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Famous cryptid familiarly / SUN 12-26-21 / Demon of Japanese folklore /...
Constructor: Christina IversonRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: "Pest Control" — you have to WORK OUT THE BUGS (113A: Gradually fix something ... or what to do to understand this puzzle's italicized...
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Three-time Emmy winner for Breaking Bad / MON 12-27-21 / Technical detail for...
Constructor: Adam AaronsonRelative difficulty: Easy (2:38 without really trying)THEME: DOUBLE-A TEAM (63A: Tennessee Smokies or Portland Sea Dogs ... or what the answers to the starred clues...
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Raised to the third puzzle / TUES 12-28-21 / Capital of Latvia / Zoom or...
Hi, everyone, it’s Clare back for the last Tuesday of December. (How is it already the end of December?!) Hope everyone is having a happy holiday season. I’ve always hated this weird in-between phase...
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Thick liquidy clump / WED 12-29-21 / Van Gogh's art dealer brother / 1980s...
Constructor: Simon Marotte and Victor FlemingRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME:"Lettered" answers— themers, when you say them out loud, sound like a bunch of letters ... I am pretty sure that is all...
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Popular bumper sticker of the 2000s / THU 12-30-21 / Sunfish with colorful...
Constructor: John EwbankRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: XXX (38A: Symbol for the starts of 18-, 27-, 46- and 58-Across)— just what it says: "XXX" can represent the first word of all the themers:Theme...
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Waltz onomatopoeia / FRI 12-31-21 / Kitchen brand whose name is an ambigram /...
Constructor: Meghan MorrisRelative difficulty: ChallengingTHEME: none Word of the Day: ambigram (19A: Kitchen brand whose name is an ambigram) — : something (such as an image of a written word or...
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Assembly at a camporee perhaps / SAT 1-1-22 / Home for a farrow / Where...
Constructor: Peter WentzRelative difficulty: Extremely ChallengingTHEME: none Word of the Day: farrow (12D: Home for a farrow = STY) — n.A litter of pigs.v. far·rowed, far·row·ing, far·rowsv.tr.To give...
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Game option represented by a flat palm / SUN 1-2-22 / Sinuous dance that...
Constructor: Paolo PascoRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME:"Color Mixing"— theme answers are anagrams of two colors; the clues contain both the colors and a normal clue:Theme answers:REINDEER CALVES...
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Barker fashion photographer and reality TV judge / MON 1-3-22 / Embedded spy...
Constructor: Beth Rubin and Trent H. EvansRelative difficulty: Medium (i.e. normal Monday)THEME: GUT FEELING (61A: Intuition without logical explanation, or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters) —...
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Hallucinogen from a cactus / THU 12-9-21 / Rob with four Super Bowl rings...
Constructor: Alexander LiebeskindRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: Das Booting— film titles have -ING affixed to the end, creating wacky "adaptations" (clued wackily): Theme answers:"LA LA LANDING" (18A:...
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Barker fashion photographer and reality TV judge / MON 1-3-22 / Embedded spy...
Constructor: Beth Rubin and Trent H. EvansRelative difficulty: Medium (i.e. normal Monday)THEME: GUT FEELING (61A: Intuition without logical explanation, or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters) —...
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Screenplay abbr. indicating outside / TUE 1--4-22 / Kind of diagram that the...
Constructor: David BukszpanRelative difficulty: Challenging (i.e. way slower than the typical Tuesday, mostly due to the nature of the theme)THEME: a quotation from MARGARET FARRAR (57A: First puzzle...
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Girl Scout emblem / WED 1-5-22 / Wavy fabric pattern / Sommelier's handout /...
Constructor: Damon GulczynskiRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: OPTIMIST v. PESSIMIST (54A: One who identifies with the answers to the starred Across clues / One who identifies with the answers to...
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Bit of Western neckwear / THU 1-6-22 / One of two sultanates in the United...
Constructor: Andrew LinzerRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: GROUPTHINK (60A: Intellectual conformity ... or a hint to interpreting 17-, 22- and 51-Across)— theme answers all begin or end...
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Towering figure in The Two Towers / FRI 1-7-22 / What Babe aspires to be in...
Constructor: Robyn WeintraubRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: Kake UDON (10D: Kake ___ (Japanese dish)) — Udon (うどん or 饂飩) is a thick noodle made from wheat flour, used in...
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Turpentine-yielding conifer / SAT 1-8-22 / Two-person log-cutters / Increased...
Constructor: Freddie ChengRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: statistics :/ ... but that's just two answers; overall, there's no themeWord of the Day: MUSETTE (36D: Small knapsack) — noun1. a kind of...
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Red accessory for cartoondom's Huckleberry Hound / SUN 1-9-22 / All-in-one...
Constructor: Timothy PolinRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (whole NW was a real bear for me)THEME:"Food for Thought"— a bunch of apple types appear in theme answers; these are supposed to...
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Forlorn directionless type / MON 1-10-22 / Greener energy source / Neighbor...
Constructor: Lynn LempelRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (2:54, which is probably more "Medium" but with Mondays it's really hard to tell gradations of difficulty, since they're all pretty easy)THEME:...
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Forlorn directionless type / MON 1-10-22 / Greener energy source / Neighbor...
Constructor: Lynn LempelRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (2:54, which is probably more "Medium" but with Mondays it's really hard to tell gradations of difficulty, since they're all pretty easy)THEME:...
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Nabokov's longest novel / TUE 1-11-22 / Rhyming descriptor for Obama /...
Constructor: Ross TrudeauRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (not hard, really, but names can slow people down, and there's a lot of white space here, so the puzzle might run a little slower than...
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