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Modern-day home of Ashanti empire / FRI 8-14-20 / Having one on the way...
Constructor: Nam Jin YoonRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (4:53)THEME: none Word of the Day: Ashanti empire (45D: Modern-day home of the Ashanti empire => GHANA) — The Asante Empire (Asante Twi:...
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Film comedy bomb of 1994 / SAT 8-15-20 / Word whispered by quiet old lady in...
Constructor: Joe DiPietroRelative difficulty: Challenging (I was too tired to start a Saturday, should've just done it in the morning)THEME: none Word of the Day: NAT Sherman cigars (51A) — Nat Sherman...
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First name of Peace Nobelist that ends ironically / SUN 8-16-20 / Phillipa...
Constructor: Francis HeaneyRelative difficulty: Easy (7:55)THEME:"Alternative Cinema"— Movies are clued as "Alternative titles" for other movies; they're "alternatives" because their titles make them...
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Property along the ocean / MON 8-17-20 / Greek peak in Thessaly / Spoonful...
Constructor: Alan Massengill and Andrea Carla MichaelsRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (2:42)THEME: BEACHFRONT (54A: Property along the ocean ... or a hint to the starts of 18-, 23-, 36- and 47-Across)...
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Pre-Q quartet / TUE 8-18-20 / Alanis Morissette song about unfortunate...
Constructor: Olivia Mitra FramkeRelative difficulty: Easy (2:51) (undersized grid, 14x15)THEME: AMENDMENT XIX (53A: Measure fully ratified on 8/18/1920) — a puzzle celebrating the 100th anniversary of...
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Title detective of 1970s TV / WED 8-19-20 / 1815 novel of romantic...
Constructor: Brandon KoppyRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (just over 5) (early a.m. solve) THEME: LIFE / CYCLE (1D: With 41-Across, generational sequence)— the outer edge of the grid is...
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QB protectors informally / THU 8-20-20 / Mickey's rival for Minnie's...
Constructor: Grant ThackrayRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging or Easy depending on if you looked at the revealer early or late (I looked late) THEME: "A WRINKLE IN TIME" (59A: Classic young adult...
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Notable voyager of 1497 / FRI 8-21-20 / landmark consecrated in 1561 /...
Constructor: Alex Eaton-SalnersRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (7-something) (all of the challenge was in that lower-middle section, under the so-called "dome")THEME: sadly, yes— sigh ... I...
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Food mascot in green suit jacket / SAT 8-22-20 / Performer for whom San Diego...
Constructor: Trenton CharlsonRelative difficulty: Medium (7-ish) THEME: none Word of the Day: HENRI Bergson (2D: French philosopher Bergson) — Henri-Louis Bergson (French: [bɛʁksɔn]; 18 October 1859 –...
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Ball of vinegared rice topped with raw fish / SUN 8-23-20 / Basketball player...
Constructor: Barbara LinRelative difficulty: Easy (7:57)THEME:"Musical Interlude"— wacky answers are created by adding the notes of the scale (DO, RE, MI, FA, SOL, LA, TI) to familiar phrases:Theme...
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Stress between you and your former lover / MON 8-24-20 / Undercoat of oil...
Constructor: David Alfred BywatersRelative difficulty: slow for me at 3:21 (so "Medium-Challenging," I guess)THEME: "your former lover" [shudder] — EX- words clued as if they have something to do with...
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Adjective for Caroline / TUE 8-25-20 / Unexciting Yahtzee roll / Las Vegas...
Constructor: Dave BardolphRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: Shakespearean cookout — famous phrases from Shakespeare, clued as if they referred to a "cookout":Theme answers:THE POUND OF FLESH (17A:...
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Old-fashioned weapon for hand to hand combat / WED 8-26-20 / Strategic...
Constructor: Carl LarsonRelative difficulty: Challenging (just for me, because I misread a clue and then just stared at a single blank square for what felt like eternity; puzzle is actually probably...
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One-named Italian male model / THU 8-27-20 / Obstacle-based competition show...
Constructor: Nancy Stark and Will NedigerRelative difficulty: Medium (6ish)THEME: CHATTERBOX (58A: Windbag, as seen three times in this puzzle?) — words meaning "chatter" appear inside a "box" in this...
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Marcel Marceau character / FRI 8-28-20 / Plot point in rom-com / Dish that...
Constructor: Kate HawkinsRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (low 7s)THEME: none Word of the Day: ISO (32A: Camera film speed inits.) — Film speed is the measure of a photographic film's...
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Trading card franchise that's an alternative to Pokémon / SAT 8-29-20 /...
Constructor: Michael HawkinsRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (5:49)THEME: none Word of the Day: YU-GI-OH! (8D: Trading card franchise that's an alternative to Pokémon) — Yu-Gi-Oh! (Japanese: 遊☆戯☆王,...
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Wild Asian equines / SUN 8-30-20 / Soleus muscle locale / Pitch Perfect a...
Constructor: Olivia Mitra FramkeRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (9:45)THEME:"All Aflutter"— a puzzle about the BUTTERFLY EFFECT (81A: Subject of this puzzle, as suggested visually by its central black...
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Captain of 2012 2016 US women's women's Olympic gymnastic teams / MON 8-31-20...
Constructor: Anne Marie CrinnionRelative difficulty: Challenging (FOR A MONDAY) (3:31)THEME: CHANGE LANES (64A: What you might do to pass on an interstate ... or a phonetic hint to the starts of 18-,...
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Life, in Rome / TUES 9-01-20 / Brunch cocktails / Soccer great Mia / Round...
Hi, everyone! It's Clare — here a week later than normal because of chaos last Monday. Law school classes started that day (all being done virtually), and Zoom had an outage, and my school's main web...
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Alpine crossing over Austrian Italian border / WED 9-2-20 / Suffragist and...
Constructor: Margaret SeikelRelative difficulty: Easy (3:47)THEME: CATCH PHRASE (60A: Popular expression ... or what the opposite to the answer of each starred clue is?) — theme phrases end with a word...
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