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1981 hit Genesis album whose name resembles a rhyme scheme / SUN 4-11-21 /...
Constructor: Dick Shlakman and Will NedigerRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME:"Merger Mania"— familiar phrases are clued as if they were "mergers" between two companies, the first word in the...
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Cyclical paradox discussed in "Gödel, Escher, Bach" / MON 4-12-21 / Sports...
Constructor: Aimee Lucido and Ella DershowitzRelative difficulty: Challenging (LOL, slow Tuesday time for me)THEME: INSIDE BASEBALL (62A: Sports metaphor used to describe esoteric knowledge ... with a...
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Beverage brand whose first mascot was Willy the Hillbilly / TUE 4-13-21 /...
Constructor: Michael LiebermanRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: ROCKY START (59A: Bumpy beginning ... or a hint to 18-, 24-, 36- and 52-Across)— first words of themers can be preceded by "Rocky"...
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Ally in Super Mario games / WED 4-14-21 / One-named rapper with the 2015 #1...
Constructor: Nathan HasegawaRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: COUNT / SHEEP (60A: With 61-Across, advice for an insomniac ... or what you can do 12 times in this puzzle, reading across and down...
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1940s combat zone in brief / THU 4-15-21 / Emperor who abdicated in 2019...
Constructor: Brendan Emmett Quigley and Ben ZimmerRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: MIDDLE "C" (58A: Starting point for a piano student, or a phonetic hint to 17-, 18, 22-, 33-, 41-, 49- and 55-Across) —...
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Mini production company / FRI 4-16-21 / Former name of Kazakhstan's capital /...
Constructor: Tom PepperRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: SQUIB KICK (38A: Football tactic to prevent a long return) — A squib kick is a term used in American football meaning...
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Colorful Pillsbury cake with a portmanteau name / SAT 4-17-21 / Series set in...
Constructor: Leslie RogersRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: none Word of the Day: TOWER OF HANOI (7D: Mathematical puzzle with movable disks) — The Tower of Hanoi (also called the Tower of Brahma or...
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Onetime name for China / SUN 4-18-21 / Google Photos precursor / Bridal...
Constructor: Johan VassRelative difficulty: Easy to Easy-Medium (9:15)THEME: "A Rare Find" — I guess you are supposed to find a NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK, although the "stack" of "HAY"s is clearly marked...
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Historical novelist Seton / MON 4-19-21 / Pacific Island group that was once...
Constructor: Andrea Carla MichaelsRelative difficulty: Easy (2:39)THEME: CLASSIC GAME SHOW (52A: 20-, 32- or 40-Across)— not much to explain here. Themers are "classic game shows," I guess...:Theme...
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Power user of a popular review site, colloquially / TUE 4-20-21 / ADA...
Constructor: Adam WagnerRelative difficulty: Medium (normal Tuesday)THEME: DOG (63D: Animal you might describe by the ends of 21-, 28-, 48- and 54-Across)— a DOG might be one of the words at the ends...
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Rapper who's half of Run the Jewels / WED 4-21-21 / Goddess and ruler of...
Constructor: Brandon KoppyRelative difficulty: Medium (name-heavy, so results will vary widely)THEME: Sci-fi sidekicks — the "Star Wars"'droids R2-D2 and C-3PO are used to refer to the initial (mostly)...
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Producer of whirligigs / THU 4-22-21 / Quarters seen in some parts of Canada...
Constructor: Jem BurchRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (so ... Challenging to find the trick, Easy-to-Medium after that)THEME: James Bond, aka "Double-O" 7 — there are seven "double-O" rebus...
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First and only president of the Republic of Hawaii / FRI 4-23-21 / Oni in...
Constructor: Robyn WeintraubRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: Oleta ADAMS (1D: Oleta of soul) — Oleta Adams (born May 4, 1953) is an American singer and pianist. Adams found...
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Vulcan's specialty / SAT 4-24-21 / Co-star of Apple TV+'s "The Morning Show"...
Constructor: Kristian House and Mike DockinsRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: NoneWord of the Day: PARKER (Journalist Parker with a 2018 Pulitzer Prize) — Ashley R. Parker[1] is an American journalist,...
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765-foot-long water coaster on Disney cruises / SUN 4-25-21 / Racy selfie...
Constructor: Jeremy NewtonRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME:"Stretching Exercises"— muscles appear in squares that are "stretched" (i.e. the squares are actually two squares large ... though if you...
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Old rival of MGM / MON 4-26-21 / Locale of many White House photo ops / Only...
Constructor: Eric and Lori BornsteinRelative difficulty: Challenging (30+ seconds over my usual Monday time)THEME: FOOD COURT (35D: Feature of many a mall ... or a place for 20-Across and 26- and...
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Kind of torch / TUES 4-27-21 / Queen of the gods, in Roman myth / Tehran...
Hi, everyone! It’s Clare, back for the last Tuesday of April. I’m in my final week of law school — and, wow, it’s flown by! What are you supposed to do when your life has revolved around school for 20...
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Pagliacci baritone / WED 4-28-21 / One greeting others with the shaka sign /...
Constructor: Hal MooreRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: OPEN-AND-SHUT CASE (58A: Easy-to-resolve situation ... or a hint to the progression found in 20-, 23- 43-, 46- and 58-Across) — the letter...
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Pepper between jalapeño and cayenne on the Scoville heat scale / THU 4-29-21...
Constructor: Adam WagnerRelative difficulty: ChallengingTHEME: it's a "poem" — "IT WOULD BE A SHAME / IF MY / HAIKU WERE / TO BE / ONE SYLLABLE TOO [LONG]" ... where "LONG" appears in its own square,...
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R&B/jazz artist Booze who sang See See Rider Blues / FRI 4-30-21 / Uses a...
Constructor: Kate HawkinsRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: none Word of the Day: ESSIE Davis (7D: Davis of "Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries") — Esther Davis (born 19 January 1970) is an Australian actress...
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