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Rent character Marquez / SUN 11-23-14 / Headmaster honorific / Five-time...
Constructor: Patrick BerryRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME:"Surround Sound"— theme answers are wacky two-word phrases where first word is completely aurally subsumed by the tail-end of the second word....
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French Sudan today / MON 11-24-14 / Longest river wholly in Switzerland /...
Constructor: Robert SeminaraRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (I mean, yes, easy, but a couple places gave me trouble, which virtually never happens on Monday)THEME: ROFL (36A: Texter's...
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American athlete born 11/25/1914 / TUE 11-25-14 / Early moon lander for short...
Constructor: Jeffrey WechslerRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: JOE DIMAGGIO's 100th birthdayTheme answers:CENTERFIELD (17A: Position of 62-Across)HITTING / STREAK (24A: With 27-Across, record-setting...
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1983 sci-fi drama / WED 11-26-14 / Old galley / Willow shoot / Like Toves in...
Constructor: Michael S. MaurerRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: WAR GAMES (58A: 1983 sci-fi drama … or a possible title for this puzzle) — theme answers are terms related to the military...
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Statistician Silver / THU 11-27-14 / Second-largest moon of Saturn / Highest...
Constructor: Stanley NewmanRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: [Thanksgiving phrase] — "Thanks a lot" (roughly) in three different languagesTheme answers:MUCHAS GRACIASMILLE GRAZIE MERCI...
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Gulf of Aqaba resort city / FRI 11-28-14 / Trading insider Boesky / Space...
Constructor: Tracy GrayRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: BLACK FRIDAY (56A: Time of annual madness … or a hint to four squares in this puzzle) — rebus in which "SALE" appears in four...
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Historic residential hotel in Manhattan / SAT 11-29-14 / But in Bonn / King...
Constructor: Elizabeth C. GorskiRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: THREE-LETTER WORD (32A: Something not found in this puzzle's answer) — not a theme, really, but since this sits right across the middle...
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Armored as horse / SUN 11-30-14 / Singer whose I Get Ideas was on charts for...
Constructor: Matt GinsbergRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME:"Zap!"— the ADs have been "zapped" from familiar phrases. So the "AD"s are visible, but they've been rebused into individual boxes...
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Website for customer reviews / MON 12-1-14 / Spoon-bending Geller / Mineral...
Constructor: John GuzzettaRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: blank my blank— "adoring" expressions from people of different professions (if you accept "arsonist" as a profession…)Theme answers:"ROCK MY...
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Reorganize computer data to improve performance informally / TUE 12-2-14 /...
Constructor: Timothy PolinRelative difficulty: Challenging (like, off the charts for a Tuesday)THEME: Curses in one direction are taken literally in the other, I think —Theme answers:'ZOUNDS / ZEBU...
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Daisy Mae's love in funnies / WED 12-3-14 / Mongolian for red / Jason who was...
Constructor: Patrick BlindauerRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: PANDA (38A: World Wildlife Fund logo … or a three-word hint to the answers to the four starred clues) — two-word phrases: first word...
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Plant protrusion / THU 12-4-14 / Woman's name with ring to it / Singer on...
Constructor: Kacey Walker and David QuarfootRelative difficulty: Medium or Challenging, I don't knowTHEME: ANAGRAMS (63A: What the three possible answers to each of 26-, 36- and 44-Across are, leading...
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Title bird in Rimsky-Korsakov opéra / FRI 12-5-14 / Old show horse / Umami...
Constructor: Tim CroceRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging, though maybe closer to Medium if I'd been less stubborn ...THEME:noneWord of the Day: Victor Herbert (53D: "___ Modiste" (Victor Herbert...
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Site of 1789 rebellion / SAT 12-6-14 / Bygone Asian dynast / Certain street...
Constructor: Josh KnappRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium to MediumTHEME: awesomenessWord of the Day: HMS BOUNTY (1A: Site of a 1789 rebellion) — HMS Bounty, also known as HM Armed Vessel Bounty, was a...
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Coordinated gene cluster / SUN 12-7-14 / Operatic baritone Pasquale /...
Constructor: Jeff ChenRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (with chewy Medium-Challenging center)THEME:"Holdup Man"— puzzle is about ATLAS (102D: Mythological figure hinted at by the answers to the eight...
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"Airplane!" star Robert ___ / MON 12-8-14 / Carole King hit from "Tapestry"...
Well, now that last week's SNAFU is over, it's back to our...regularly...scheduled........ANNABEL!!!!!!!!!Constructor: Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla MichaelsRelative difficulty: Hard (for a...
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Doggone quaintly / TUE 12-9-14 / Black Swan role / Gotcha facetiously /...
Constructor: Paul HunsbergerRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (***for a Tuesday***)THEME: SHOE (67A: Item depicted by this puzzle's circled letters) stepping on gum— this is what the circled...
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Chair designer Charles / WED 12-10-14 / Greek walkway / Taiwanese PC maker /...
Constructor: Tom McCoyRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: Selenium Hinton — authors whose names start with two initials have those initials reimagined as symbols for elements of the periodic...
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Longtime Burmese PM / THU 12-11-14 / Togs with red tags / Brand name in...
Constructor: Joe DiPietroRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: [THROUGH] — phrases that go "___ through ___" are represented by the first part of the phrase literally passing through the last part of...
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Iowa politico Ernst / FRI 12-12-14 / NHL players representative Donald /...
Constructor: Evan BirnholzRelative difficulty: ChallengingTHEME: noneWord of the Day: JONI Ernst (34D: Iowa politico Ernst) — Joni Kay Ernst (née Culver; born July 1, 1970) is an American politician...
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