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Jazz great who took his name from Egyptian mythology / FRI 3-27-20 /...
Constructor: Kyle DolanRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (clock gave a Medium time, but I was not trying to speed at all)THEME: noneWord of the Day: RAOUL Wallenberg (28A: Humanitarian Wallenberg) —...
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Native name for Iroquois Confederacy / SAT 3-28-20 / Kind of wind across...
Constructor: Erik AgardRelative difficulty: Medium (untimed)THEME: noneWord of the Day: ETESIAN (57A: Kind of wind across the Aegean) — The etesians (/ɪˈtiːʒənz/ or /ɪˈtiːziənz/; Ancient Greek:...
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Danish tourist attraction since 1968 / SUN 3-29-20 / Title for many a W.H....
Constructor: Ricky CruzRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (the clues just seemed hard a lot of the time, not sure why) (11:39)Ugh, this puzzle has notes that are so complicated, but if you do it...
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Sandwich that might spill onto your hands / MON 3-30-20 / Many a marathon...
Hey everyone, it's Jordan Siff, live from day (week?) 18 of coronavirus-induced quarantine. This is my second write-up for Rex, so nice to "meet" you if you didn't catch my first one on February 24th....
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Swing wildly back and forth / TUES 3-31-20 / Tiki bar cocktail / Some future...
Hi, everyone! It's Clare for the last Tuesday — and also the last day — of March. What a very, very long year this last month has been. I hope everyone and their friends and family are staying safe and...
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Historic town in Veszprem county / WED 4-1-20 / Short line at top of column...
Constructor: John Ficarra and Patrick MerrellRelative difficulty: Easyish (untimed ... see video, below)THEME: "No idea!" — seriously, it's just phrases that mean "no idea!" clued as the answers to...
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Only card of its suit in a hand / THU 4-2-20 / Elf's evil counterpart /...
Constructor: Evan MahnkenRelative difficulty: Medium? (untimed clipboard solve)THEME: FIVE-DOLLAR WORDS (57A: Fancy-schmancy language ... or the contents of some special squares in this puzzle) — a...
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Bandleader Xavier / FRI 4-3-20 / System of modified spellings used on the...
Constructor: Joe DeeneyRelative difficulty: no idea ... so, let's say MediumTHEME: WITH OR WITHOUT YOU (34A: First Billboard #1 hit for U2 ... and a hint to the answers to the four starred clues)—...
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Singer with the 2014 hit "Chandelier" / SAT 4-4-20 / Prison guard in the...
Constructor:Yacob YonasRelative difficulty: Pretty Easy?THEME: NoneWord of the Day:LARA (48A: Nymph who divulged Jupiter's affair with Juturna, in Ovid) — Larunda (also Larunde, Laranda, Lara) was a...
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Ancient Greek poet sometimes called Tenth Muse / SUN 4-5-20 / Nickname for...
Constructor: Jim PeredoRelative difficulty: Easy (8:47)THEME:"Double Talk"— common expressions that are clued via plays on words (i.e. "double talk"), where the second word in the clue is a word...
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East ____ (UN member since 2002) / MON 4-6-20 / Place of banishment for...
Constructor: Andrea Carla Michaels and Brian ThomasRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: Speak of the Devil — Theme answers are alternate names for the devil.Theme answers:MR SCRATCH (17A: Another name for...
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Bygone smartphone / TUE 4-7-20 / Breakout role for Robin Williams / Classic...
Constructor: Trent H. EvansRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium? (had a conversation while solving ... see below)THEME: [body part, kinda] IN (or ON) THE [some place]— idioms describing various...
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Horror film director Aster / WED 4-8-20 / Real English county on which Thomas...
Constructor: Sam BuchbinderRelative difficulty: Medium (untimed)THEME: BOWLING ALLEY (16D: Where you might roll the starts of 17-, 31-, 43- and 56-Across)— first words are all bowling termsTheme...
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Cartoonist Hollander / THU 4-9-20 / Group HQ'd in Ramallah / Trick to...
Constructor: Alex Eaton-SalnersRelative difficulty: Easy (untimed, but with very few problems)THEME: MORSE CODE (58A: Method of communication needed to understand 17-, 25-, 36- and 49-Across) — clues...
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Classic chairs with shield-shaped backs / FRI 4-10-20 / Certain autumn...
Constructor: Byron WaldenRelative difficulty: Challenging (felt way more like a Saturday)THEME: noneWord of the Day: HEPPLEWHITES (8D: Classic chairs with shield-shaped backs) — George Hepplewhite...
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Ointment with orange label / SAT 4-11-20 / High Life director Claire / 2017...
Constructor: Erik Agard and Wyna LiuRelative difficulty: Medium (7:19)THEME: noneWord of the Day: HALOGEN (10D: I, for one) — noun Chemistry.any of the electronegative elements, fluorine, chlorine,...
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Escapee from Miss Gulch's bicycle basket / SUN 4-12-20 / Player of Ben Watt...
Constructor: Joel FaglianoRelative difficulty: Medium (10:48)THEME:"Barista Training Day"— familiar phrases are clued as if they completed imagined sentences about to people learning to make...
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Theatrical show featuring traditional Irish music / MON 4-13-20 / Kind of...
Constructor: Evan KalishRelative difficulty: Easy (very easy)THEME: increasing water flow amounts—Theme answers:TRICKLE-DOWN (21A: Kind of economics, disparagingly)STREAMLINE (26A: Make more...
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Piper's son in nursery rhyme / TUE 4-14-20 / Giant of wrestling moviedom /...
Constructor: Joe HansenRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: digits — themers begin or end with words that can refer to one of the five fingers:Theme answers:THUMB WAR (41D: Hand-to-hand combat?)BODY MASS...
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Cigar milder than maduro / WED 4-15-20 / Old Spice alternative /...
Constructor: John-Clark Levin and Jeff ChenRelative difficulty: Challenging (5:46, which is around my average Friday time) (def played like a Thursday for me) (though it is oversized, at 15x16, so that...
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