tasty-sounding name) — Korn (stylized as KoЯn) is an American nu...
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Bob of old children's TV / SAT 2-15-20 / Chanel fragrance with French name /...
Constructor: Randolph RossRelative difficulty: Easy (5:39 at a leisurely, non-speed pace)THEME: noneWord of the Day: TORTOLA (18A: Largest of the British Virgin Islands) — Tortola /tɔːrˈtoʊlə/ is the...
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