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Title character in a Tyler Perry film franchise / MON 2-21-22 / Relatively...
Constructor: Natalie MurphyRelative difficulty: Challenging (***for a Monday***)THEME: Presidents' Day— theme answers = phrases that have the same initials as US presidents (the number of the relevant...
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What parallel lines never do / TUES 2-22-22 / Beowulf's first combatant /...
Hello! It’s Clare for the final Tuesday in February (already, somehow). I kept busy the last couple of weeks by watching the Olympics, even if they were slightly disappointing (definitely not you,...
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Accept a package formally / WED 2-23-22 / Social media-induced anxiety for...
Constructor: Rose ConlonRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: SIGN FOR DELIVERY (37A: Accept a package formally ... or a hint to 17-, 29-, 45- and 62-Across)— ordinary phrases that can also be understood...
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Both consonants in "geek" phonetically / THU 2-24-22 / Parties with smokers /...
Constructor: Jake HalperinRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: doubled letters— two-word answers that become self-descriptive when you double the first letter of the second word in the answer:Theme...
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Exile of 1302 / FRI 2-25-22 / Alternative to a blind in poker / Some military...
Constructor: Damon GulczynskiRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: none Word of the Day: PILAU (48D: Rice dish) — Pilau (UK spelling) or pilaf (US spelling) is a rice dish (or in some regions,...
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Boho-chic furniture material / SAT 2-26-22 / Green research site / Moroccan...
Constructor: Ori BrianRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: none Word of the Day: CLARA Schumann (14A: Pianist/composer Schumann) — Clara Josephine Schumann ([ˈklaːʁa ˈʃuːman]; née Wieck; 13 September 1819 –...
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Slangy SoCal dialect / SUN 2-27-22 / Rhea with four Emmys / Best-selling...
Constructor: Sheldon PolonskyRelative difficulty: Easy, maybe Easy-MediumTHEME:"Cinemagrams" — movies clued as (allegedly) apt anagrams of their names:Theme answers:"PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN" (22A:...
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Amazon speakers introduced in 2014 / MON 2-28-22 / Hometown proud supermarket...
Constructor: Zach Sherwin and Andrea Carla MichaelsRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium THEME: honestly, I have no IDEA — looks like the first three letters of each theme answer ... repeat ... somewhere...
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Singer Anita of the swing era / TUE 3-1-22 / Hang on a sec in texts / 2010-13...
Constructor: Lisa Senzel and Jeff ChenRelative difficulty: Easy (wink)THEME: The BIG EASY (56A: Nickname for New Orleans, celebrated by the answers to the starred clues and suggested by the shaded...
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Sir Walter Raleigh's goal / WED 3-2-22 / Cookie with a green creme center /...
Constructor: Dylan SchiffRelative difficulty: Medium (seemed slowish, but it's oversized (16x15), so maybe that was it)THEME: Three-in-two — clues ask for three geographical entities, and they give you...
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Fishhook attachment / THU 3-3-22 / Soul sucker in the Harry Potter books /...
Constructor: August Lee-KovachRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: JUST ADD WATER (35A: Simple recipe instruction ... or a hint to the answers to the four starred clues) — you need to mentally...
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Tactic of radical environmentalism / FRI 3-4-22 / Civil rights activist...
Constructor: David DistenfeldRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (names names names)THEME: Mr. and Mrs. ...— actually there's no theme, but those two answers were certainly a thingWord of the Day:...
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Teng, singer dubbed "Asia's eternal queen of pop" / SAT 3-5-22 / Fictional...
Constructor: Nam Jin YoonRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: momo (30D: Traditional filling for momo (Nepalese dumplings) (YAK)) — Momo (Nepali: म:म:,Tibetan: མོག་མོག་, Wylie:...
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Desert whose soil has been compared to that of Mars / SUN 3-6-22 / Pink pad...
Constructor: Matthew Stock and Will NedigerRelative difficulty: Medium (though I finished with an error—Natick City! Population: me)THEME: "Parlor Trick" — the grid is supposed to look like a PACHINKO...
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Pretend shot, in basketball lingo / MON 3-7-22 / Traditional English pub...
Constructor: Sam AckerRelative difficulty: Kinda Challenging, in parts, ***for a Monday***THEME: REVENGE IS A DISH / BEST SERVED COLD (3D: With 11-Down, proverb about delayed retribution, with a hint...
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1966 Swedish Literature Nobelist who wrote about the struggles of the Jewish...
Constructor: Mary Lou GuizzoRelative difficulty: Challenging (***for a Tuesday***) (names names names)THEME: Women Nobelists — a list of women who have won Nobel Prizes ... if there's anything trickier...
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Dog breed whose coat resembles dreadlocks / WED 3-9-22 / Sponsored boys at...
Constructor: Peter GordonRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: I honestly don't know ... — I think it's apostrophesTheme answers:"LET'S HAVE IT" (16A: "You and I should eat that")STUDENT I'D...
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Willow used in basket-weaving / THU 3-10-22 / Brit's bottom / Grinder vendor...
Constructor: John WestwigRelative difficulty: Challenging (despite the fairly basic theme gimmick)THEME: SWITCH JOBS (56A: Change careers, or a hint to this puzzle's theme)— "___ A ___" phrases, where...
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Acronym on a pay stub / FRI 3-11-22 / Characters at checkout / Name of a...
Constructor: Robyn WeintraubRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: none Word of the Day: LUNA (49D:1960s-'70s Soviet space program) — The Luna programme (from the Russian word Луна "Luna" meaning "Moon"),...
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Something picked up by a silent butler / SAT 3-12-22 / 1924 tale of...
Constructor: Natan LastRelative difficulty: Easy (except for that one word)THEME: none Word of the Day: PARI PASSU (7D: On equal footing, in Latin) — Pari passu is a Latin phrase that literally means...
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