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Extinct megafauna species whose name derives from the Greek for "breast...
Constructor: Jill SingerRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (***for a Monday***) (just a tad on the slow side is all)THEME: "WHAT'S BUGGING YOU?" (36A: "Why the troubled look?" ... or a hint to...
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Colombian cornmeal cake / TUE 11-8-22 / Award-winning Chinese artist/activist...
Constructor: Enrique Henestroza AnguianoRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: EYE-OPENERS (67A: Enlightening experiences ... or what 18-, 26-, 41- and 54-Across have, phonetically speaking) — four theme...
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Mattel acquisition of 1997 / WED 11-9-22 / Prophetess in the Torah / 1987...
Constructor: David TuffsRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: "same characters" — famous movies are clued as having the "same characters" as some other movies (or TV shows), only in this case the clues...
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Beekeeper Shavitz who lent his name to a popular lip balm / THU 11-10-22 /...
Constructor: Dan CapreraRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: PLOT (62A: What's spelled out, appropriately, after mapping the coordinates indicates by this puzzle's circled letters) — theme answers contain...
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Adherent to the Five K's / FRI 11-11-22 / Sportscaster Adams who hosted Good...
Constructor: Brooke Husic and Erik AgardRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: ESMÉ Weijun Wang (20A: Writer ___ Weijun Wang) — Esmé Weijun Wang is an American writer. She is the...
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Certain cookie spinoff / SAT 11-12-22 / Travel for someone who's feeling bad...
Constructor: Billy BrattonRelative difficulty: Very EasyTHEME: none? (none) Word of the Day: TIA Carrere (25A: Grammy-winning actress Carrere) — Althea Rae Duhinio Janairo (born January 2, 1967), known...
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Lab-engineered fare, facetiously / SUN 11-13-22 / 1993 R&B hit with the lyric...
Constructor: Samuel A. DonaldsonRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: FRANKENFOOD (62A: Lab-engineered fare, facetiously ... or a hint to the six crossings of shaded squares) / BUMPER CROPS (73A: Bountiful...
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Warp drive power source on Star Trek / MON 11-14-22 / Many a TikTok user...
Constructor: Taylor JohnsonRelative difficulty: Medium (i.e. normal Monday)THEME: PIZZA PARTY (62A: Social event hinted at by the ends of 18-, 28- and 48-Across) — theme answers end in CRUST, SAUCE,...
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French suffix with jardin / TUE 11-15-22 / Feminine name that's also a...
Constructor: Sandy GanzellRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (***for a Tuesday***)THEME: "OLD MACDONALD" (51A: Children's song featuring the animals and sounds in this puzzle) — theme answers...
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Journalist podcaster Rehm / WED 11-16-22 / Indie band known for their...
Constructor: John HawksleyRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: It's all Greek (or Latin) to me... — obscure words with familiar suffixes are clued both as what they mean and what they do NOT...
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Lowest part of a glacier / THU 11-17-22 / Flax fabric / Anxiety about not...
Constructor: Hoang-Kim Vu and Jessica ZetzmanRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME:"LEAVE ME / OUT OF IT" (45D: With 42-Down, "I don't want anything to do with this!" ... or a hint to the answers to the...
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Toy from a place that no longer exists / FRI 11-18-22 / La Rana Kermit's name...
Constructor: Robyn WeintraubRelative difficulty: Medium (3/4 very easy, 1/4 something about a frog????)THEME: none Word of the Day: ROSA Bonheur (53A: "The Horse Fair" artist Bonheur) — Rosa Bonheur...
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Grenade in gaming lingo / SAT 11-19-22 / Whirling toon familiarly / Fed on...
Constructor: Benji GoldsmithRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: none, unless the grid is supposed to look like Frankenstein's monster, such that the grid CREATES A MONSTER (17A: Isn't able to control the...
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Autotumulophiles / SUN 11-20-22 / Shelves for knickknacks / Word repeated in...
Constructor: Joe DeeneyRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:"Fan Club"— familiar phrases are reimagined as verb phrases done by "___-philes" (i.e. by lovers or "fans" of ... whatever some made-up word with...
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Goddesslike pop or opera star / MON 11-21-22 / Requiring rare knowledge /...
Hello, everyone, it’s Clare for this random Monday in November, filling in for Rex! Hope everyone is having a great November and you’re staying warm wherever you are. As usual, I’ve been busy watching...
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One-named satirist of ancient Greece / TUE 11-22-22 / Moth's cocoon phase /...
Constructor: Wendy L. BrandesRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: CUTTING THE CARDS (7D: Part of a blackjack dealer's ritual ... or what this answer is doing vis-à-vis the answers to the starred clues) —...
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TV's Grey and House for short / WED 11-23-22 / TV series with a Time Lord...
Constructor: Erica Hsiung Wojcik and Matthew StockRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: colored rings and then more colored rings — first themer is clued as ["Red and yellow circles"] and then each...
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Landmass once surrounded by the superocean Panthalassa / THU 11-24-22 /...
Constructor: Pao RoyRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: DOT THE I'S (56A: Pay attention to details ... or a hint to filling in seven of this puzzle's squares) — a "DOT" rebus in which the "DOT"...
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Victoria singer known for her gothic blues style / FRI 11-25-22 /...
Constructor: Simon MarotteRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: none Word of the Day: ADIA Victoria (51D: ___ Victoria, singer known or her "gothic blues" style) — Adia Victoria (born July 22, 1986) is an...
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Six-time N.B.A. All-Star Kyle / SAT 11-26-22 / Key piece of an overlock...
Constructor: Kanyin AjayiRelative difficulty: Very EasyTHEME: maybe?— there are some suggestive symmetries, but theme? I don't think so ...Word of the Day: Paulo COELHO (35A: Paulo who wrote "The...
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