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Classic line from the Superfans sketch on SNL / WED 10-27-21 / Overseer of...
Constructor: Johanna FenimoreRelative difficulty: Easy (esp. if you are a Gen-Xer who used to watch SNL in the '90s and early '00s)THEME: "LIVE FROM NEW YORK..."(38A: Classic opening line from an NBC...
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Picturesque town on the Gulf of Salerno / THU 10-28-21 / Behind nautically /...
Constructor: Alan MassengillRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: things a zombie might say... — ordinary phrases clued as if they related to zombiesWord of the Day: "Ode on a Grecian Urn" (34A: "Beauty is...
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Ulta competitor / FRI 10-29-21 / Rhyming ice cream treat / Shield adorned...
Constructor: Aimee LucidoRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: none Word of the Day:"DOUBLE DARE" (51A: Nickelodeon's longest-running game show) — Double Dare is an American television game show in which two...
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Titular Menotti opera character / SAT 10-30-21 / Princess Martell on Game of...
Constructor: Michael HawkinsRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (or just Easy, not sure)THEME: none Word of the Day: LA LIGA (32A: What Real Madrid and F.C. Barcelona play in) — The Campeonato Nacional de...
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Noted Apple release of 1968 to fans / SUN 10-31-21 / Alveolar trill as it's...
Constructor: Alex Eaton-SalnersRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium ("Medium" is for the time it takes to figure out the theme, "Easy" is for the rest)THEME: "Choice Words" —five ___ OR ___ phrases appear...
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Stockpile / MON 11-1-2021 / Southern Siberian city / "Toe" of the Arabian...
Constructor: Fiona TaylorRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: NFL — Theme answers end in NFL teams. Theme answers:PHONE CHARGERS (20A: Things modern travelers pack)GUMMY BEARS (32A: Forms of some kids'...
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Confection popular in South Asia and the Mideast / TUE 11-2-21 / Cackling...
Constructor: Vaibhav Srikaran and Matthew StockRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (easy through the rainbow, more normal Tuesday down below)THEME: DOUBLE RAINBOW (52A: Rare sighting after a storm ... or...
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Popular gem-matching app game / WED 11-3-21 / Hebrew letter that also names a...
Constructor: Dan HarrisRelative difficulty: Medium, maybe skewing toward "Medium-Challenging" just because there's so much white space (for a Wednesday)THEME: AFTERLIFE (54A: The great beyond ... or...
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Engage in gasconade or fanfaronade / THU 11-4-21 / Only Monopoly railroad...
Constructor: David SteinbergRelative difficulty: Medium (some struggle to get the theme, then not much struggle thereafter)THEME: SPLIT ENDS (62A: Hairy problem? ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme) —...
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Cybertruck maker / FRI 11-5-21 / Jimmy of high-end footwear / Life-form led...
Constructor: Joseph GreenbaumRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: none Word of the Day: RAGTOPS (65A: Stingrays, often) — a car with a convertible roof. (google)• • •The grid seems OK, but I...
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Boston exurb / SAT 11-6-21 / Bell Labs development of the 1970s / Prominent...
Constructor: Brooke Husic and Will NedigerRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (could play lots of ways, depending on your specific type of pop culture knowledge)THEME: none Word of the Day: Diane ARBUS...
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Boxer Wolfe who played Artemis in Wonder Woman / SUN 11-7-21 / Star Trek...
Constructor: Sid SivakumarRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME:"This and That"— code for "there is no theme"Word of the Day: ARECIBO Telescope (9D: Puerto Rico's ___ Telescope, formerly the world's...
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Nintendo villain with an upside-down M on his cap / MON 11-8-21 / Acronym for...
Constructor: Carl LarsonRelative difficulty: EasyishTHEME:"QUEEN" (1A: Honorific given to 17-, 27-, 43- and 58-Across) — theme answers are four singers all of whom have been referred to (with highly...
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Beth Harmon's weakness in The Queen's Gambit / TUE 11-9-21 / Decepticon's...
Constructor: Jennifer Lee and Victor GalsonRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: a handful of poetic ... punchlines? ... by OGDEN Nash (39A: Poet Nash, who wrote the lines in 17-, 24-, 47- and 58-Across) —...
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Attractive fashionable man in modern parlance / WED 11-10-21 / Eponym of a...
Constructor: Max Chen Lauring and Benjamin Chen LauringRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: ONE PERCENT (56A: Small amount) — themers are things that ONE PERCENT might refer to: Theme answers:LOW-FAT...
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Cartwheels and such / THU 11-11-21 / Holding in a cryptocurrency wallet /...
Constructor: Mark MacLachlanRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (hard while you're trying get the theme, pretty easy after you get it)THEME: COMPASS (65A: Provider of directions ... or a hint to...
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Greek locale once described as the island of overmastering passions / FRI...
Constructor: Patrick John DugganRelative difficulty: Medium THEME: none Word of the Day: Test cricket (50A: International cricket matches => TESTS) — Test cricket is the form of the sport of cricket...
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Parker handbag retailer / SAT 11-13-21 / Notorious online hub for illegal...
Constructor: Adam AaronsonRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: white-eye (14A: Like white-eyes and wheatears) — The white-eyes are a family, Zosteropidae, of small passerine...
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Japanese condiment sprinkled on rice / SUN 11-14-21 / Metric for online...
Constructor: Aimee Lucido and Ella DershowitzRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: MIND OVER MATTER (124A: Slogan about willpower ... or a hint to four pairs of answers in this puzzle) — word meaning...
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When tripled catchphrase of the Muppets' Swedish Chef / MON 11-15-21 /...
Constructor: Ian RathkeyRelative difficulty: MEDIUM (normal Monday, maybe slightly on the slower side)THEME: Verb ME, Name!— themers are all famous things or expressions that follow the pattern ___ ME...
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