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Grammy-nominated psychedelic music act with an animal in its name / TUE...
Constructor: Enrique Henestroza Anguiano and Matthew StockRelative difficulty: Very EasyTHEME: OPPOSITES ATTRACT (42A: Saying about compatible partners ... as suggested by the starts of the answers to...
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Panegyric poet / WED 3-8-23 / Fabulous fabulist / Marine fish that's also the...
Constructor: Miranda KanyRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:"Guacamole"— theme answers are ingredients for guacamole, clued as recipe instructions. The word "Guacamole" is spelled out by shaded (here,...
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Hi all, my internet went down just after I solved the puzzle this morning. Writing this on my phone. Not sure when post will be up. Might be late today. Thanks for your patience. —RP
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Color from the French for unbleached / THU 3-9-23 / Neutrogena dandruff...
Constructor: Simeon SeigelRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: FLIPSIDES (64A: Opposites ... or instruction for answering this puzzle's starred clues) — answers literally "flip sides," in that you have to...
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Ice Cream of the Future since 1988 / MON 2-13-23 / Radio button that's handy...
Constructor: Eric RolfingRelative difficulty: Medium (i.e. normal Monday)THEME: WELL-ROUNDED DIET (37A: Nutritionist's recommendation ... or what the answers to the starred clues make up, to an overly...
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Citrus drink since 1979 / FRI 3-10-23 / Page or Ameche of football / Jazz...
Constructor: Claire RimkusRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: none Word of the Day: Claudette COLVIN (6D: Civil rights pioneer Claudette of Montgomery) — Claudette Colvin (born Claudette...
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Monastery head's jurisdiction / SAT 3-11-23 / Air-purifying device / Makeup...
Constructor: Tom PepperRelative difficulty: Medium-HardTHEME: NoneWord of the Day: OH HELL (1A: Trick-taking card game) — Oh Hell or Contract Whist is a trick-taking card game of British origin in...
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Akbar's tomb locale / SUN 3-12-23 / Stereotypical name for a female poodle /...
Constructor: David TuffsRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:"This and That"— familiar phrases that contain shaded letters and circled letters that (respectively) complete a familiar "___ AND ___" phrase...
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Nonalcoholic mixed drink / MON 3-13-23 / Creatures that helped make...
Constructor: Sam Koperwas and Jeff ChenRelative difficulty: Medium (as a Downs-only solve)THEME: MOCKTAIL (62A: Nonalcoholic mixed drink ... or a hint to this synonyms found at the ends of 16-, 24-,...
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Funny joke in slang / TUE 3-14-23 / Truck brand with a bulldog in its logo /...
Constructor: Peter GordonRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: MARCH MADNESS (51A: Annual college basketball tourney, rounds of which can be found in the circled squares at their appropriate numbers)—...
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Florida politico Demings / WED 3-15-23 / Dora the Explorer's cousin / Shred...
Constructor: Michael B. BergRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: video games — it's just ... five games, each clued in some figurative way:Theme answers:DONKEY KONG (17A: "Barrel of monkeys")SONIC THE /...
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Hexagon bordering two rectangles / THU 3-16-23 / Kayak alternative / What Do...
Constructor: Rebecca GoldsteinRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: TUMBLEWEED (63A: Plant seen rolling through this puzzle?)— circled squares, read in clockwise direction, spell out WEED, and those...
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Alternatives to GIFs / FRI 3-17-23 / Slangy lunch fare / Gel-ocity maker /...
Constructor: Carter CobbRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: BITMAPS (23D: Alternatives to GIFs) — A bitmap (also called "raster") graphic is created from rows of different colored...
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Response to thumb-biting in Romeo and Juliet / SAT 3-18-23 / Trickster in...
Constructor: Ada NicolleRelative difficulty: Easy THEME: none Word of the Day: SEMORDNILAPS (21D: Words that form other words when read backward) — This is a close relative of the palindrome, a string...
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Wisconsin politico Tony / SUN 3-19-23 / Adventure-seeking travelers, in old...
Constructor: Robert RyanRelative difficulty: ChallengingTHEME: "Give Me a Break" — Words clued as if they were two words ... I think that's it.Theme answers:DEPART/MENTALLY (23A: Zone out?) (DEPART is...
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Big name in dry-eras markers / MON 3-20-23 / Peeper that makes no sound /...
Constructor: Adam VincentRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: DINE AND DASH (55A: Not pay for a meal at a restaurant ... or a hint to each half of 16-, 19-, 34- and 50-Across) — familiar foodstuffs (i.e....
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Tart-stealing Wonderland character / TUE 3-21-23 / Pittsburgh-based giant in...
Constructor: Michael LiebermanRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: triple triples — wacky theme answers end with three of three-letter strings (the three letters at the end of the first word plus both...
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SNL sketch that kicks off the show / WED 3-22-23 / Classic kids' game that...
Constructor: Madeline KaplanRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: Double bill— familiar two-word phrases clued as if they were kinds of movies:Theme answers:PROFILE PICTURE (20A: "Malcolm X” or "Milk"?) (two...
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British Empire trade entity founded in 1600 / THU 3-23-23 / Mass method for...
Constructor: David KwongRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME:"Two's company, three's a crowd"— a rebus puzzle where the word "company" is replaced by two"ONE" squares (in two answers) and the...
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City whose welcome sign features Mark Twain / FRI 3-24-23 / Dubious addendum...
Constructor: Blake SloneckerRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: NORA Barnacle (48D: ___ Barnacle, on whom Molly Bloom of "Ulysses" was based)) — Nora Barnacle (21 March 1884 –...
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