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Demon in Japanese folklore / THU 5-4-23 / Lose crispness as cereal /...
Constructor: David J. KahnRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: CAPITAL / GAINS (38A: With 31-Down, proceeds from the sale of an asset ... or a hint to understanding six answers in this puzzle)— regular...
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First animated dinosaur 1914 / FRI 5-5-23 / Impish fruit artist 1943 / 1983...
Constructor: Jacob McDermottRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: GERTIE the Dinosaur (7D: First animated dinosaur (1914)) — Gertie the Dinosaur is a 1914 animated short film by...
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Vehicles in a Nintendo racing game / SAT 5-6-23 / Extremely hot peppers named...
Constructor: Carter CobbRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: none Word of the Day: CAROLINA REAPERS (46A: Extremely hot peppers named for their scythelike tails) —The Carolina Reaper is a cultivar of the...
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Hong Kong action hero who frequently collaborated with John Woo / SUN 5-7-23...
Constructor: Will NedigerRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:"Sea Change"— word ladder that starts with SHIP and returns to SHIP, the premise of the puzzle being the "thought experiment" called the SHIP OF...
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Specifications in slang / MON 5-8-23 / Many-person act of support or...
Constructor: Catherine CettaRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: "SAY CHEESE!" (59A: Photographer's request ... as suggested by this puzzle's circled letters?) — types of cheese are arranged in smiley...
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Suffix with schnozz / TUE 5-9-23 / 1904 Nobelist who wrote Conditioned...
Constructor: Margaret SeikelRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: two-fingers emoji (or ✌️)— clues all start with ✌️ and answers are things that can be represented by ✌️:Theme answers:"TWO, PLEASE" (4D:...
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Critical resource harvested in "Dune" / WED 5-10-23 / Modern lead-in to squat...
Constructor: Victor BarocasRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: Constellations? — ordinary phrases clued as if they were constellations:Theme answers:OVERBEARS (17A: Ursa Major and Ursa Minor?)NIGHT...
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Star Wars character who wears Mandalorian underwear I mean armor / THU...
Constructor: Sheldon PolonskyRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: E EQUALS [MC] SQUARED (7D: Expression of relativity depicted five times in this puzzle) — famous EINSTEINIAN (36A: Like some concepts in...
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Cult 1990s sitcom set at WNYX / FRI 5-12-23 / Rock band with the 2020 Album...
Constructor: Enrique Henestroza AnguianoRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: SHANE Victorino (47D: Baseball's ___ Victorino, nicknamed "The Flyin' Hawaiian") — Shane Patrick...
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Bit of tea to Brits / SAT 5-13-23 / Fingertips-only rock-climbing grip /...
Constructor: Spencer LeachRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: none Word of the Day: The Count of Monte Cristo (17A: Like the Count of Monte Cristo => IMPRISONED) — The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le...
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Small fox with unusually large ears / SUN 5-14-23 / Miniature cheese wheel...
Constructor: Sid SivakumarRelative difficulty: Medium? THEME:"Alternate Endings" — visual representations of ZIPPER / MERGES (114A: With 116-Across, procedures in which drivers take turns joining a...
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Get a move on, slangily / MON 5-15-23 / Flatbread made with atta flour /...
Constructor: Tomas SpiersRelative difficulty: Easy, probably (solving Downs-only: KINDA tough)THEME: It's a small word, after all — theme clues are written in small type, and that smallness is taken...
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Big name in electric toothbrushes / TUE 5-16-23 / Tech site since 1994 /...
Constructor: Katherine Baicker and Adam WagnerRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: mal-prefixed — words that have negating prefixes even though the "word" that follows the prefix is not actually being...
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Hawaiian wood used to build the earliest surfboards / WED 5-17-23 / Inits in...
Constructor: Parker HigginsRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: DOES THE SPLITS (33A: Performs a gymnastics movie requiring flexibility ... or enters answers into this puzzle's four shaded parts)— words...
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Guy who inspired an early 2010s hip-hop dance / THU 5-18-23 / Video game...
Constructor: Kiran PandeyRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: ignore the comma and put some quotation marks around the last word?— all the theme clues end with ", for ___"; you have to take the word in the...
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Ruined city in Jordan / FRI 5-19-23 / Subject of the first YouTube video to...
Constructor: David DistenfeldRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: none Word of the Day: Benjamin HICK (6D: English inventor Benjamin) — Benjamin Hick (1 August 1790 – 9 September 1842) was an English civil...
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Vermont municipality SE of Montpelier / SAT 5-20-23 / Term of address in an...
Constructor: Erica Hsiung WojcikRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: none Word of the Day: CARLO Ancelotti (40D: Soccer coaching great ___ Ancelotti) — Carlo Ancelotti Cavaliere OMRI, Ufficiale OSI (born 10...
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Joel's smuggling partner in HBO's The Last of Us / SUN 5-21-23 / Pirate...
Constructor: Robert RyanRelative difficulty: Medium (Easy theme, some challenging fill)THEME:"Stitchin' Time" — familiar phrases that follow a "___ IN ___" pattern are imagined as if the "IN" were...
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Language family that includes Zulu / MON 5-22-23 / Educator who co-hosted...
Constructor: Dang Quang ThangRelative difficulty: Medium (?) (normal-seeming Monday, maybe tougher if you don't know the names in question)THEME: AS SEEN ON TV (58A: Print ad phrase for infomercial...
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German sunrise direction / TUE 5-23-23 / Dada artist Jean / Poets + 10 =...
Constructor: Lee TaylorRelative difficulty: Medium (normal Tuesday—themers took some thought, all else easy)THEME: Clue + [number] = other clue — add a number to (the middle of) one answer to get the...
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