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Puccini aria popularized by Pavarotti / THU 4-21-22 / Maker of Z-cars once /...
Constructor: Max Chen LauringRelative difficulty: Medium (hard before you get the theme, but then easy *because* you got the theme ... so Medium)THEME: SOLAR / ECLIPSE (30D: With 41-Across, a celestial...
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Name spelled with six dashes and six dots / FRI 4-22-22 / Greek counterpart...
Constructor: Daniel SheremetaRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: FAROES (3D: North Atlantic island group) — The Faroe Islands (/ˈfɛəroʊ/ FAIR-oh), or simply the Faroes or...
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Modern initialism for one skimming text / SAT 4-23-22 / Hue made from...
Constructor: Matthew StockRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: AVA Max (36D: Pop singer ___ Max) — Amanda Ava Koci (born Amanda Koci; February 16, 1994), known professionally as Ava...
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Aphid that produces honeydew / SUN 4-24-22 / Brother in the Lemony Snicket...
Constructor: Sam EzerskyRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME:"Magazine Racket"— from what I can tell, familiar phrases have "ET" added to their ends (or almost-ends), creating wacky phrases, which are...
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One making a listing on Airbnb / MON 4-25-22 / Cartoon films like Spirited...
Constructor: Li DingRelative difficulty: Easy (apparently ...)THEME: FOOD FIGHT (36A: Type of battle that 17-, 26-/49- and 60-Across might be engaged in?) — theme answers are FOOD-associated figured...
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Self-confidence / TUES 4-25-22 / "The People's Princess" / Pro golfer Calvin...
Hello, everyone! It’s Clare for the last Tuesday of April. Hope everyone had a good month; I’ve been enjoying the nice weather and have been biking some more. But, now that I work a 9-5 job, I go for a...
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Thrill-seeker's acronymic motto / WED 4-27-22 / One inclined to go in and out...
Constructor: Alex BajczRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: PINBALL— theme answers contain words associated with pinball, circled squares contain letters that spell pinball and (I guess) trace a...
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Titular Disney protagonist of 1942 / THU 4-28-22 / Illinois city that was the...
Constructor: Pao RoyRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: 4-Down ... — in four long Down answers, the word "DOWN" is replaced with a DOWN-ward facing arrow, represented by an "I" over a "V" ... like so:...
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Chen member of the girl group S.H.E. / FRI 4-29-22 / Victor Nobel winner for...
Constructor: Erica Hsiung WojcikRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: S.H.E. (44A: ___ Chen, member of the girl group S.H.E. => ELLA) — S.H.E is a Taiwanese girl group whose...
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31-syllable Japanese poem / SAT 4-30-22 / 1977 Sex Pistols song written after...
Constructor: Joe DiPietroRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: none Word of the Day: TANKA (25A: 31-syllable Japanese poem) — Tanka (短歌, "short poem") is a genre of classical Japanese poetry...
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Softened expletive on Battlestar Galactica / SUN 5-1-22 / Text file in a...
Constructor: Brandon KoppyRelative difficulty: Medium (Challenging if you had to wrestle with the website or the app, LOL)THEME: "Blank Expressions" — there are eight blank squares in the puzzle, each...
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Loose collarless shirt popular in India / MON 5-2-22 / Indigenous reclamation...
Constructor: Erik AgardRelative difficulty: Medium (normal Monday difficulty)THEME:"HANDY ANDY" — not really, but that is the actual name of an old movie (among other things) that would fit the theme,...
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Feature of a deerstalker / TUE 5-3-22 / Event first televised in 1953 with...
Constructor: Julian LimRelative difficulty: Challenging (way harder than typical Tuesday)THEME: CHINESE / DYNASTY (39A: With 43-Across, historical period found in each set of circled letters)— theme...
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Eight pts. / WED 5-4-2022 / Diez menos dos / Elder Levy in "Schitt's Creek"
Constructor: Eric BornsteinRelative difficulty: Easy (7:28 while typing w one finger)THEME: Embassy staffer... or a hint to the long answers? ATTACH E — Common phrases made wacky with the addition of...
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Diner cry after a bell is rung / THU 5-5-22 / Student-led LGBTQ+ grp /...
Constructor: Adam WagnerRelative difficulty: ChallengingTHEME: [FIBONACCI] / SEQUENCE (37D: When preceded by [the circled letters], progression starting with 0 and 1) + [FIBONACCI] / SPIRAL (30A: When...
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Fatherly tips to use a portmanteau coinage / FRI 5-6-22 / Historic kingdom of...
Constructor: Aaron UllmanRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: LEÓN (8D: Historic kingdom of Spain) — The Kingdom of León (UK: /leɪˈɒn/, US: /-ˈoʊn/; Spanish: [leˈon]; Asturian: Reinu...
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Longhaired star of 1950s TV / SAT 5-7-22 / Nikkie beauty vlogger with more...
Constructor: Rachel FabiRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: MADAM C.J. Walker (7A: ___ C.J. Walker, first American woman to become a self-made millionaire, per Guinness) —...
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Fried plantain dish of Puerto Rico / SUN 5-8-22 / 1990s sitcom starring Tia...
Constructor: Matthew Stock and Chandi DeitmerRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:"Two-by-Two" — repeated-word phrase stacked atop another repeated-word phrase ... five times:Theme answers:"SISTER SISTER" /...
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Sound heard twice in "George" / MON 5-9-22 / Sufi poet thought to have coined...
Constructor: August MillerRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (for a Monday)THEME: ATTAR (67A: Sufi poet thought to have coined the adage found at the starts of 19-, 27-, 45- and 52-Across) — the...
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Seat in the iconic photo Lunch Atop a Skyscraper / TUE 5-10-22 / Spike TV...
Constructor: Lou WeissRelative difficulty: Easy (extremely easy, easier than most Mondays)THEME:"THE SOUND OF MUSIC" (63A: Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Do-Re-Mi" show, with a hint to this puzzle's theme)...
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