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The art of appearing effortlessly nonchalant / SAT 4-2-22 / Sushi chef's...
Constructor: Kyle DolanRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: none Word of the Day: ISFAHAN (7D: Capital of ancient Persia) — Isfahan (Persian: اصفهان, romanized: Esfahân [esfæˈhɒːn]), from its...
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Enhanced tape format released in 1987 / SUN 4-3-22 / Whirling toon familiarly...
Constructor: Byron WaldenRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME:"Soft Options"— theme answers all follow the pattern S___ OF T___:Theme answers:SEA OF TRANQUILITY (23A: Apollo 11 landing spot)SETS OF...
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Dinosaur whose name means swift seizer / MON 4-4-22 / Handy Andy by another...
Constructor: Derek J. AngellRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: it's just ... dinosaur names (!?)— well-known dinosaur names, clued by what their names mean (in Greek, presumably):Theme...
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Portmanteau for a radical environmentalist / TUE 4-5-22 / Piece of material...
Constructor: Bruce HaightRelative difficulty: Medium ... maybe tipping toward Medium-Challenging (for a Tuesday ... those corners are big and at least one of these answers is ???)THEME:"HOLD MY BEER...
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Unfounded rumor / WED 4-6-22 / Longtime news anchor Jim / Pedagogic org. /...
Constructor: Damon GulczynskiRelative difficulty: Hard!! (15:09)THEME: COMMA — Punctuation mark missing in "Let's eat people!" (at least one would hope!) ... as well as from the starred cluesTheme...
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Stuffed Jewish dish / THU 4-7-22 / Jordan Peele's production company named...
Constructor: Lucy Howard and Ross TrudeauRelative difficulty: ChallengingTHEME: TURNKEYS (48A: Jailers ... or a hint to "unlocking" four answers in this puzzle) — four Down answers intersect the letter...
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Nubian museum locale / FRI 4-8-22 / Mononymous singer of Alive 2015 / Tiny...
Constructor: Caitlin ReidRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: none Word of the Day: Tracee ELLIS Ross (15D: Actress Tracee ___ Ross) — Tracee Joy Silberstein (born October 29, 1972), known...
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Poor cell connection? / SAT 4-9-22 / Devices used to sterilize medical...
Constructor: Sam BuchbinderRelative difficulty: Medium (proper Saturday)THEME: none Word of the Day: AUTOCLAVES (29D: Devices used to sterilize medical equipment) — An autoclave is a machine used to...
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Instagram hashtag accompanying a nostalgic photo / SUN 4-10-22 / The third of...
Constructor: David W. TuffsRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME:"Ordering Seconds"— familiar two-word phrases have their "second" words re-"ordered" to create new familiar (though unclued) two-word...
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Anastasia's love in 1997's Anastasia / MON 4-11-22 / Australian young woman /...
Constructor: Rachel SimonRelative difficulty: normal MondayTHEME: PICK UP (66A: Learn, as a new skill ... or what can precede the ends of 20-, 36-, 42- and 59-Across)— just what the clue says; so, PICK...
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Necklace that can be made with kukui nuts / TUE 4-12-22 / Reddish-purple...
Constructor: Dan SchoenholzRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: jobs?— Job categories are taken literally, as if they referred to specific jobs. It's wacky.Theme answers:METEOROLOGIST (19A: Temp...
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Festival in Arabic / WED 4-13-22 / Parasite actor Woo-shik / Fictional...
Constructor: Rebecca GoldsteinRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (much harder to start than to finish)THEME: ROSHAMBO (38D: One name for the game depicted in this puzzle)— the other name is ROCK,...
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Poker snafus / THU 4-14-22 / Subject of rationing in the old English navy /...
Constructor: Ashish Vengsarkar and Narayan VenkatasubramanyanRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: FROM STEM TO STERN (56A: Thoroughly ... or a hint for parsing some lowercase letters in four of this...
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Saint associated with the Russian alphabet / FRI 4-15-22 / Florida city in...
Constructor: Trenton CharlsonRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: Saint CYRIL (20A: Saint associated with the Russian alphabet) — Cyril (born Constantine, 826–869) and Methodius...
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1998 Robert De Niro crime thriller / SAT 4-16-22 / Footslog / Early...
Constructor: Hemant MehtaRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL (17A: Line of Pokémon) — Gotta Catch 'Em All is the English slogan for the Pokémon franchise. It may...
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Safecrackers in old-fashioned slang / SUN 4-17-22 / Cartomancy medium /...
Constructor: Emet OzarRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:"On the Hunt"— it's an Easter EGG hunt, i.e. an "EGG" rebus (there are seven "EGG" squares to "hunt" for):Theme answers:REGGAE BAND / PEGGED (39A:...
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Legacy I.S.P. / MON 4-18-22 / Gel-filled NyQuil offerings / Immunity tokens...
Constructor: Carl LarsonRelative difficulty: Medium (super easy ... and then the SW corner ... which took us back to normal easy Monday)THEME: LOOSE ENDS (64A: Unresolved details ... and a hint to this...
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Rigatoni relative / TUES 4-19-22 / Penultimate word in a fairy tale /...
Constructor: Olivia Mitra FramkeRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium. Avery- 6:29. Sammy- 6:47.THEME: Things That Strike— All theme clues use the word strike in a different way.Theme answers:BOWLING BALL...
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Plastic __ Band / WED 4-20-2022 / Word before "...wanna go home," in calypso...
Constructor: Joseph GreenbaumRelative difficulty: Medium (7:57)THEME: Aptly named sports playersTheme answers:Aptly named Olympic sprinter-- USAIN BOLTAptly named six-time All-Star first baseman--...
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