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Small pellets of noodle dough in Jewish cuisine / SUN 7-27-14 / Pathet old...
Constructor: Randolph RossRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME:"What's My Line?"— Theme clues are all familiar phrases following the pattern [___ line], and answers are all "lines" in the sense of...
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Weasley family owl / MON 7-28-14 / Plump songbird / Nickelodeon show whose...
Constructor: Tom McCoyRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (*for a M*)THEME: STRING QUARTET (37A: Classical music group … or what the four sets of circled letters make up?) — I don't know how to...
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Mujer of mixed race / TUE 7-29-14 / Rapper who hosted MTV's Pimp My Ride /...
Constructor: Timothy PolinRelative difficulty: Challenging (*for a Tuesday*)THEME: Plants with animal names— First theme clue begins "Nursery worker's suggestion …" and then each clue simply follows...
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Romanian Rhapsodies composer / WED 7-30-14 / Karmann classic German sports...
Constructor: Jean O'ConorRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: Recluing kitchen stuff— items found in the kitchen are clued ("?"-style) as if they are not items found in the kitchen, but some other...
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Financial writer Marshall / THU 7-31-14 / Noire Russie borderer / Sardonic...
Constructor: Jeff Chen and Jill DennyRelative difficulty: ChallengingTHEME: [SPACE BAR] (55A: Visual representation of this puzzle's theme) — rebus puzzle where you have to insert (or imagine) "SPACE"...
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Ultra 93 vendor / FRI 8-1-14 / Winner of inaugural Vaclav Havel Prize for...
Constructor: Ashton Anderson and James MulhernRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: noneWord of the Day: AI WEIWEI (16A: Winner of the inaugural Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent (2012)) — Ai Weiwei...
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Joanie's mom to Fonzie / SAT 8-2-14 / Punch Out platform for short /...
Constructor: Kristian HouseRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: noneWord of the Day: VEAL OSCAR (17A: Dish with crab meat and Béarnaise) — Veal Oscar is a culinary creation said to have been named in honor...
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Filmmaker Nicolas / SUN 8-3-14 / Loser to Pierce in 1852 / Film title...
Constructor: Ian LivengoodRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME:"Chee Whiz!"— Add "chee" sound to the ends of words in familiar phrases, get The Wacky!Theme answers:WOUNDED NIETZSCHE (24A: German...
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Cacophony / MON 8-4-14 / German state whose capital is Dresden / "Exodus"...
Constructor: Joel FaglianoRelative difficulty: Monday (*for a Monday*)THEME: They haven't been called stewardesses for like 30 years— The last word of each theme answer describes a type of seat on an...
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Constructor: Lynn LempelRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: Baseball + name puns-- Names of famous people clued in terms of baseball, then turned into familiar two-word phrases.Word of the Day: BUGABOOS...
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Tribal symbol of luck / WED 8-6-14 / Rapper with the 2008 hit "Paper Planes"...
Constructor: Brendan Emmett QuigleyRelative difficulty: Let's go with Medium-Challenging, since it felt tougher than normalTHEME:BBQ (or, phonetically, "B Be Q")— B's in normal phrases turn into Q's,...
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Saturn's wife / THU 8-7-14 / Singer with the 1971 hit "Mercy Mercy Me" /...
Constructor: Joe DiPietroRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: Quips About Puns About Jokes About Anagrams About Me Which Is Funny Hahahahaha — Quip puzzle where the joke is broken into give symmetric...
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NCIS actor Joe / FRI 8-8-14 / Anderson of Nurses / It was you, operatically /...
Constructor: Bruce HaightRelative difficulty: PiscineTHEME: Goldfish— Three little goldfish swimming northwest.Word of the Day: MAIDEN (7D: First ) — Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed...
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Creature that moves by jet propulsion, 8-9-2014, Biblical quartet, Spelunking...
Constructor: Josh KnappRelative difficulty: medium-challengingTHEME: noneWord of the Day: LASCAUX (30A French locale of prehistoric cave paintings) — Lascaux (Lascaux Caves) (English /læsˈkoʊ/,[1]...
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"Coffee Cantata" composer / SUN 8-10-14 / Baseball's Alvarez / ___ prosequi /...
Constructor: Elizabeth C. GorskiRelative difficulty: Pretty EasyTHEME: Number-One Friends — Theme answers are familiar phrases, the first words of which are all names of White House dogs.Hi, everybody....
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Polish hero Walesa / MON 8-11-14 / iPhone assistant / Longtime Nikon...
Constructor: David Steinberg & Bernice GordonRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: H-LL vowel progression — five words that begin with letter pattern H-LL, with each successive themer bringing a new...
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Actor Jack who was Quincy / TUE 8-12-14 / Single accompanier / Chocolaty...
Constructor: Robyn WeintraubRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME:"I'M NOT A DOCTOR / BUT / I PLAY ONE ON TV" (26A: With 40- and 48-Across, much-mocked ad phrase that could have been said by the answers to...
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Sugary punch slangily / WED 8-13-14 / Eurasian plain / Twain's New York...
Constructor: Dan SchoenholzRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: LANGUAGE BARRIER (64A: Foreigner's obstacle … or a hint to the hidden words in 17-, 29-, 37- and 49-Across) — A language appears inside each...
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Czech reformer Jan / THU 8-14-14 / Lovable 650-pound TV character / Biblical...
Constructor: Jason FlinnRelative difficulty: ChallengingTHEME: UNDER/PASS (52A: One of two engineering features depicted in this puzzle) — six different answers go through an UNDER/PASS, i.e. start on...
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Sonatas have four of them / FRI 8-15-14 / Seed in Mexican cuisine / Wuornos...
Constructor: Jeff ChenRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: PANAMA CANAL— circles spell this phrase out. Circles also (like the canal) connect the CARIBBEAN SEA (20A: One end of the [circled letters],...
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