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Heavy chorus instrument in Il Trovatore / TUE 5-31-22 / Group targeted for...
Constructor: Sam Buchbinder and Brad WilberRelative difficulty: Medium (normal Tuesday)THEME: LET'S PUT A PIN IN IT (38A: Suggestion to defer discussion ... and what might be said of 17-, 25-, 46- and...
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Full of noxious vapors / WED 6-1-22 / Only living creature in the genus...
Constructor: Chase DittrichRelative difficulty: Hard!! (18:14)THEME: Phrases where the first word is hidden inside circle letters for... some.... reason?? (Seriously, did I miss something?)Theme...
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1930s Depression-fighting org. / Where Ulysses encountered the Cyclops /...
Constructor: Michael LiebermanRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: "With 1 Across" / "With 1 Down" — the theme repurposes a cluing convention, taking the common opening clue phrases, "With 1-Across"...
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African river with a notorious name / FRI 6-3-22 / One of three brothers in a...
Constructor: Robyn WeintraubRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: none Word of the Day: LEE Krasner (37D: Abstract artist Krasner) — Lenore "Lee" Krasner (born Lena Krassner; October 27, 1908 – June 19,...
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LGBT rights activist Windsor / SAT 6-4-22 / Senator after whom Honolulu's...
Constructor: Scott EarlRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: DRAG MOTHER (33A: Mentor to a queen) — When an aspiring drag queen is just starting out in the world, she needs...
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Moody North Yorkshire setting / SUN 6-5-22 / English indie pop singer Parks /...
Constructor: Christina Iverson and Katie HaleRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (assuming you are familiar with the author names)THEME:"Let's Get Literature"— familiar phrases that end with a word that...
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Element suggested phonetically by NOPQ STUV / MON 6-6-22 / Famed Roman censor...
Constructor: Michael SchlossbergRelative difficulty: Easy side of normalTHEME:"HONEY, I'M HOME!" (63A: Cry after navigating the last parts of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues?) — last words...
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Ingredient in lemon curd / TUES 6-7-22 / Many a mideasterner / Short pants? /...
Hello, everyone! It’s Clare, coming at you a little delayed — this time for the first Tuesday in June. I’m on a little vacation in Berlin and enjoying the trip a lot; I was in Prague before this and am...
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Jack of 1950s TV / WED 6-8-22 / Doth choose a comedy routine / Boyle's law...
Constructor: Bruce HaightRelative difficulty: Medium THEME: -ET to -ETH— familiar phrases have "H" added to the end of one of the words, turning that word into a Shakespearean-sounding verb; the...
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One-named former wrestler who twice won the W.W.E. Divas Championship / THU...
Constructor: Dan ZiringRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: SHORT / FILMS (37A: With 39-Across, some Sundance submissions ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle) — a rebus puzzle where four...
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Parisian sweets? / FRI 6-10-22 / Blogroll assortment / Root vegetable with...
Constructor: Blake SloneckerRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: none Word of the Day: Pierre Paul BROCA (42A: Scientist for whom a part of the brain is named) — Pierre Paul Broca (/ˈbroʊkə/,...
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Wrapping weights / SAT 6-11-22 / Banned backyard game / Ruler chosen through...
Constructor: Sid SivakumarRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: Noomi RAPACE (37D: Noomi ___, lead actress of 2009's "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo") — Noomi Rapace (Swedish:...
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Composer Luigi who pioneered noise music / SUN 6-12-22 / Chemical ingredient...
Constructor: Will NedigerRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:"Didn't We Just Have This?"— words appear in the grid, and then get referred to in entries that refer to said words appearing ... again:Theme...
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Believer in Islamic mysticism / MON 6-13-22 / French peak / Princess played...
Constructor: Hoang-Kim Vu and Jessica ZetzmanRelative difficulty: normal MondayTHEME: JUMP SUITS (58A: Garments similar to rompers ... with a hint to the shaded squares in this puzzle) — circled...
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Late singer with a food name / TUE 6-14-22 / Ocean invertebrate with a round...
Constructor: Robert WonRelative difficulty: Easy[forgot to take screenshot of finished grid before I closed puzzle, so ratherthan type it all back in, I just hit "Reveal All," which puts accusing...
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Heroine Prior of the Divergent series / WED 6-15-22 / Epitome of slowness /...
Constructor: Rob BakerRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: a quip puzzle with an either/or square at the end... — the quip is "NOMATTER HOW MUCH / YOU / PUSH THE ENVELOPE / IT'S / STILL...
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Good or bad vacuum review / THU 6-16-22 / Eventgoers / One performing a palm...
Constructor: Parker Higgins and Ross TrudeauRelative difficulty: Well, I thought it was Easy, but early social media response indicates otherwise, so who knows?THEME: "That TTTTTTT Show" (i.e. "That 7...
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Southern cornmeal dish / FRI 6-17-22 / 1987 Lionel Richie hit / Whose work...
Constructor: Pao RoyRelative difficulty: Easy (maybe Easy-Medium)THEME: none Word of the Day: PALADINS (10D: Heroic knights) — \The Paladins (or Twelve Peers) are twelve fictional knights of legend,...
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Queer heroine in the DC universe / SAT 6-18-22 / Best-selling novel that...
Constructor: Brooke HusicRelative difficulty: Easy THEME: none Word of the Day: NAT Adderley (62D: Jazz trumpeter Adderley) — Nathaniel Carlyle Adderley (November 25, 1931 – January 2, 2000) was an...
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Listed obsolescently / SUN 6-19-22 / Cocktail with an energy boost /...
Constructor: Jeremy NewtonRelative difficulty: No idea ... let's say ... Easy to Easy-Medium?THEME:"Some Light Reading"— grid depicts seven different stoplights, in various states of coloration (red,...
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