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Caribbean capital, to locals / FRI 1-31-14 / Tribe of Chief Shaumonekusse /...
Constructor: Chris McGlothlinRelative difficulty: Medium-difficultTHEME: None Word of the Day: HUTUS [Many Rwandans]The Hutu/ˈhuːtuː/, also known as the Abahutu, is an ethnic group in Central...
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Strawberry, for one / SAT 2-1-14 / "The Wizard of Oz" farmhand / He wrote of...
Constructor: Will NedigerRelative difficulty: Not that tough for a SaturdayTHEME: NoneWord of the Day: EMIL NOLDE [Member of the German Expressionist group Die Brücke]Emil Nolde (7 August 1867 – 13...
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Furniture style of Louis XV / SUN 2-2-14 / Girl's name meaning "happiness" /...
Constructor: Dick Shlakman and Jeff ChenRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME:"Play on Words" -- phrases that originated from Shakespeare's "Macbeth"Word of the Day: THE SCOTTISH PLAY [Superstitious...
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Florida city between Tampa Fort Myers / MON 2-3-14 / Texter's if you ask me /...
Constructor: Sean DobbinRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: CANDY (33D: Checkout counter staple … or, when read as three words, what 20-, 31-, 47- and 55-Across have in common)— theme answers follow "C and...
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Pen name for Angela Lansbury's character on "Murder, She Wrote" / TUE 2-4-14...
Constructor: David SteinbergRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: J. be smoove — theme answers are people with two first initials, the first of which is "J."JK ROWLING (17A: Author of the best selling...
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Botanical wings / WED 2-5-14 / Knife of old / Lacrosse goalie's area /...
Constructor: Tracy GrayRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: SHREDDED WHEAT (37A: Breakfast cereal … or a hint to what's found in the answers to the four starred clues?) — the word "WHEAT" can be found with...
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Home of ancient Greek scholars / THU 1-6-14 / Director Christopher actor...
Constructor: Joe KrozelRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: JAPANESE (57A: Language that gave us the words heard phonetically in the answers to the starred clues) —Theme answers:WAS SOBBY (18A:...
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Florida food fish / FRI 2-7-14 / Is guilty of petitio principii / Philatelic...
Constructor: Ned WhiteRelative difficulty: MEDIUMTHEME: ThemelessWord of the Day: VIRAGOS (38D: Witchy women) — 1 : loud overbearing women 2 : women of great stature, strength, and...
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River through Silesia / SAT 2-8-14 / Piece in fianchetto opening /...
Constructor: Doug Peterson and Brad WilberRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: noneWord of the Day: POPOV (27D: Low-priced American vodka known affectionately (and ironically) as "Russia's...
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1996-2001 show featuring home videos / SUN 2-9-14 / Cellphones in Britain /...
Constructor: Charles M. DeberRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:"It Was 50 Years Ago Today" — celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Beatles' first live television performance in the US on "The ED...
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Hawaiian medicine man / MON 2-10-14 / Nine-headed serpent of myth / Preppy...
Constructor: C. W. StewartRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: REC CENTER (62A: Gym locale … or feature of 17-, 24-, 38- and 50-Across) — letter string "REC" sits at the center of familiar phrases:Theme...
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1983 Woody Allen mockumentary / TUE 2-11-14 / Autonomous part of Ukraine /...
Constructor: Matthew E. Paronto and Jeff ChenRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: LAUNDRY LIST (55A: Extensive enumeration … or what's formed by the ends of 17-, 23-, 34- and 48-Across) — ends of...
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1952 Gary Cooper classic / WED 2-12-14 / Katmandu tongue / Many urban...
Constructor: Peter A. CollinsRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: T-ing the T-— 15-letter phrases following the there three-word pattern "T[…]ING THE TR[…]"; three Ts in the grid (formed by black squares)...
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River through Pomerania / THU 2-13-14 / Evangeline locale / City known as...
Constructor: Daniel LandmanRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: MAD rebus— four MAD squares in the central Down answer, then one additional MAD square in each quadrantWord of the Day: ACADIA (7D:...
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Adrien of cosmetics / FRI 2-14-14 / Fate personified in mythology / 1970s NBC...
Constructor: Bruce HaightRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: love, I guess, kinda (themeless, though, mostly)Word of the Day: LAKE POET (32A: Wordsworth or Coleridge) — The Lake Poets are a group of...
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Japanese guitar brand / SAT 2-15-14 / Eighth century apostle of Germany /...
Constructor: Julian LimRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: noneWord of the Day: ST. BONIFACE (25D: Eighth-century Apostle of Germany) — Saint Boniface (Latin: Bonifatius) (c. 675? – 5 June 754),...
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Screenwriting guru Field / SUN 2-16-14 / TV actress Graff / Roman ruler...
Constructor: Yaakov BendavidRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME:"Passing Grades" — Fs are changed (raised?) to Ds in familiar phrases, creating wacky phrases, clued "?"-styleTheme answers:23A: One...
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1996 Mario Puzo novel / MON 2-17-14 / 1989 John Hughes movie starring John...
Constructor: David GrayRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME:"SAY, SAY, SAY" (38A: Paul McCartney / Michael Jackson hit … or a hint to the starts of 17-, 24-, 57- and 65-Across) — first words of all...
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2002 Denzel Washington drama / TUE 2-18-14 / Yiddish author Aleichem / Rule...
Constructor: David SteinbergRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: ATOZ— Puzzle note: "The answers to the 13 starred clues follow an unusual two-way progression from 1- to 73-Across. Can you...
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Singer Hendryx / WED 2-19-14 / Vermont winter destination / Archipelago...
Constructor: Michael DeweyRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: Drill sergeant commands, reclued — things a drill sergeant might give, with an added three-part "response to a military command"(SIR / YES /...
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