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Adds insult to injury / SUN 8-29-21 / Vinyl collection / Where fruit bat soup...
Constructor: Dory MintzRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (some parts a piece of cake, but the east side....not so much) THEME: Familiar Phrase + ə = (Fill in your own level of enjoyment here)!— Add a...
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Sarcastic criticism / MON 8-30-21 / Mix of coffee and chocolate / Eggplant __...
Constructor: BROOKE HUSICRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (for a Monday)THEME: L__CKS VOWEL SHIFT — Each theme answer is a word or phrase that begins with "L—CKS" or "L—X" (alternating). The...
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Wryly humorous / TUES 8-31-21 / Yard sale caveat / Grassy South American...
Hey, everyone! It’s Clare for a Tuesday crossword on the last day of August! Hope everyone had a great month and is staying safe. I keep turning on the news and see cars evacuating, and it’s hard...
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Bad break / WED 9-1-21 / Young newt / Channel owned by Disney / Comedian...
Constructor: Sean Yamada-HunterRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (5:38 for me)THEME: That's a Big IfWord of the Day: HOAGY (20A: Carmichael who composed "Heart and Soul") — Hoagland Howard Carmichael...
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Scene in Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks" / THU 9-2-2021 / Harold who sought the...
Constructor: David W. TuffsRelative difficulty: Medium (3:50)THEME: Endlessly[On and on ... or how to read 18-, 27-, 37- and 51-Across to understand this puzzle's theme?] — the theme answers are clued...
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Collection of 10 directives written by Vladimir Lenin / FRI 9-3-21 / Old...
Constructor: Brendan Emmett Quigley and Paolo PascoRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging, maybe harderTHEME: none Word of the Day: APRIL THESES (47A: Collection of 10 directives written by Vladimir...
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Hippie confab / SAT 9-4-21 / Iranian port near the Iraq border / Malt liquor...
Constructor: Byron WaldenRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: ABADAN (33A: Iranian port near the Iraq border) — Abadan (Persian: آبادان Ābādān, pronounced [ʔɒːbɒːˈdɒːn]) is a city...
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Hit TV show created by Donald Glover / SUN 9-5-21 / Advocate for the better...
Constructor: Grant ThackrayRelative difficulty: Medium (maybe slightly harder)THEME:"Go Up In Smoke"— theme answers RISE FROM / THE ASHES (50A: With 97-Across, emerge reborn ... or what the ends of...
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Cowboy's rope / MON 9-6-2021 / Split in two / Italian city where Columbus was...
Constructor: Joshua RosenblattRelative difficulty: Medium THEME: In Vogue — Theme answers are celebrities whose first names are the names of designers, whose work you might find "in Vogue." Theme...
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Founder of Zoom / TUE 9-7-21 / Country separating Togo from Ivory Coast /...
Constructor: Zhouqin BurnikelRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (just slightly on the hard side *for a Tuesday*)THEME: CURRENCIES (60A: What the ends of 17-, 21-, 37-, 39- and 55-Across are)—...
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Chinese provincial capital more than two miles above sea level / WED 9-8-21 /...
Constructor: Lee TaylorRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME:"Hurry up!" — idiomatic phrases meaning "hurry up!" clued punnily in relation to their imagined addressees: Theme answers:"ON THE DOUBLE!" (16A:...
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Hardly parsimonious in a saying / THU 9-9-21 / Food, quaintly / Some...
Constructor: Billy BrattonRelative difficulty: Medium to Medium-ChallengingTHEME: CONVERT TO METRIC (54A: What you have to do to interpret the answers to 16-, 25- and 40-Across)— familiar names/phrases...
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Literally, "disciple" / FRI 9-10-21 / River personified by god Hapi / Jewelry...
Constructor: Adrian KabigtingRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: none Word of the Day: Jacqueline DU PRÉ (37D: Cellist Jacqueline) — Jacqueline Mary du Pré OBE (26 January 1945 – 19 October...
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Group to which Don Rickles joked he never received an official membership...
Constructor: Sid SivakumarRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: Oktoberfest— or, more probably, noneWord of the Day: GAUTAMA (17A: Buddhism's founder) — Gautama Buddha, popularly known as the Buddha (also...
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Makes less powerful in video game slang / SUN 9-12-21 / Soul-seller of legend...
Constructor: Alex RosenRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:"What a Character!"— there's an emoticon pictured in the grid, with the pieces of the sideways face composed of letters spelling out the...
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Longtime Disney chief Bob / MON 9-13-21 / Turkish title of honor / Face app...
Constructor: A. TariqRelative difficulty: Medium, maybe a little harder than the average MondayTHEME: groups— familiar terms clued (wackily, of course) as if the second word were a term for...
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Kaplan of indie rock's Yo La Tengo / TUE 9-14-21 / Ward old political...
Constructor: Christopher AdamsRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (I think ... felt "name"-y and I had more hiccups than usual)THEME:"KINKY BOOTS" (57A: 2013 Best Musical Tony winner ... with a...
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Alliterative "Doctor" of children's literature / WED 9-15-21 / Collaborative...
Constructor: Sophie Buchmueller and Ross TrudeauRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: HEAD FAKE (57A: Basketball feint ... or a hint to 17-, 24-, 36- and 46-Across?) — theme answers are fake parts of...
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Neologism for best ever / THU 9-16-21 / Apt foreign rhyme for moon / Super...
Constructor: Kevin PattersonRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: SILVER / LINING (33A: With 44-Across, bit of consolation ... or a feature of this puzzle's grid?) — the "lining" of the puzzle (i.e. every...
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Monkey head mushroom by another name / FRI 9-17-21 / Group whose name means...
Constructor: Matthew StockRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: Sebastian STAN (11D: Actor Sebastian ___) — Sebastian Stan (born August 13, 1982) is a Romanian-American actor. Stan...
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