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Literally, "dainty slice" / SAT 7-29-2022 / Hawaiian word for a mackerel /...
Constructor: Lance EnfingerRelative difficulty: medium-ish? corners were easier, center was harderTHEME: noneWord of the Day: FBI (CBS drama from Dick Wolf)— FBI is an American crime drama television...
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One-named entertainer from Spain / SUN 7-31-22 / Killer of the Night King on...
Constructor: Jesse GoldbergRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME:"Why? Well, Why Not?" — the actual theme is expressed by the answer WISE UP TO (115A: Become aware of ... or a hompohonic description of four...
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Feline meme since around 2006 / MON 8-1-22 / Input for a barista's grinder /...
Constructor: Garrett ChalfinRelative difficulty: Medium (normal Monday)THEME: THE PRICE IS RIGHT (59A: Classic game show ... or a hint to 17-, 26- and 47-Across)— words meaning (roughly) "price" are...
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Product-testing nonprofit since 1936 / TUE 8-2-22 / Late-night show starting...
Constructor: Jay Kaskel and Daniel KantorRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: REPEAT AFTER ME (36A: Swearing-in words ... or a hint to 17-, 22-, 48- and 55-Across)— in each theme answer, a letter "repeats"...
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Leafy shelter from the sun / WED 8-3-22 / Carpenter's bladed tool / Healthful...
Constructor: Daniel BodilyRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium and then a final square that ... ??? I have no idea how people filled that one in, or what the app accepted, or really anything ... THEME:...
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Go all in in poker lingo / THU 8-4-22 / After-dinner drink made with creme de...
Constructor: Ella DershowitzRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: POP-UP SHOP (60A: Temporary spot to do business ... or a hint to answering 17-, 35- and 41-Across) — the letters "SHOP" sort of ... pop up in...
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Item in a husk / FRI 8-5-22 / Some cowboy wear / One might offer a sweet...
Constructor: Erik Agard and Brooke HusicRelative difficulty: ChallengingTHEME: noneWord of the Day: BALAYAGE (9D: Hair highlighting technique) —Balayage (from the French, meaning 'scanning, sweeping')...
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Some arcade habitués / SAT 8-6-2022 / For whom the gymnast Nadia Comaneci won...
Constructor: Byron WaldenRelative difficulty: Medium (mostly)THEME: noneWord of the Day: EDSELS (41D: Group with the 1961 hit "Rama Lama Ding Dong," with "the") — The Edsels were an American doo-wop...
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Young Salmon / SUN 8-7-22 / The whole package, colloquially / Like the Xbox...
Constructor: TINA LABADIERelative difficulty: EASY-MEDIUM (I imagine this will vary widely today, based on your proper noun knowledge)THEME: LETTERPLAY— Theme answers feature multiple letters or...
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Pale pink vineyard offerings / MON 8-8-22 / Boater or bowler / Wipe out...
Hello, everyone! It’s Clare filling in for Rex. Hope everyone had a great month of July and found ways to stay nice and cool. D.C. has been 90-plus degrees and humid basically every day, which is…...
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Stands the test of time / TUES 8-9-22 / Monkey business? / Win every game of...
Hello again, it’s Clare — yes, again! — for this Tuesday puzzle. Long time, no talk! I already gave my update yesterday, and there hasn’t been much in the way of sports in the past 24-ish hours, so...
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Baby aardvark / WED 8-10-2022 / Welty with a Pulitzer / Grammy-winning Aimee
Constructor: Karen LurieRelative difficulty: Easy (8:34)THEME: WELL, ACTUALLY — Nitpicker's lead-in... or, an answer to:Theme answers:Drink from a spring-- MINERAL WATER (as in, "Actually, I'd like...
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Baked Scottish snack / THU 8-11-2022 / Like some church matters / 6 + 6
Constructor: David TuffsRelative difficulty: Medium, with an oversized grid (31:23)THEME: TRANSLATED — Two word phrases, where the first word's translation is the second wordTheme answers:[Faultless,...
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Trumpeter Wynton / FRI 8-12-2022 / Outer: Prefix / No cock-a-doodle-do-ers
Constructor: Trent EvansRelative difficulty: This felt impossibly hard, but looking at my time (20:27) it was only medium hardTHEME: ThemelessWord of the Day: PHASER (Fictional weapon of the 23rd...
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Buff, and then some / SAT 8-13-2022 / Pieces of some pies / How couples elope...
Constructor: John WestwigRelative difficulty: Easy (13:10, more of a typical Friday time for me)THEME: THEME— noneWord of the Day: ZAXBY'S (Southern fast-food chain with "Zalads" and "Zappetizers") —...
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Calculus expert? / SUN 8-14-2022 / Land with an accent over its first letter...
Constructor: Jeff Chen and Jim HorneRelative difficulty: medium-ish? idk, I solved on paper and kept making notes on things that annoyed me, which took lots of time and mental effortgrid lovingly taken...
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Counterpart of she-shed / MON 8-15-22 / Footwear giant headquartered in...
Constructor: Simon MarotteRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (for a Monday ... those big corners were weird / slowish)THEME: STRIKE ONE (37A: Ump's call after a first pitch ... or a hint to the...
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Ten pins in two bowls / TUE 8-16-22 / Classic Camaro model / Element in some...
Constructor: Sue FrackerRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: ELBOW ROOM (64A: Adequate space to move around ... as found in this puzzle's circled letters) — circled squares are arranged in elbow...
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Video game franchise featuring Sub-Zero and Sonya Blade / WED 8-17-22 / Hairy...
Constructor: Michael PaleosRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: [SIC] (69A: [not my typo]) — Clues for famously misspelled names have "[69-Across]" after them, and 69-Across is [SIC], the notation for when...
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Hot tub shindig / THU 8-118-22 / Proverbial assessment of whether or not an...
Constructor: Adam WagnerRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (Easy for a rebus...)THEME: INBOX ZERO (35D: Ambitious email goal, and a hint to four squares in this puzzle)— a rebus puzzle where some word...
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