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Larry of original West Side Story / SAT 1-11-14 / Grid great Greasy / Native...
Constructor: Martin Ashwood-SmithRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: noneWord of the Day: Larry KERT (47A: Larry of the original "West Side Story") — Larry Kert (December 5, 1930 - June 5,...
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Segway inventor Dean / SUN 1-12-14 / Beat poet Cassady / Lama's art that...
Constructor: Andrew ChaikinRelative difficulty: Easy (except for one cross where, once again, I kind of had to guess)THEME: "It's Only 'A' Game" — theme answers (and their clues) have "A" as their only...
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Anise-flavored liquid / MON 1-13-14 / Britain's last King Henry / Rio...
Constructor: Lynn LempelRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: ONE AND ALL (58A: Everybody … or part of the contents of 18-, 25-, 36- and 50-Across) — letter strings "ONE" and "ALL" both appear in each...
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Thin Russian pancake / TUE 1-14-14 / Inscribed stone slab / Car with stylized...
Constructor: Tim CroceRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: [Nonsense] — that's the clue for all the theme answers:JIVEJAZZHOKUMPRATTLETWADDLEHOTAIRBILGEBALONEYROTTRIPEBUSHWABLATHERHOGWASHHOOEYTOSHBUNKWord...
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1955 hit for Platters / WED 1-15-14 / City near Wright-Patterson Air Force...
Constructor: Bernice GordonRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: End of the Q— each theme answer is a phrase whose final word is represented by the letter of which it is a homophone:Theme...
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Old-time actress Meadows / THU 1-16-14 / For whom Alfred Pennyworth is butler...
Constructor: Elizabeth A. LongRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: DOTTED I (36A: Lowercase letter illustrated six times in this puzzle?)— all "I"s have the letter string "DOT" directly above...
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German port on Baltic / FRI 1-17-14 / Bowling splits in which 5 10 pins...
WARNING—The NYT appears to have printed the WRONG puzzle in the paper, or some versions of the paper. As you can see here (http://www.nytimes.com/crosswords/index.html), today's puzzle is supposed to...
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Vocal trio / SAT 1-18-14 / Severed Head novelist 1961 / Cop car to CBer /...
Constructor: David SteinbergRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: noneWord of the Day: TERZETTO (34A: Vocal trio) — n, pl -tos or -ti (-tɪ)1. (Classical Music) music a trio, esp a vocal one[C18:...
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1997 Demi Moore title role / SUN 1-19-14 / Scarlett's sister-in-law best...
Constructor: Dan SchoenholzRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME:"Olden Goldies"— two words in classic song titles get spoonerized, with wacky resultsTheme answers:"I CITE THE WRONGS" (23A: Traffic copy's...
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Morning Joe co-host Brzezinski / MON 1-20-13 / Dunes transport briefly /...
Constructor: Elizabeth C. GorskiRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: MLK, JR. (38A: Annual Jan. honoree) — a tribute puzzle in honor of MLK Day (i.e. today)LINCOLN MEMORIAL (17A: Site of a 1963 speech by...
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Indonesian currency / TUE 1-21-14 / High in German names / Magazine launch of...
Constructor: Todd GrossRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: WORD / LOOP (1A: With 72-Across, what the answers on this puzzle's perimeter form) — words on perimeter form a loop, where (moving...
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2010 Jennifer Aniston movie / WED 1-22-14 / Swiss king of hoteliers / Quimby...
Constructor: Jared BantaRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: HANSEL AND GRETEL (35A: Story mapped out in this grid, from lower left to upper right) — circles spell out BREAD CRUMBS and form a winding...
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Sea goddess who rescued Odysseus / THU 1-23-14 / Actress/model Kravitz /...
Constructor: Michael HawkinsRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: BLOCKs — solvers have to supply 3 BLOCKs as well as the missing numbers for the post-BLOCK Acrosses and Downs, which don't actually appear...
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Square in old slang as indicated by forming a square with one's hands / FRI...
NOTE to PRINT SOLVERS— your puzzle will be different due to last week's NYT screw-up. Go here if you are looking for the puzzle by Kevin Der (which was supposed to run last week, and which online...
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Inuit knife / SAT 1-25-14 / Modern Gallantry pen name / Spread the Happy...
Constructor: James MulhernRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: noneWord of the Day: Park TAE-hwan (63D: Swimming gold medalist Park ___-hwan) — Park Tae-hwan (born September 27, 1989) is a...
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Gershwin biographer David / SUN 1-26-14 / Merry Drinker painter / Back to...
Constructor: Daniel A. FinanRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME:"It's All Relative"— Cross-referenced clues (stacked one atop the other) make sense only in reference to each other, i.e. based...
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Kind of acid in soapmaking / MON 1-27-14 / 1963 Elizabeth Taylor role /...
Constructor: James TuttleRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:It's about TIME! Theme entries are comprised of two words that can precede or follow "time" in a phrase.Word of the Day: FIBONACCI — [Eponym of a...
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Stuff in a muffin / TUE 1-28-14 / It's just one thing after another / Farm sound
Constructor: Jeff StillmanRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:"You don't know -BO" -- base phrases take a -BO ending (with spelling changes) to make wacky new phrases.Word of the Day: PARAKEET. Parakeet is...
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A general and his country / WED 1-29-14 / "The Kiss" sculptor / Smile like...
Constructor: Michael Black Relative difficulty: MediumTHEME:"Organization Men"— Four guys with an apt initialism/acronym ensconced in their namesWord of the Day: SABO [1988 N.L. Rookie of the Year...
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Totally stoked / THU 1-30-14 / Like a rat's eyes / Sch. near Albany, N.Y.
Constructor: Dan SchoenholzRelative difficulty: Medium-difficultTHEME:— "The Riddler" -- an old riddle gets a Schroedinger twistWord of the Day: ANKARA — [Site of the Museum of Anatolian...
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