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Court figure, in old slang / FRI 5-17-24 / Modern TV attachment / Last thing...
Constructor: Hemant MehtaRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: none Word of the Day: TANGRAMS (40A: Seven-piece puzzles) — The tangram (Chinese: 七巧板; pinyin: qīqiǎobǎn; lit. 'seven boards of skill') is a...
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Crowd energizer at a hip-hop concert / SAT 5-18-24 / Sobriquet behind 154...
Constructor: Adrian JohnsonRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: Nicolas ROEG (26D: "The Man Who Fell to Earth" director) — Nicolas Jack Roeg CBE BSC (/ˈroʊɡ/ ROHG; 15 August...
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Nincompoop, more vulgarly / SUN 5-19-24 / A "waking dream," per Aristotle/...
Constructor: Christina Iverson and Katie HaleRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME:"Hold Your Doze"— familiar phrases become wacky phrases once they're written out as you might pronounce them if you...
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Secondary story, in TV lingo / MON 5-20-24 / Ogre with a donkey sidekick /...
Constructor: Jack ScherbanRelative difficulty: Easy (solved Downs-only)THEME:"YOU AND WHAT ARMY?" (49A: Unfazed response to a threat from 20-, 31- or 38-Across?)— non-military figures with military...
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Millennial's successor, informally / TUE 5-21-24 / Purifying filter acronym /...
Constructor: Zachary David LevyRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (**for a Tuesday**—just a bit harder than normal)THEME: BABYPROOF (63A: Make safer, in a way ... or what the starts of 17-, 27-,...
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Unusual meat courses that are neither ... / WED 5-22-24 / Longtime bridge...
Constructor: Martin SchneiderRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: DOUBLE MISNOMER (34A: What 18-, 23-, 49- and 56-Across could be called) — familiar things with two-part names where both parts are...
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Quirky bit of running footwear / THU 5-23-24 / Fashionable look, in lingo /...
Constructor: Adam WagnerRelative difficulty: Medium (theme easy, other stuff hardish)THEME: BOX BRAIDS (32A: Hairstyle worn by Janet Jackson in the 1993 film "Poetic Justice," with a hint to entering...
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Fourth card in Texas hold 'em / FRI 5-24-24 / With mulish resolve /...
Constructor: Carolyn Davies LynchRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: STIMMING (3D: Repetition of self-calming movements, such as finger-tapping or hair-twirling) — Self-stimulatory...
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Rearrange to fit, jocularly / SAT 5-25-24 / Vocally negative fans, in sports...
Constructor: David P. WilliamsRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: none Word of the Day: Reggaetón (3D: Reggaetón, e.g. => MÚSICA) — Reggaeton (UK: /ˈrɛɡeɪtoʊn, ˌrɛɡeɪˈtɒn/, US: /ˌrɛɡeɪˈtoʊn, ˌreɪɡ-/),...
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Sound of rejection on a 1970s variety show / SUN 5-26-24 / Famed Damascus...
Constructor: John KugelmanRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:"Roughly Speaking"— familiar phrases clued as descriptions of insults (the clues are the insults, the answers an imagined description of those...
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Offer kudos, in modern lingo / MON 5-27-24 / Rare tennis feat in which one...
Constructor: Christopher YoungsRelative difficulty: Easy (if only I knew how to spell NOVOCAINE...) (solved Downs-only)THEME: PUT ON A SHOW (62A: Keep up appearances, say ... or what to do with the...
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Famed fireman Red / TUE 5-28-24 / Singer Sands of the '60s / Flying adversary...
Constructor: Chris LeatherburyRelative difficulty: Medium (i.e. a normal Tues.)THEME: WATER / SIGNS (38A: With 42-Across, zodiac trio that hints at the longest answers in this puzzle)— longest answers...
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Actor Josh who was once married to Fergie / WED 5-29-24 / Currency debut of...
Constructor: Jeanne Breen and Jeff ChenRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: RECIPE FOR / DISASTER (46A: With 56-Across, what each of the starred clues is?)— mixed drinks named after natural...
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Large aquatic insect / THU 5-30-24 / Investment bank that folded in 2008 /...
Constructor: Royce FergusonRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: "THE WALLS HAVE EARS" (7D: "Shh! People may be listening" ... or a hint to eight squares in this puzzle) — a rebus puzzle where "EAR" can be...
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Titular elementary school on TV / FRI 5-31-24 / Clementine lookalikes /...
Constructor: Aidan DeshongRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: WASPS (49D: Female flying group in W.W. II) — In the United States, White Anglo-Saxon Protestants (WASP) is a...
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Small appetizer in Turkish cuisine / SAT 6-1-24 / Popular news podcast since...
Constructor: Eric WarrenRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: none Word of the Day:"THE DAILY" (7D: Popular news podcast since 2017) — The Daily is a daily news podcast produced by the American newspaper The...
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Classic novel set in rural Nebraska / SUN 6-2-24 / Did a great job on, in...
Constructor: Luke K. SchreiberRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME:"Typecasting"— familiar phrases are clued via names of famous people that are "typed" in some funny / punny way:Theme...
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Artfully arranged meats / MON 6-3-24 / One of two for a female kangaroo,...
Constructor: Alana PlattRelative difficulty: On the harder side, for a Monday (solved Downs-only)THEME: ON THE BOARD (56A: Helping to manage a nonprofit, say ... or where to find the answers to the...
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"Lovely" Lady in a Beatles Hit / TUES 6-4-24 / N.B.A. Star Curry / Fuzzy...
Hi, everyone! It’s Clare, here for the first Tuesday of June (switching it up because the world conspired against me with two major filings due on the same day last week). It’s been actually quite nice...
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Feeling that can be caused by the final three letters of this answer / WED...
Constructor: David RockowRelative difficulty: Easy (20:57 while teaching my boyfriend how to solve puzzles)THEME: DUCKS IN A ROW — State of order that this puzzle fails to achieve? There are four types...
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