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Backless stool / SUN 4-7-24 / Angle-measuring instrument / Belgian Surrealist...
Constructor: Tracy GrayRelative difficulty: EE-ETHEME:"Double Duty" — double letters stand in for words in the theme answers (the letters are just letters in the Downs):Theme answers:"[EE] ON DOWN THE...
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Archnemesis of the Avengers / MON 4-8-24 / Tube that uses gravity to transfer...
Constructor: Peter GordonRelative difficulty: Easy (solved Downs-only)THEME: TOTAL ECLIPSE (46A) — three songs that would be "apt" to play during a TOTAL ECLIPSE:Theme answers:"MOONSHADOW" (17A: 1971...
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Noted Spanish muralist / TUE 4-9-24 / Some Art Deco works / First doll to be...
Constructor: Caroline Sommers and Freddie ChengRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: You Name It!— famous names ending -ET or -ETT are reimagined as "[verb] + IT" phrases directed at the people with those...
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1965 film starring George Segal that was set in a P.O.W. camp / WED 4-10-24 /...
Constructor: Bill ThompsonRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: broken spells— words meaning (roughly) "spell" are "broken" inside longer answers (i.e. they are split into two parts that then bookend the...
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Suddenly go silent, in modern dating lingo / THU 4-11-24 / Verb akin to...
Constructor: Dan CapreraRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: SECRET / PASSAGES (44A: With 46-Across, some areas in Clue ... or a hint to the first, fourth, twelfth and fifteenth rows of this puzzle) — the...
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Block with a horn / FRI 4-12-24 / Give a greeting, in slang / Bit of detritus...
Constructor: Evan KalishRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: none Word of the Day: ANVIL (44A: Block with a horn) — An anvil is a metalworking tool consisting of a large block of metal (usually forged or...
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Jason's pet in "FoxTrot" / SAT 4-13-24 / Street food filled with queso /...
Constructor: Jess RucksRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (Easy + PADIDDLE) (?!)THEME: none Word of the Day: PADIDDLE (1D: Game played on a road trip) — An exclamation shouted in a game by the first of a...
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Greek heroine tempted by golden apples / SUN 4-14-24 / Carpenter's curve...
Constructor: John Rippe and Jeff ChenRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: "Savings Plan" — we get to watch various animals GO EXTINCT (fun!) (104A: Disappear ... like the circled creatures might do, if not...
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Signature hats for Indiana Jones / MON 4-15-24 / Yellow fruits that, despite...
Constructor: Amanda WintersRelative difficulty: Medium (normal Monday) (solved Downs-only)THEME: AS ABOVE / SO BELOW (39A: with 41-Across, philosophical principle in which Earth mirrors heaven ... or a...
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Essie competitor / TUE 4-16-24 / Pigment used in the Lascaux cave / Certain...
Constructor: Adam WagnerRelative difficulty: Easy (very)THEME: MANBABY (39A: Certain immature adult ... with a hint to both halves of the answers to each starred clue)— men whose last names are baby...
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Cave dweller of Greek myth / WED 4-17-24 / Food products wholesaler / Old...
Constructor: Joseph GangiRelative difficulty: Medium? Medium-Challenging? Probably depends on your familiarity with the story...THEME: ONE EYE (73A: Feature of 20-Across ... and, when sounded out, a...
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Thrice-remade movie / THU 4-18-24 / Saber-toothed tiger in the "Ice Age"...
Constructor: David KwongRelative difficulty: Medium[sorry about all the blue eyes in the grid—I shut my puzzle before taking a screenshot so I refilled the grid with "Reveal All" rather than type it...
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Dystopian sci-fi film of 1997 / FRI 4-19-24 / Absolute ___ (big and strong...
Constructor: Kate HawkinsRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: none Word of the Day: OMNI (38A: Onetime magazine that covered science fiction) — Omni was a science and science fiction magazine...
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Mysterious ancient geoglyphs in the Peruvian desert / SAT 4-20-24 / Dips, so...
Constructor: Garrett Chalfin and Andrew KingsleyRelative difficulty: Medium for the most part, but Challenging in one particular areaTHEME: none Word of the Day: NAZCA LINES (30D: Mysterious ancient...
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Former name of the electron / SUN 4-21-24 / Title pig of kids' TV / Creditor,...
Constructor: Michael SchlossbergRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingInstructions:BEFORE you follow the instructions...And AFTERTHEME: "Get Cracking" — see instructions, above; basically, there is no...
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Spilling the tea, so to speak / MON 4-22-24 / Make out, in Britspeak /...
Constructor: David J. KahnRelative difficulty: Very easy (Downs-only)THEME: From COAL to WIND— for Earth Day ... a word ladder, with a few extra climate change-related theme answersThe ladder:COAL (1A:...
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Ending with screen in a modern portmanteau / TUE 4-23-24 / West known for her...
Constructor: Judy BowersRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (Easy in general, but parsing a couple of those theme answers was tricky)THEME: TWO (54D: Number of letters in every word of the answers to the...
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Furniture retailer with an arboreal name / WED 4-24-24 / Tragic NASA mission...
Constructor: Jeffrey MartinovicRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: LATERAL SYMMETRY (62A: Feature of this puzzle's grid and the answers to the six starred clues) — both the grid and the indicated answers...
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Novel parodied by Umberto Eco's "Granita" / THU 4-25-24 / City in the Pacific...
Constructor: Hanh HuynhRelative difficulty: Easy (after you get the trick)THEME: HOLY COW (61A: "Wow!" ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme) — the letter string "COW" appears three times...
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Sports analyst Kimes / FRI 4-26-24 / Some long-tailed turtles / Device for an...
Constructor: Matthew Stock and Christina IversonRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: MINA Kimes (4D: Sports analyst Kimes) — Mina Mugil Kimes (born September 8, 1985) is an American...
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