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Fit for a sweater / SAT 3-7-20 / Character who steals from the dragon Smaug /...
Constructor: Robyn WeintraubRelative difficulty: Easy to Easy-Medium (on paper, untimed)THEME: noneWord of the Day: SYD Hoff (9D: Cartoonist Hoff) — Syd Hoff (September 4, 1912 – May 12, 2004) was an...
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Heroine of Bizet's Pearl Fishers / SUN 3-8-20 / Longtime anthropomorphic...
Constructor: Laura Taylor KinnelRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (9:48)THEME:"What's Shaking?"— a salt rebus, where five squares represent the word "SALT" in the Across and the letter string "NACL"...
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Offered for breeding as derby winner / MON 3-9-20 / Bit on baby's bib /...
Constructor: John LampkinRelative difficulty: Medium (normal Monday) (2:55)THEME: weights — themers are famililarish phrases that start with units of weight, each one bigger than the last (with every...
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Actor who won Oscar for 1950s Cyrano de Bergerac / TUE 3-10-20 / Radames's...
Constructor: David J. KahnRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (difficulty will vary widely depending on how familiar solvers are with the names) (3:20)THEME: CALIFORNIA cities that start with "San" (58A:...
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Apt surname for close-up magician / WED 3-11-20 / Gender neutral neologism...
Constructor: Erik AgardRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (4:50) (oversized 16x15)THEME: [Hot food?] — slang for "hot" people that also contains the name of a "food" item:Theme answers:CUTIE PIE...
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Sainted 11th-century pope / THU 3-12-20 / Shortening in coffee order / One of...
Constructor: Ruth Bloomfield MargolinRelative difficulty: Easy (4 flat, w/o really trying)THEME: a SIX-WORD short story attributed to ERNEST HEMINGWAY: "FOR SALE: / BABY SHOES / NEVER WORN"Word of the...
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Opera style using everyday events rather than myth / FRI 3-13-20 / Jousting...
Constructor: Alex Eaton-SalnersRelative difficulty: Medium (5:50 I think, somewhere in there) THEME: National PANDA Day (17A: National ___ Day (March 16 observance, appropriate to this puzzle) — grid...
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Prized footwear introduced in 1984 / SAT 3-14-20 / Roughly 251,655 miles for...
Constructor: Peter WentzRelative difficulty: Medium (untimed clipboard solve)THEME: noneWord of the Day: NERVE BLOCK (3D: Chronic pain remedy) — Nerve block or regional nerve blockade is any deliberate...
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Small three-legged table / SUN 3-15-20 / Stuffed deep-fried rice balls in...
Constructor: Nancy Stark and Will Nediger Relative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (11:28)THEME: spooneristic phrases — four-word (or four-part) phrases where last two parts sound like the first two...
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Bernard Malamud novel about baseball phenom / MON 3-16-20 / Darth Vader's...
Constructor: Gary CeeRelative difficulty: Easy (2:37)THEME:"IT MEANS A LOT TO ME" (39A: "I'm deeply indebted" ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 25-, 51- and 64-Across) — last words in theme phrases can...
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Novelist Ahern / TUE 3-17-20 / Singer with 1994 hit you gotta be / Period...
Constructor: Ross TrudeauRelative difficulty: Easy (untimed, but the only resistance in the puzzle was a single proper name) (untimed, clipboard solve)THEME: MIXED FEELINGS (59A: Ambivalence ... or a...
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Surrealist Maar / WED 3-18-20 / Singer Luis with 13x platinum hit Despacito /...
Constructor: Ricky CruzRelative difficulty: Easy (untimed, clipboard solve)THEME: -FUL-ful — familiar two-word phrases have -FUL added to the end of the first word, creating wacky phrases, clued...
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Neighborhood intersected by Pomona Fwy / THU 3-19-20 / Parsley relative /...
Constructor: Wayne Bergman and Gary OttingRelative difficulty: Easy THEME: SHORT CUT (36D: Timesaver ... as a computer user would see in four answers in this puzzle?)— familiar phrases where one word...
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Botanical opening / FRI 3-20-20 / Chess concession / Kind of horn pitched in...
Constructor: Wyna Liu and Paolo PascoRelative difficulty: Mediumish? Maybe a tad on the harder side (6:15)THEME: noneWord of the Day: ATHLEISURE (15A: Sporty/casual fashion trend) — Athleisure is a...
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Tusked savanna dweller / SAT 3-21-20 / Cathedral eponym / We move world...
Constructor: Damon GulczynskiRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (3/4 easy, 1/4 Challenging)THEME: noneWord of the Day: DELTA BURKE (20A: Two-time Emmy nominee for playing Suzanne Sugarbaker) —...
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1887 Chekhov play / SUN 3-22-20 / Billionaire Blavatnik / Noted satellite of...
Constructor: Brendan Emmett QuigleyRelative difficulty: Medium (very easy theme, but weirdly out-of-my-wheelhouse fill/clues, all over the place) (11:20) (that time would normally put it in...
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Swahili for freedom / MON 3-23-20 / Flat-bottomed boat / Cuisine featuring...
Constructor: Ed SessaRelative difficulty: Easy (2:40)THEME: A HOUSE DIVIDED (53A: It "cannot stand" per 1-Down ... or a hint to 20-, 25- and 47-Across) — the letters in "HOUSE" are "divided" i.e. split...
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Telecom of old / TUE 3-24-20 / Palindromic bird
Constructor: Olivia Mitra FramkeRelative difficulty: Easy (3:15)THEME: imagined meetings— themers are familiar two-word phrases clued as if they referred to some kind of gathering:Theme answers:TV...
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Mexican root vegetable popular in salads / WED 3-25-20 / Energy snack...
Constructor: Laura Taylor KinnelRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (due solely to two extremely *non*-iconic "rolls")THEME: SPRING ROLLS (59A: Chinese appetizers ... or a punny description of 17-,...
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Bronze Age fertility deity / THU 3-26-20 / Liquid absorbed by surrounding...
Constructor: Alex Eaton-SalnersRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (untimed, clipboard solve)THEME: Mercury and friends— clues are all [Mercury or ___, e.g.] where blanks are filled by the elements of the...
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