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Anime genre featuring giant robots / SAT 9-18-21 / Humans in sci-fi slang /...
Constructor: Ryan McCartyRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: PETARD (40D: Aid in breaching castle walls) — A petard is a small bomb used for blowing up gates and walls when...
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Major exporter of nutmeg / SUN 9-19-21 / Three-time Pro Bowl wide receiver in...
Constructor: Peter GordonRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME:"New Look"— Two "I"s are added to the last word (or word part) in familiar phrases; the gimmick is explained by the punning phrase, a...
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Gossiping types / MON 9-20-21 / One-named R&B singer with the 1999 6x...
Constructor: Pao RoyRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: Volcano parts, sort of— themers end with words for layers of earth, which have some tangential relationship to volcanoes ... then there are weird...
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British pop singer Lewis / TUE 9-21-21 / Subject of a famous 1937...
Constructor: Daniel OkulitchRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (*for a Tuesday*)THEME: wacky law stuff — regular old legal phrases, clued wackily:Theme answers:PRO BONO ATTORNEY (17A: Advocate for...
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Beats me in textspeak / WED 9-22-21 / Member of the South Asian diaspora /...
Constructor: Grant BoroughsRelative difficulty: Very EasyTHEME: Crossword add-iCS — -ICS is tacked to the end of familiar phrases to create wacky phrases, clued wackily ("?"-style!):Theme answers:DOT...
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Casino next to the Venetian in Vegas / THU 9-23-21 / Titular vampire in Anne...
Constructor: Simeon SeigelRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: BLACKS OUT (67A: Redacts, as sensitive information (suggested by three of this puzzle's answers)) — three Across answers have "sensitive...
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Black hairstyle with square-shaped sections / FRI 9-24-21 / Find satisfaction...
Constructor: Stella ZawistowskiRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: none Word of the Day: MONOPLANE (58A: Aircraft with low drag) — A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single main wing...
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Campaign catchphrase of 1988 / SAT 9-25-21 / Site of the impact of the...
Constructor: Adam Simon LevineRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: none Word of the Day: CHIASM (27D: Rhetorical device seen in "Champagne for my real friends, and real pain for my sham...
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Five-times-a-day Islamic prayer / SUN 9-26-21 / Hyphenated beverage brand /...
Constructor: Priyanka Sethy and Matthew StockRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging THEME:"Study Breaks" — the letters to CUT CLASS appear in circled squares in the grid, in order from top to bottom,...
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MONDAY 9/27: Puzzle site currently down
Hello, the NYTXW website is down (all morning and still as of 6:45am).I'll solve / post when I get home from the gym (between 9am and 10am, assuming the site is better by then). Just didn't want you to...
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Mexican poet Juana de la Cruz / MON 9-27-21 / River of forgetfulness in myth...
Constructor: Zachary David LevyRelative difficulty: No idea (I solved this one ... well, see below)THEME: IN THE BANK (61A: Guaranteed ... or where you can find the ends of 17-, 23, 37- and 50-Across)—...
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Derby cocktail / TUES 9-28-21 / Like many bridal veils / Actress Sohn of "The...
Hey, everyone, it’s Clare for the last Tuesday of September! Weirdly enough, for whatever reason, this month absolutely seemed to fly by for me. Maybe it’s because I don’t have law school classes every...
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Unfiltered and unpasteurized brew / WED 9-29-21 / Mane character of classic...
Constructor: Alex Eaton-SalnersRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME:"SECRET" ??? (66A: When revealed in this puzzle, it reverses the meanings of answers to the starred clues) — for the relevant Across...
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Performer's grand slam in modern parlance / THU 9-30-21 / Calif school that's...
Constructor: Rich ProulxRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: SOUND MIXING (57A: Academy Awards category eliminated in 2021 ... or a hint to interpreting four clues in this puzzle)— familiar two-word (or...
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Pacific evergreen with orange-red bark / FRI 10-1-21 / Fictional home with a...
Constructor: Jim Horne and Jeff ChenRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: THE BAT CAVE (57A: Locale below 17-Across, as suggested by three images in this puzzle's grid) — there are three black-square...
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Cigarette that's assembled by hand, informally / SAT 10-2-21 / Pearl Harbor...
Constructor: Wendy L. BrandesRelative difficulty: Easy—even though I finished with an error :(THEME: none Word of the Day: DORIS "Dorie" MILLER (20A: Pearl Harbor her for whom a future U.S. aircraft...
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Kilt-wearing Greek infantryman / SUN 10-3-21 / Former telecom giant that...
Constructor: Trenton CharlsonRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:"Snoozefest" — just a lot of Z's ... forty, to be exact. At least that's the what the puzzle is telling me; no way I'm actually counting...
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____ and Crake (Margaret Atwood novel) / MON 10-4-2021 / Corner pieces in...
Constructor: Christina Iverson and Andrea Carla MichaelsRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: HERE COMES MY BABY — Theme answers started with words related to delivering a baby.Theme answers:LABOR DAY...
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Top Italian soccer league / TUE 10-5-21 / Really in textspeak / Stage name of...
Constructor: Hoang-Kim Vu and Jessica ZetzmanRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (*for a Tuesday*)THEME: HEARTBROKEN (60A: Despondent ... as progressively suggested by 17-, 24-, 38- and...
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Political journalist Berman / WED 10-6-21 / TV monster's catchphrase / FDR...
Constructor: Jules MarkeyRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (all of the challenge is in the theme discovery)THEME: PIGEONHOLES (63A: Typecasts, in a way ... or a hint to four squares in this...
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