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Buccaneer's buddies / SUN 8-25-24 / Videography option on a smartphone / Nine...
Constructor: John KugelmanRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:"Is There an Echo in Here?"— clues are repeated sounds, words, or numbers, and answers are punny descriptions of those repetitions:Theme...
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Coastal African desert / MON 8-26-24 / Athleisure lead-in to "lemon" /...
Constructor: Zachary David LevyRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (solved Downs-only) (finished with an error, though)THEME: TRIPLE WORD SCORE (58A: Coveted Scrabble space ... or the sheet music for 16-,...
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Pyramus' beloved, in myth / TUES 8-27-24 / "You're the One That I Want," for...
Hello, everyone! It’s Clare for the last Tuesday in August. I’m currently recovering from jet lag (and sickness) after a lovely trip to the south of France last week! My sister and I managed to pack...
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Title role of 1966 and 2004 / WED 8-28-24 / Units of X-ray exposure / Chicken...
Constructor: Jesse GoldbergRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging THEME: answers embedded in clues— theme clues are presented with consecutive letters missing: those letters, in each case, form the...
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Eponymous physicist Georg / THU 8-29-24 / Musical interval like C to E flat /...
Constructor: Simeon SeigelRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (if it felt slow, keep in mind the grid is an oversized 16x15)THEME: FOLLOW DIRECTIONS (40A: What one must do using the circled letters to...
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Marked Twain? / FRI 8-30-24 / Lead-in to stakes / Animal found on either end...
Constructor: Colin AdamsRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: none Word of the Day: DEIRDRE (41D: Tragic heroine of Irish mythology) — Deirdre (/ˈdɪərdrə, -dri/ DEER-drə, -dree, Irish: [ˈdʲɛɾˠdʲɾʲə]; Old...
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Smallish smart device from Amazon / SAT 8-31-24 / 10-point play / Liquid...
Constructor: Sam EzerskyRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: none Word of the Day: WARREN G (44A: Rapper who shares his name with the 29th president) — Warren Griffin III (born November 10,...
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Fermented Russian drink / SUN 9-1-24 / Jazz Trombonist Dickenson / Surfer's...
Constructor: Chandi Deitmer and Matthew StockRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:"Product Integration"— shaded squares (three sets of 2x2 squares) contain numbers. Adjacent numbers must be multiplied in...
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Actress Hinds of "9-1-1" / MON 9-2-24 / Symbol in Tinder's logo / Gravy train...
Constructor: Sala Wanetick and Emily BiegasRelative difficulty: Easy (solved Downs-only)THEME: HOP SKIP AND A JUMP (65A: Short distance to travel, with a hint to 17-, 27- and 49-Across) — things that...
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Clown role in Chinese opera / TUE 9-3-24 / Baseball franchise with a bell in...
Constructor: Alex Eaton-SalnersRelative difficulty: Way Too Easy, even for a TuesdayTHEME: TWO-PARTY SYSTEMS (38A: Political configurations suggested by the answers (and their circled letters) at 17-,...
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Call that might precede "first service" / WED 9-4-24 / Its parent company is...
Constructor: Kareem AyasRelative difficulty: Medium, 12:45 (I clocked the rebus very quickly, but some vocab slowed me down)THEME: SEMICIRCLES [First- and third-quarter moons, e.g. … or a hint to this...
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Equine hybrid with striped legs / THU 9-5-24 / Aptly named novelist Charles /...
Constructor: Joe DeeneyRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME:"These answers look funny..." — theme answers are familiar verb phrases where the first word (the verb) is taken adjectivally and...
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Relative of a pupusa / FRI 9-6-24 / Hyperbolic ordinal / Hindu gentleman /...
Constructor: Adrian JohnsonRelative difficulty: Medium[ignore the little blue eyeballs—I had to "Reveal > Entire Puzzle" because I stupidly cleared my finished grid (so I could print a puzzle for my...
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Mediocre, in modern slang / SAT 9-7-24 / Surgeon/writer Gawande / Sausage...
Constructor: David P. WilliamsRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: None Word of the Day: BITTORRENTS (31A: Methods for sharing pirated material) — BitTorrent, also referred to simply as torrent, is a...
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Dwelling with a circular frame / SUN 9-8-24 / Janine's boss on "Abbott...
Constructor: Meghan MorrisRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:"Life Milestones"— various ages (from 5 to 100) are described by punny phrases:Theme answers:AMATEUR STANDING (24A: Age 1) (because...
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Italian cornmeal dish / MON 9-9-24 / Sandwich speciality of Maine / Actress...
Constructor: Tim D'AlfonsoRelative difficulty: probably tougher than the usual Monday (solved Downs-only)THEME: THROW SHADE (63A: Make a subtle insult, or a hint to four highlighted groups of letters...
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Cause of a Richter scale blip / TUE 9-10-24 / Straightforward and unadorned,...
Constructor: Daniel BodilyRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: CONSONANTS (51A: Group whose members are represented completely (with no repeats) in 21-, 26- and 43-Across) — circled squares in those three...
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Swim around, scare some people, ram a boat...? / WED 9-11-24 / Parks whose...
Constructor: Barbara LinRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium to MediumTHEME: Phrase of turn — first and last words of familiar words swap places, creating wacky phrases, clued wackily (i.e....
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2024 Charli XCX album with a lime green cover / THU 9-12-2024 / Petrichor is...
Constructor: Parker HigginsRelative difficulty: no idea, i solved this without looking at the theme entries; hooray for themes where the entries are valid words + phrases in the grid, so you can fill...
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Comic Gillis / FRI 9-13-24 / Boon for grizzly bears / Old ___ country...
Constructor: Boaz MoserRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: none Word of the Day: XENOMORPH (36A: Extraterrestrial menace in 5-Down) — The xenomorph (also known as a Xenomorph XX121,...
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