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Traditional Mexican stew / THU 6-6-24 / Art style associated with Henri...
Constructor: Michael LiebermanRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME:"I'VE CHANGED" (53A: "The old me is gone" ... or what happened between the first and second parts of 19-, 28-, 37- and 48-Across?) —...
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Backpedaling qualifier / FRI 6-7-24 / Eponym of a popular vodka brand /...
Constructor: Alice Liang and Christina IversonRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: TRIPLE SEC (9D: Ingredient in a Long Island iced tea) — Triple sec is an orange-flavoured liqueur...
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Dishy rumors, in slang / SAT 6-8-24 / Coins in a biblical parable /...
Constructor: Daniel SheremetaRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: none—there's a dumb little ABC/XYZ thing (see below), but I don't think that constitutes a "theme") Word of the Day: UTHER Pendragon (29D:...
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Chinese gambling game with dominoes / SUN 6-9-24 / Global bank headquartered...
Constructor: Zachary SchiffRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:"Quiet Time"— each theme answer contains one circled "silent" letter; those letters end up spelling "AUCTION," which gives you an "AUCTION"...
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Cleaning implement for bunnies? / MON 6-10-24 / "Bunny ear" made while tying...
Constructor: Kareem AyasRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging, as a Downs-only solve (Easy, I imagine, if you solved the regular way)THEME: SET (71A: Guinness world record holder for "English word...
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Trumpet flourish / TUE 6-11-24 / Pounded taro dish / Title role for Lee...
Constructor: Chloe ReveryRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (**for a Tuesday**)THEME: FIRST LADY (58A: Title for Jackie or Jill, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues) — "first" words of...
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Long Islander of literature / WED 6-12-24 / Minor bump against another car /...
Constructor: Simeon SeigelRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: Hell's-a-pop-pun — an early Father's Day puzzle; familiar phrases with a word for "father" in them are clued via "Pop" puns:Theme answers:DAD...
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Strong as an ox, in slang / THU 6-13-24 / Feeling intensified by social...
Constructor: Kevin CurryRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: A "letteral" interpretation — all-cap clues contain parenthetical letters that must be read self-referentially (as homophones of those...
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Bose competitor / FRI 6-14-24 / Gym machine for rowing exercises, informally...
Constructor: Robyn WeintraubRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: ETHEL Barrymore (1D: Actress Barrymore with an eponymous Broadway theater) — [None But the Lonely Heart]Ethel...
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Fur-lined outerwear / SAT 6-15-24 / Onetime subject of King Gyanendra /...
Constructor: Ryan JudgeRelative difficulty: Very EasyTHEME: none Word of the Day: Rafael DEVERS (25D: Rafael ___, All-Star third baseman for the Red Sox) — Rafael Devers Calcaño (/ˈdɛvərz/ DEV-ərz;...
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Nickname for Empress Elisabeth of Austria / SUN 6-16-24 / Onetime Britney...
Constructor: Chandi Deitmer and Wyna LiuRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME:"Connections"— two-word phrases that basically describe the four all-caps words in the clues. I guess this is in reference...
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Kudos to an eagle-eyed proofreader / MON 6-17-24 / 2018 Childish Gambino hit...
Constructor: Kiran PandeyRelative difficulty: Easy (solved Downs-only)THEME: "AYE AYE, CAPTAIN" (55A: Affirmative at sea ... or a phonetic hint to what's found sequentially in 20-, 31- and 41-Across) —...
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Extremely damaged, in military lingo / TUE 6-18-24 / Kinda comedic and saucy?...
Constructor: Aaron M. RosenbergRelative difficulty: Medium THEME: kinda — suffixes or prefixes meaning "kinda" (that's "kind of") are appended to the backs or fronts of familiar phrases that already...
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Enemy of Hop-o'-My-Thumb / WED 6-19-24 / Abolitionist senator Charles /...
Constructor: Brad WiegmannRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: compound words clued via "[verb] + [verb]" phrases — clues are familiar "[verb] and [verb]" phrases; the first [verb] clues the first part of...
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Bowling-pin shaped creature of Al Capp cartoons / THU 6-20-24 / Vape's lack /...
Constructor: Ella DershowitzRelative difficulty: Challenging (if you go down and get the "revealer" first, then maybe less challenging)THEME: TRADE NAMES (55A: Commercial identifiers ... or what four...
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Literally, "our thing" / FRI 6-21-24 / Shape of the Crab Nebula / Peddled...
Constructor: Billy BrattonRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: LUCY (33A: Nickname for a 3.2 million-year-old Australopithecus skeleton discovered in 1974) — AL 288-1, commonly...
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Stovetop convenience / SAT 6-22-24 / Some theatrical transitions / Fermented...
Constructor: Hoang-Kim VuRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: FRAPPÉS (36D: Ballet exercises done at a barre) — Literally, struck beating. From the sur la cou-de-pied position...
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Shin armor / SUN 6-23-24 / Two farthings, colloquially / Too much, musically...
Constructor: Michael SchlossbergRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:"Picture Day"— Famous paintings are clued via literal descriptions that contain numbers; the whole thing is tied together by the final...
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Japanese art of flower arranging / MON 6-24-24 / Broody subculture / Lively...
Constructor: Anthony V. GrubbRelative difficulty: Medium (as a Downs-only solve)THEME: BODYBUILDING (52A: Weightlifter's pursuit ... or a hint to both halves of the answers to the starred clues) —...
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Rap's Megan ___ Stallion / TUES 06-25-24 / Fingerprint or footprint, perhaps...
Hi, everyone, it’s Clare for the last Tuesday of June! Hope everyone had a good month. I’ve been watching so much soccer with the Euros and Copa America, and then rooting on former teammates in the...
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