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Milk curdler in cheesemaking / TUE 3-19-24 / Parent dressed up at a pride...
Constructor: Lynn LempelRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (Easyish but extra-wide (16x))THEME: HALFTIME (63A: Game break ... or a hint to interpreting the first parts of 17-, 26-, 36-, and 52-Across)—...
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Site of a Herculean feat / WED 3-20-24 / Marx brother with a curly wig /...
Constructor: E. M. CapassakisRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: 3-digit numbers (?) — theme clues are all 3-digit numbers that stand for or are associated with their answers:Theme answers:INTRO...
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TV surname at 742 Evergreen Terrace / THU 3-21-24 / Apt key for a musical...
Constructor: Joe MarquezRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: ESCAPE ROOM (54A: Puzzling activity, as seen four times in this puzzle?) — a rebus puzzle with "ESC" (from the "escape" key) found inside four...
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One-named actress on "Parks and Recreation" / FRI 3-22-24 / Indie pop duo...
Constructor: Mansi Kothari and Erik AgardRelative difficulty: Easy (assuming you can navigate those short names; otherwise, ????)THEME: none Word of the Day: Tamil NADU (39A: Tamil ___, India) — Tamil...
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Egg-shaped brain structures / SAT 3-23-24 / 2022 rom-com with a predominantly...
Constructor: Sam EzerskyRelative difficulty: Medium to Medium-Challenging THEME: none Word of the Day: THALAMI (20D: Egg-shaped brain structures) — The thalamus (pl.: thalami; from Greek θάλαμος,...
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Personal theory that isn't in the source material / SUN 3-24-24 / Chess move...
Constructor: John KugelmanRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME:"Feeling Possessive" — third-person indicative verb phrases are clued as if they are possessive phrasesTheme answers:FUEL'S SPECULATION...
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Clichéd dismissal of Arizona's summer climate/ MON 3-25-24 / Woven creation...
Constructor: Shannon Rapp and Will EisenbergRelative difficulty: Easy (solved Downs-only)THEME: Opening Day (which is actually Mar. 28, but ... close enough!) — baseball theme: second words of two-word...
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Fairy tale monster / TUES 3-26-24 / Simplifies, as a fraction / "Harrumph!,"...
Hi, everyone! It’s Clare, back for the last Tuesday in March. I’m coming off of a third-place finish in trivia, which I’ll accept given that it was our first time back in a while. This month, I’ve been...
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Naval threats, according to an old saying / WED 3-27-24 / Release following...
Constructor: Rich KatzRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: Instructions for turning SCREWDRIVERS (54A: Toolbox tools): RIGHTY TIGHTY / LEFTY LOOSEY (19A: With 36-Across, mnemonic device for turning...
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Nirvana achiever / THU 3-28-24 / Shade-tolerant perennial / Dustin's...
Constructor: Dominic GrilloRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: POTATO / HEAD (1D: With 58-Down, classic toy that dropped gendered titles in 2021) — circled squares contain the various "body"...
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Hunks of plastic? / FRI 3-29-24 / Enlightened Buddhist / Sweet message bearer...
Constructor: Jake BunchRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: ARHAT (2D: Enlightened Buddhist) — In Buddhism, an arhat (Sanskrit: अर्हत्) or arahant (Pali: अरहन्त्, 𑀅𑀭𑀳𑀦𑁆𑀢𑁆) is one...
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Tackle item hung from floaters / SAT 3-30-24 / Paradoxical line of amazement...
Constructor: Blake SloneckerRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: none Word of the Day: GILL NET (1A: Tackle item hung from floaters) —[The Salmon Fisher, Eilif Peterssen (1889)]Gillnetting is...
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Sound unit found in many Asian languages / SUN 3-31-24 / Final phase of a...
Constructor: Spencer LeachRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME:"Turns of Phrase"— familiar phrases (following a "___ THE ___" pattern) have their first and last parts switched *and* (most of the time?)...
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Start behaving more responsibly, literally? / MON 4-1-24 / Former N.S.C....
Constructor: Alan ArbesfeldRelative difficulty: Challenging (for a Monday)THEME: going up— all the themers are Downs that have to be inverted in order to make sense ("literally")Theme answers:FAEL WEN...
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TV drama about anarchist hackers / TUE 4-2-24 / "Dramatic" literary device /...
Constructor: Billy BrattonRelative difficulty: Easy (oversized at 16x, so solving times may not be faster than avg.)THEME:"HOLD IT!" (39A: "Stop right there!" ... or a hint to the first words of 17-,...
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___ acid, essential component of vinegar / WED 4-3-2024 / Christianity's ___...
Constructor: Alex Eaton-SalnersRelative difficulty: Easy/Medium (9:49)THEME: Missing letters / homophones — Letters that are missing from clues appear in entriesTheme answers:[Lip_on produc_s] for...
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Chuckwalla relative / THU 4-4-24 / Gave a red card, informally / Derby...
Constructor: Kevin CurryRelative difficulty: Medium (Easy, but then, in the southeast, suddenly hard)THEME: MARTINI (57A: Subject of this puzzle)— black squares form the shape of a cocktail glass, and...
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Cousin of a machete / FRI 4-5-24 / Chaise alternative / Botanical stoma, e.g....
Constructor: Rebecca GoldsteinRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (much more like a Saturday than a Friday)THEME: none Word of the Day: ANNO mundi (18A: ___ mundi) — Anno Mundi (from Latin "in the...
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Cinderella's calling card / SAT 4-6-24 / Afghan region whose name means...
Constructor: Byron WaldenRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: Azimuth (50D: Azimuth, e.g. => ARC) — An azimuth (/ˈæzəməθ/ [...] from Arabic: اَلسُّمُوت, romanized: as-sumūt, lit....
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Cinderella's calling card / SAT 4-6-24 / Afghan region whose name means...
Constructor: Byron WaldenRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: Azimuth (50D: Azimuth, e.g. => ARC) —An azimuth (/ˈæzəməθ/ [...] from Arabic: اَلسُّمُوت, romanized: as-sumūt, lit....
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