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Longtime Eagles QB Donovan / SUN 2-16-20 / Whom Harry Potter frees from...
Constructor: Sam EzerskyRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (10:06)THEME:"NUMBER THEORY"— on four different lines in the puzzle are numbers in foreign languages and also familiar phrases that contain that...
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Former competitor of Southwest / MON 2-17-20 / Argentine partner dances /...
Constructor: Sally HoelscherRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (2:52)THEME: recent First Ladies, clued via their memoirs for some reasonTheme answers:LAURA BUSH (17A: Author of the memoir "Spoken from...
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Village of the Prancing Pony inn in Lord of the Rings / TUE 2-18-20 / 1930s...
Constructor: John GuzzettaRelative difficulty: Easy (3:16 first thing in the a.m.—before 5 a.m., to be precise-ish—is very fast for a Tuesday)THEME: PARALLEL PARKS (36A: Does a driving test task — or...
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Hungarian horseman / WED 2-19-20 / Reject romantically show interest...
Constructor: Alex Eaton-SalnersRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (my typing was alarmingly poor—I think I typo'd ever entry somehow) (4:11)THEME: SWIPE LEFT / SWIPE RIGHT (60A: Reject romantically ......
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Pirate plunder / THU 2-20-20 / Sweet and healing medicine of troubles per...
Constructor: Joe DeeneyRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (not sure of exact solving time as I had to wrestle with rebus squares in my software)THEME: PIECES OF EIGHT (53A: Pirate plunder ... or a...
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Palace in Hindi / FRI 2-21-20 / Celebrity with namesake cereal in '80s / Mare...
Constructor: Erik Agard and Anne FlinchbaughRelative difficulty: Easy to Easy-Medium (I solved on paper without a timer)THEME: noneWord of the Day: SANTOS (35D: Brazilian soccer team that Pelé played...
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Imagist poet Doolittle / SAT 2-22-20 / Unstable subatomic particle / Creature...
Constructor: Trenton CharlsonRelative difficulty: Easy (4:28)THEME: noneWord of the Day: HILDA Doolittle (36A: Imagist poet Doolittle) — Hilda Doolittle (September 10, 1886 – September 27, 1961) was an...
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Dance craze of early 2010s / SUN 2-23-20 / Color akin to cyan / Pullers of...
Constructor: Sophia and David MaymudesRelative difficulty: Easy to Easy-Medium (9:15)THEME:"RESOLVED"— you "solve" the puzzle by adding "RE-" to the beginnings of words in familiar phrases, creating...
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Twisted person / MON 2-24-20 / Do the honors with the turkey / Jules who...
Constructor:Jacob StulbergRelative difficulty:Medium-ChallengingTHEME:RAISING THE FLAG (15D: Activity depicted in a famous 2/23/1945 photograph ... and in three of this puzzle's answers) — Theme...
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Liveliness / TUES 2-25-20 / Place for tugboats / Japanese cartoon style /...
Hello, everyone! It's Clare — back for the last Tuesday in February. I swear this month has flown by, and I have no idea where the time went. Here in D.C., it's already starting to feel like spring...
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Toy brand with plastic figures / WED 2-26-20 / Actress O'Hara with Tony for...
Constructor: Francis HeaneyRelative difficulty: Medium (untimed, on paper)THEME: BILLIE EILISH — tribute puzzle honoring this singer/songwriter, who won a bunch of GRAMMYs at the most recent Grammy...
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British brew since 1777 / THU 2-27-20 / Ivy seen along Schulylkill River /...
Constructor: ANDREW (24A) Kingsley and John LiebRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (?) (untimed, on paper) OROR some combination of the two...THEME: SCHRÖDINGER'S CAT (6D: Quantum mechanics thought...
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2013 disaster film with cult following / FRI 2-28-20 / Celle-la across...
Constructor: Aimee LucidoRelative difficulty: Easy / Easy-Medium (untimed on paper)THEME: noneWord of the Day: AKON (46D: One-named singer with the 2006 hit "Smack That") — Aliaune Damala Bouga Time...
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Bass-heavy hybrid music genre / SAT 2-29-20 / Bygone parts of newspapers with...
Constructor: Andrew J. RiesRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (untimed on paper)THEME: noneWord of the Day: Paul LYNDE (43D: Paul of the old "Hollywood Squares") — Paul Edward Lynde (/lɪnd/; June 13,...
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Violinist Leopold / SUN 3-1-20 / Old Spanish bread / Waterside lodging with...
Constructor: Sam TrabuccoRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium to Medium (10:15)THEME:"Letter Dictation" — Phrases that have words that sound like letters in them are clued as if they related to the letter...
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Exercises that work the glutes, quads and abs / MON 3-2-2020 / Actress...
Constructor: Andrea Carla MichaelsRelative difficulty: HardTHEME: NOTHING — Theme answers start with a synonym for "nothing."Theme answers:ZIPPO LIGHTER (20A: Butane-filled item for smokers)SQUAT JUMPS...
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French-founded fragrance firm / TUE 3-3-20 / Grossly distorted imitation /...
Constructor: Lynn LempelRelative difficulty: Easy (3:11 despite my typoing like every answer ... took me about six passes to get COTY into the grid properly, somehow, ugh ...)THEME: various "stars"—...
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German appliance brand / WED 3-4-20 / Dweller along Bering Sea / Major city...
Constructor: Tracy GrayRelative difficulty: Challenging (over 5?)THEME: ONE UP (69A: Outdo ... or a hint to entering four answers in this puzzle) — themers look like nonsense in the grid because the...
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Villainous conglomerate on Mr Robot / THU 3-5-20 / Grocery chain with more...
Constructor: Zhouqin BurnikelRelative difficulty: ??? Challenging? Easy? Depends on when you get the gimmick THEME: NO MAS (56D: "Enough!," in Mexico ... or a hint to 11 answers in this puzzle) — words...
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Kvass ingredient / FRI 3-6-20 / "The Spanish Playing Cards" and "Nude With...
Constructor:Caitlin ReidRelative difficulty:EasyishTHEME: noneWord of the Day:Marianne Craig MOORE (25D: Poet Marianne who won a 1952 Pulitzer) — Marianne Craig Moore (November 15, 1887 – February 5,...
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