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Stay outdoors overnight with some of the comforts of home / TUE 7-20-21 /...
Constructor: Sam BuchbinderRelative difficulty: Medium (with an oversized grid, 15x16)THEME: WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS (6D: Olympic sport whose all-around competition is composed of the last parts of 19-,...
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Super-hoppy craft brew / WED 7-21-21 / Raucous music style similar to...
Constructor: Alex VratsanosRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging??? (no idea, honestly)THEME: Double "Z"s (!?) — looks like there are four answers that contain double-Z words, and then this weird...
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TV journalist Pressman with a Peabody and 11 Emmys / THU 7-22-21 / Ones...
Constructor: John GuzzettaRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (this is going to vary widely ... also the grid is oversized (15x16))THEME: JOINED AT THE HIP (57A: Inseparable ... or like three pairs...
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G.I. pal of Forrest Gump / FRI 7-23-21 / Crystal gazer's lead-in / Classic...
Constructor: Michael HawkinsRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: none Word of the Day: HOBART (41A: Tasmania's capital) — Hobart (/ˈhoʊbɑːrt/ [...] is the capital and most populous city of the...
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Physicist Nathan with an early theory of wormholes / SAT 7-24-21 / The...
Constructor: Adam Aaronson and Ricky CruzRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: TESSERACTS (4D: The wrinkle in "A Wrinkle in Time" and the Cosmic Cube in Marvel Comics, for two) — In...
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Singer Aguilera's alter ego / SUN 7-25-21 / Celestial figure depicted in this...
Constructor: Chandi DeitmerRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: DOUBLE DIPPERS (115A: Ones committing a party foul ... or the images depicted in this puzzle's grid?) — Big and Little Dippers...
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What the trio in this puzzle's clues is trying to promote / MON 7-26-21 /...
Constructor: Tommy PaulyRelative difficulty: Medium (normal Monday)[Don't mind all the little blue eyeballs—I closed the puzzle before taking a screenshotand just didn't want to type all the answers in...
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Old Apple image-editing software / TUE 7-27-21 / Verdi opera set in Cyprus /...
Constructor: Jennifer Lee and Victor GalsonRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (3:16)THEME: FACE RECOGNITION (36A: Technology used by smartphones nowadays ... or a hint to the ends of 16-, 24-, 44- and...
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For those who think young sloganeer once / WED 7-28-21 / Signal that a reply...
Constructor: Alex Rosen and Brad WilberRelative difficulty: Medium (maybe a little tougher)THEME: DRIBBLE-ing (39A: Make art like 53-/21-Across (as suggested by this puzzle's circled letters?)) with...
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Misanthrope of Victorian literature / THU 7-29-21 / School attended by Warren...
Constructor: Trenton CharlsonRelative difficulty: Medium (Hard, then Easy)THEME: FILL-IN-THE-BLANK (48A: Test format ... or a hint to understanding three of this puzzle's clues) — you have to put...
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Like sun bears and sloth bears / FRI 7-30-21 / Bull mascot of Houston Texans...
Constructor: Eric BornsteinRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: RAS the Exhorter (34D: ___ the Exhorter, character in Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man") — One of the most...
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Cold War-era group that included Louis Armstrong / "Creature From the Black...
Constructor: Brian Thomas + Brooke HusicRelative difficulty: Easy (3:30)THEME: noneWord of the Day: BAD ART (The "BA" of the Boston museum MOBA)The Museum of Bad Art (MOBA) is a privately owned museum...
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Producer of the world's most widely read consumer catalog / What nyctophobia...
Constructor: Matthew StockRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (6:30)THEME: Off Br& — company names are taken as clues to something else that's not related to the company, so all the fun comes from...
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Gripe / MON 8-2-2021 / Contacting privately via Twitter or Instagram /...
Constructor: Kyra WilsonRelative difficulty: Easy\THEME: Weather front — Theme answers start with a weather-related word. Theme answers:CLOUD STORAGE (20A: Service offered by Dropbox)LIGHTNING BUG...
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Put an edge on / TUES 8-3-21 / Butler in a romance / Website designer's code...
Hi, everyone, it’s Clare for the first Tuesday of the month! I had a good excuse for missing last Tuesday — I was taking the bar exam. But I’m now done with that endless studying, and fingers crossed...
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So-called "Godfather of the Teamsters" / WED 8-4-2021 / 1986 #1 hit for Patti...
Hi everyone, I'm Malaika, filling in (ha!) for Rex today. You might know me from 7xwords or from Boswords or from Crossword Fiend. Reading this blog is what got me started constructing puzzles, so it...
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When the Lyrid meteor shower typically peaks / THURS 8-4-2021 / Son in "Tess...
Constructor: ADAM WAGNERRelative difficulty: HARDTHEME: MYTHICAL CREATURES — The "components" of two mythical creatures serve as words in idiomsTheme answers:MERMAID (7D: Hybrid creature of...
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Old Hollywood actress born in Austria-Hungry / FRI 8-6-21 / "Heavens to...
Constructor: SETH A. ABELRelative difficulty: MEDIUM (Played easy for me - 4:30, but I feel like it might cause problems for some)THEME: NONE - Because it's...Word of the Day: TETHYS (Moon of Saturn) —...
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Titaness who abducted Orion / SAT 8-7-21 / It raised a major red flag / One...
Constructor: ADAM AARONSONRelative difficulty: MEDIUM-HARD (8:39 - my longest Saturday in months)THEME: None, technically (it's Saturday), but let's say "The Kids Are All Ight"Word of the Day: DNA BANK...
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Response to the Little Red Hen / SUN 8-8-21 / Big suit / N.F.L. standout /...
Constructor: CHRISTINA IVERSON AND JEFF CHENRelative difficulty: EASY (EXCEPT FOR THE THEME AND GIMMICK) THEME: JIGSAW PUZZLE — As the note mentions: when the puzzle is complete, you insert the five...
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