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Yellow-eyed birds of prey / WED 2-27-13 / Cybermenaces / Sonata finale often...
Constructor: Daniel KantorRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: CHANGE OF HEART (37A: Decision reversal ... or, literally, what can be found inside 17-, 22-, 49- and 58-Across) — rearrangement of letter...
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Bowl-shaped part of ear / THU 2-28-13 / French wave / Family name on Roseanne...
Constructor: Joe KrozelRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: PRO AND CON (1A: With 4- and 7-Acros, both sides ... or the missing starts for all the remaining Across answers) — all across...
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Real-estate mogul Olenicoff / FRI 3-1-13 / Whitman Cantata composer / Fangorn...
Constructor: Doug Peterson and Brad WilberRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: noneWord of the Day: Zach BRAFF (48D: Zach ___, "Garden State" actor/director) — Zachary I. "Zach" Braff (born...
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Eddie's partner in musical comedy / SAT 3-2-13 / Cannery Row brothel owner /...
Constructor: Barry C. SilkRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: noneWord of the Day: FLO and Eddie (23A: Eddie's partner in musical comedy) — Flo & Eddie (Mark Volman, "Flo" aka "Phlorescent Leech",...
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Mathematician Paul / SUN 3-3-13 / British actress Diana / Chicago lakefront...
Constructor: Samuel A. DonaldsonRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: "Seven Blurbs for Seven Biographies" — Clues are imagined blurbs for wacky book titles, which are created by taking phrase...
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Grassy expanse in Southwest / MON 3-4-13 / Nevada city on Humboldt River /...
Constructor: Ian LivengoodRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: RHO (35D: Greek letter that sounds like the ends of 16-, 22-, 36-, 47- or 58-Across) — just like it says:Theme answers:16A: Legal...
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Repeated lyric in Java Jive / TUE 3-5-13 / Boom gaff / Paul Kruger Krugerrand...
Constructor: Gareth BainRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: "WHERE IT'S AT" (62A: Happening place ... or a hint to 18-, 23-, 39- and 51-Across)— letter string "IT" is changed to "AT" in...
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Ionian Sea vacation isle / WED 3-6-13 / 2000s Vienna state Opera conductor /...
Constructor: Richard ChisholmRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: tic tac toe— theme answers all have three consecutive Os in themTheme answers:18A: Lacks pizzazz (HAS NO OOMPH)26A: Overly partisan (TOO...
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Gird, Certain kitchen knife, Eisner's successor at Disney, Spanish waves
Constructor: Jim PageRelative difficulty: easily medium challenging. Or, How Much Do you Like Baseball?THEME:HOT CORNER (35A Third base, in baseball lingo ... or a hint for answering eight other clues...
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Bald Mountain's Range, The woman in a J. P. Donleavy novel, Star of 2009's...
Constructor: Paula GamacheRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: noneWord of the Day:DER ALTE(18A Old West German moniker) — Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer (5 January 1876 – 19 April 1967) was a German...
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Jane who was Chicago's first female mayor, Image on a denarius, Soviet attack...
Constructor: David Steinberg and Barry C. SilkRelative difficulty: easyTHEME: noneWord of the Day:RONDEL(48D Chaucer's "Merciless Beauty," for example)— A rondel is a verse form originating in...
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Greek war goddess, Puccini piece, Adriatic resort, Actress Eleniak
Constructor: Finn VigelandRelative difficulty: easy-medium-to-impossible, or, how quick do you catch on to rebuses?THEME: "Condensation"— Seven pairs of crossing entries share a square that uses a dual...
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BFFs, Mon 3/11/13, Champion, Bugs, Fleas, Tomfoolery, Bussing
Happy Monday!!! The BFFs are back because Rex is bussing it back to Binghamton after a glamorous weekend in New York City at the ACPT (Annual Crossword Puzzle Tournament? American Crossword Puzzle...
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Miami Vice informant / TUE 3-12-13 / Director of Bride of Monster / City with...
Constructor: Bruece Sutphin and Neville FogartyRelative difficulty: ChallengingTHEME: Wax and wane — pairs of opposites hidden inside longer answersTheme answers:17A: Finishing up (WINDING TO A...
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Gene arising through mutation / WED 3-13-13 / Like St Augustine in 1565 /...
Constructor: Joe DiPietroRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: OPERA (64A: Each of this puzzle's long Across answers sounds like one) puns — Wacky, "?"-clued phrases that sound like famous...
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2009 Star Trek villain / THU 3-14-13 / Showy bloom to flower enthusiasts /...
Constructor: Mike BuckleyRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: quote from ALBERT / EINSTEIN — "CREATIVITY / IS THE RESIDUE OF / WASTED TIME" (18A: Beginning of a quote by 3-/31-Down on which Stephen Colbert...
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Matadors red capes / FRI 3-15-13 / Zaxxon maker / Gerais Brazilian state /...
Constructor: Joe KrozelRelative difficulty: ChallengingTHEME: noneWord of the Day: MULETAS (28A: Matadors' red capes) — n.A short red cape suspended from a hollow staff, used by a matador to maneuver a...
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Fukuda's predecessor as Japan's PM / SAT 3-16-13 / Supervillain from Krypton...
Constructor: Julian LimRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: noneWord of the Day: Carmen MCRAE (37A: Singer Carmen) — Carmen Mercedes McRae (April 8, 1920 – November 10, 1994) was an American jazz singer,...
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Having freedom of tempo / SUN 3-17-13 / Bay former US base in Philippines /...
Constructor: J. R. LeopoldRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: "Any Pun For Tennis?" — familiar phrases, clued as if they related to tennisTheme answers:23A: Tennis clinic focusing on drop shot skills?...
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Disney chief Bob / MON 3-18-13 / Basic physical measures / Ruling house of...
Constructor: Daniel LandmanRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: S.I. UNITS (38A: Basic physical measures ... or a hint to 17-, 27-, 48- and 63-Across)— theme answers are two-word phrases, first word...
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