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Clear libation popular in England / WED 3-12-14 / England's Fergie, formally...
Constructor: Jeff ChenRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME:"DRINKS ALL AROUND" (38A: "I'm buying!," at a bar … or a hint to this puzzle's theme) — all the answers around the periphery of the grid are...
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Stylish 1960s luxury coupe / THU 3-13-14 / Giant novelist 1952 / Country...
Constructor: Alex VratsanosRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: COLOR BY NUMBER (13D: Kid's art activity … or something seen four times in this puzzle's solution?) — a color sits next to a...
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1985 Ralph McInerny novel / FRI 3-14-14 / Rectangular paving stone / Gervasi...
Constructor: Alan OlschwangRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: noneWord of the Day:"THE NOONDAY DEVIL" (3D: 1985 Ralph McInerny novel) — The KGB has infiltrated the Catholic church hierarchy...
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Cayenne producer / SAT 3-15-14 / Seaweed used in brining / Wed 2007 Erica...
Constructor: Ed SessaRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: noneWord of the Day: TAMARIN (10D: Member of the marmoset family) — n.Any of various small, long-tailed, arboreal monkeys of the genera Leontideus...
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Horror flick starring Humphrey Bogart as mad scientist / SUN 3-16-14 /...
Constructor: Jeremy NewtonRelative difficulty: ChallengingTHEME:"It's Better This Way" — theme answers all have "RX" in them. There are circled letters in the NW and SE that spell out SICK and WELL,...
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Middle Corleone brother / MON 3-17-14 / Burma's first prime minister /...
Constructor: John LiebRelative difficulty: Medium (i.e. perfectly Mondayish)THEME: G-M vowel progression (including "Y") — theme answers follow G-M pattern, from GAM- thru GYM-Theme answers:GAME WARDEN...
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Editor Marshall of financial publications / TUE 3-18-14 / Visual gag...
Constructor: David KwongRelative difficulty: ChallengingTHEME:"A FAREWELL TO ARMS" (38A: W.W. I novel … hinted at by 17-, 24-, 52- and 64-Across) — theme answers are familiar phrases which have had...
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Form of flamenco / WED 3-19-14 / Particle theorized in 1977 / British...
Constructor: Samuel A. DonaldsonRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: Get Lost— phrases meaning "Go Away" all clued following the pattern [Go away as a [***] might?], where the [***] gives you some hint to...
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1977 W.W. II film / THU 3-20-14 / Nickname for Anaheim's Angel Stadium /...
Constructor: Victor BarocasRelative difficulty: Medium to Medium-ChallengingTHEME: Get bent! — Some clues are followed by bracketed "Get ___!" exclamations, which refer to things that are supposed to...
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Figure skater Kadavy / FRI 3-21-14 / Funny or Die web series hosted by Zach...
Constructor: Brendan Emmett QuigleyRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: noneWord of the Day: CRUMHORN (58A: Renaissance woodwind) — The crumhorn is a musical instrument of the woodwind family,...
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Rescuer of Princess Peach / SAT 3-22-14 / One of Leakey's Trimates / High...
Constructor: Greg JohnsonRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: noneWord of the Day: GREBE (44D: Diving bird) — A grebe /ˈɡriːb/ is a member of the order Podicipediformes, a widely distributed order of...
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Pitcher Mike with 270 wins / SUN 3-23-14 / Eponymous German physicist / World...
Constructor: Ian LivengoodRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:"Bright Ideas"— Quotation from THOMAS EDISON (86A), aka THE WIZARD OF MENLO PARK (96A: Nickname for 86-Across), inventor of the INCANDESCENT...
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Belgian treaty city / MON 3-24-14 / Rick's love in Casablanca / Pop Singer...
Constructor: Tom PepperRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: DIRTY WORDS (60A: Curses … or the starts of 17-, 27- and 44-Across) — First words of the three theme answers are all words that suggest...
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Shoe designer Blahnik / TUE 3-25-14 / Swiss peak in Eastwood title /...
Constructor: David WoolfRelative difficulty: Medium to Medium-Challenging (*for a Tuesday*) (3:43)THEME: "IT AIN'T OVER UNTIL / THE FAT LADY SINGS" (17A: With 57-Across, a die-hard's statement) — two...
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Eldest Stark child on Game of Thrones / WED 3-26-14 / Holey plastic shoe /...
Constructor: Alex VratsanosRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: ATOMIC / NUMBER (18D: With 38-Down, property of the first part of the answer to each starred clue (appropriately positioned in...
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Celebrity cosmetician Laszlo / THU 3-27-14 / Frog's alter ego, in a fairy...
Constructor: Jean O'ConorRelative difficulty: Slightly tough for a ThursdayTHEME: FULL CIRCLE— grid contains the formulas for the area and circumference of a circle, plus the FULL CIRCLE kickerWord of...
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Archenemy of Fantastic Four / TUE 3-4-14 / Rapper with 2002 #1 hit Always on...
Constructor: Bruce Haight and Peter A. CollinsRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: BENJAMIN / FRANKLIN, who is "often credited" with DISCOVERING / ELECTRICITY — then there's a play on the phrase "GO FLY /...
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What a gimel means on a dreidel / WED 3-5-14 / Cuban salsa singer Cruz /...
Constructor: Evan BirnholzRelative difficulty: Who Knows? (See what I did there? No? Keep reading.)THEME: CLUELESS — Theme answers are unclued and they all mean, basically, "Huh?"You guys! It's me,...
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Heavenly figure in Hesse / THU 3-6-14 / Singer with 1986 #1 album Promise /...
Constructor: Daniel RaymonRelative difficulty: ChallengingTHEME: SOAP BOX (37A: Platform … or something that appears four times in this puzzle?) — rebus puzzle where four squares contain the names of...
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First name in '60s radicalism / FRI 3-28-14 / Screw up / English hat similar...
Constructor: David J. KahnRelative difficulty: Easy, moderately breezyTHEME: ThemelessWord of the Day: BLUECHIPS (3D: "Relatively low-risk investments") —"in reference to the high-value poker counter,...
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