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Infamous presidential denial / THU 9-21-23 / Withered, climate-wise / D-F-A...
Constructor: Dan CapreraRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: WINTER MIGRATION (40A: Seasonal phenomenon depicted six times in this puzzle) — the tail (!) ends of six answers are birds: that part of the...
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Animal in the Qatar Airways logo / FRI 9-22-23 / Dish whose name means...
Constructor: Rafael Musa and Michael LiebermanRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: none Word of the Day: Lady PENH (53A: Lady ___, founder of Cambodia's capital) — Penh (Khmer: ពេញ [pɨɲ]), commonly referred...
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Cretaceous critters / SAT 9-23-23 / Decluttering method featured on Netflix /...
Constructor: Robert CharltonRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: ROBERT I (35D: Father of William the Conqueror) — Robert I of Normandy (22 June 1000 – July 1035), also known as...
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Literally "Three teeth" / SUN 9-24-23 / Reaction to the 1950s culture of...
Constructor: Joel FaglianoRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME:"Rebrandings" — wacky puns on company names, clued as if they are "rebrandings":Theme answers:LITTLE SEIZERS (23A: We've rebranded! Now...
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Slender tower of a mosque / MON 9-25-23 / Math diagram with an array of dots...
Constructor: Lynn LempelRelative difficulty: Challenging (for me, solving Downs-only)THEME:"SO WHAT'S THE STORY?" (62A: "Care to fill me in?" ... or a hint to 17-, 23-, 37- and 55-Across's final...
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Spills the beans / TUES 9-26-23 / Home of the palace Hanaiakamalama /...
Hi, everyone, it’s a Clare Tuesday! Hope you all have had a good month and are staying safe and healthy while it seems like everyone is getting sick. I’ve been enjoying work and also enjoy all the...
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Hindu Mr. / WED 9-27-23 / Steamed ___ classic Simpsons sketch / Eponym of a...
Constructor: Scott KoenigRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: A syntactically well-formed but semantically NONSENSICAL sentence from NOAM CHOMSKY — "COLORLESS / GREEN / IDEAS / SLEEP / FURIOUSLY"; all the...
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Court athlete informally / THU 9-28-23 / Portmanteau for a certain self-taken...
Constructor: Ricky CruzRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: key signatures— regular clues appear to the right of musical notation indicating initial key signature (i.e. the five lines of the staff with...
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Feeling of dread before the start of the workweek, in slang / FRI 9-29-23 /...
Constructor: Malaika HandaRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (NE corner = Medium; rest = Easy)THEME: none Word of the Day: ALTON B. Parker (10D: ___ B. Parker, Democratic candidate for president in 1904)...
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Honeydew producer / SAT 9-30-23 / W.W. II combat inits. / Rock band with the...
Constructor: Ahmed BayoumiRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: Carrie MAE Weems (20A: Contemporary artist Carrie ___ Weems) —Carrie Mae Weems (born April 20, 1953) is an...
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Cousin of Euchre / SUN 10-1-23 / Longtime N.B.A. executive ___ Ujiri / Land...
Constructor: Jeffrey LeaseRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (Easy, but skewing Medium if you were unfamiliar with the movie titles)THEME:"Film Adaptations"— movie titles "adapted" such that they are...
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Van Gogh locale / MON 10-2-23 / Trail labeled with a black diamond or blue...
Constructor: Alexandria MasonRelative difficulty: Easy (solving Downs-Only)THEME: FINALIZE (49A: Wrap up ... or a phonetic description of 17-, 19-, 25-, 41- and 54-Across) — the "FINAL" parts of the...
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Creature that grows longer in a classic video game / TUE 10-3-23 / Brightest...
Constructor: Troy LaedtkeRelative difficulty: Easy, mostlyTHEME: SNAKE (48D: Creature that grows longer in a classic video game (also in this puzzle when it "eats" a black square)— shaded squares for a...
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Eden-to-Nod direction / WED 10-4-23 / Relative of a hogshead / Big Apple...
Constructor: Gary LarsonRelative difficulty: Medium (16 mins)THEME: A/I — Throughout, there are words that can have either an A or an I in a certain slot. These words get two clues. I've arranged them...
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Vintner Claude / THU 10-5-23 / Quick-access rows of icons / Illegal deal in...
Constructor: Daniel BodilyRelative difficulty: Very easyTHEME: ENDS UP ON TOP (24D: Prevails eventually ... or a hint to entering the answers to the six starred clues in this puzzle) — the "ends" of...
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Movie with saloon fights, colloquially / FRI 10-6-23 / Bit of biodata / Nikki...
Constructor: Zhouqin Burnikel and Tom PepperRelative difficulty: Easy to Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: Oligopoly (51A: Noted example of oligopoly, in brief) — : a condition in which a few...
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Unofficial 1984 Olympics anthem / SAT 10-7-23 / Pou ___ (vantage point) / One...
Constructor: Alex VratsanosRelative difficulty: Medium to Medium-ChallengingTHEME: none Word of the Day: pou STO (55D: Pou ___ (vantage point)) — : a standing place or vantage point : BASE, BASIS //...
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Danish shoe designer Jacobsen / SUN 10-8-23 / TV patriarch Stark / Connectors...
Constructor: Sid SivakumarRelative difficulty: Medium THEME:"Tones of Voice"— Theme answers are all two-word phrases where the first words sound like a color + a letter. The answers are clued...
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Nietzsche's superior man of the future / MON 10-9-23 / Agave-based liquor /...
Constructor: Zachary David LevyRelative difficulty: Very, very easy (solved Downs-only)THEME: TECH START-UP (61A: Many a new venture in Silicon Valley ... or a hint to 17-, 26-, 37- and 52-Across) —...
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Foreign films translated and captioned by enthusiasts / TUE 10-10-23 / 2019...
Constructor: Nate CardinRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: XOXO (70A: Affectionate sign-off ... or a pattern hinting at the starts to the six starred clues) — "X" here stands for a different letter in...
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