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Sci-fi narcotic / FRI 1-2-15 / Sportswriter Pasquarelli / Detroit debut of...
Constructor: David SteinbergRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: noneWord of the Day: LEN Pasquarelli (50A: Sportswriter Pasquarelli) — Len Pasquarelli is an American sports writer and analyst with...
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Month in which Creation began by tradition / SAT 1-3-15 / Classic Harlem...
Constructor: Sam EzerskyRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: noneWord of the Day: HUPMOBILE (60A: Its last model was the 1941 Skylark) — The Hupmobile was an automobile built from 1909 through 1940 by the...
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Pioneering urbanologist Jane / SUN 1-4-15 / Rocker Weymouth of Talking Heads...
Constructor: Finn VigelandRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME:"The Descent of Man" — some Across answers descend (i.e. turn south / go Down) when they reach the final "-MAN" partTheme...
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Chaney who starred in "The Phantom of the Opera" / MON 1-5-15 / Priest's robe...
Roses are red,Violets are blue,It's Monday again,The first one of the month, too...Hi-ho, Annabel the blogger here!Constructor: John GuzettaRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: Bird-brained — Theme answers...
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Betty who appeared in Who Framed Roger Rabbit / TUE 1-6-15 / Starling Silence...
Constructor: Joel FaglianoRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (*for a Tuesday*)THEME: DNA (62D: Molecule hidden in 4-, 11-, 23-, 25- and 29-Down)— All theme answers contain letter string "DNA"...
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Late TV newsman Garrick / WED 1-7-15 / Third-largest French speaking city in...
Constructor: Greg JohnsonRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: Story of THESEUS and the [Minotaur]— theme answers relate to this myth. Circled squares spell out "MINOTAUR," which the puzzle note says goes...
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Part of krone / THU 1-8-15 / Marias Mexican penal colony / 2005 Nobel-winning...
Constructor: Jacob StulbergRelative difficulty: ChallengingTHEME: HALF MEASURE (59A: Inadequate effort … or the contents of six squares in this puzzle?) — rebus in which two juxtaposed measures...
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Deviate from Hoyle / FRI 1-9-15 / Footwear brand since 1916 / Blessed 1971...
Constructor: Patrick BerryRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: noneWord of the Day: ELMORE James (18A: ___ James, the so-called "King of the Slide Guitar") — Elmore James (January 27, 1918 –...
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Frenchy portrayer in Grease / SAT 1-10-15 / Cigar with both ends open /...
Constructor: Joe KrozelRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: noneWord of the Day: REYNOSA (17A: City across the Rio Grande from McAllen, Tex.) — Reynosa is a border city in the northern part of Tamaulipas,...
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Dutch treaty city / SUN 1-11-15 / Martin's partner of old TV / Aladdin...
Constructor: Peter A. CollinsRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME:"Personal Statements"— famous people whose last names begin with "S" have their names re-imagined as possessive phrases, with the "S"...
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Desert of Israel / MON 1-12-15 / Friend of Stitch in movies / Beta preceder /...
Constructor: Jason FlinnRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: blank TO blank — familiar expressions that represent entirety and that follow the pattern "[blank] TO [blank]"Theme answers:STEM TO STERN...
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Ernest nicknamed Texas troubadour / TUE 1-13-15 / Billboard's top rock group...
Constructor: Michael BlakeRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: NICKELBACK (58A: Billboard's top rock group of 2000-09 … or where to find a 23-Across (before 1939) or 17-Across (today))— stuff on the...
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Hoppy brew for short / WED 1-14-15 / Millrose Games highlight / 501st royal...
Constructor: Caleb EmmonsRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: Unexpectedly Roman — common names / phrases are clued as if certain parts were Roman numerals:Theme answers:LEMONADE MIX (17A: 1,009th...
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Flat-bottomed boat / THU 1-15-15 / Ottoman honorific / Nearly blind jazz...
Constructor: Herre SchouwerwouRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: Quote by Ogden Nash, with punctuation included:Theme answers:"I COULD HAVE / LOVED NEW YORK / HAD I NOT LOVED / BALTI-MORE"Word of the...
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Time for Debussy's faune / FRI 1-16-15 / Hemoglobin carrier / Picturesque...
Constructor: Michael WiesenbergRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: noneWord of the Day: ERYTHROCYTE (55A: Hemoglobin carrier) — Red blood cells (RBCs), also called erythrocytes, are the most common type...
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1983 Joel Schumacher film / SAT 1-17-15 / Johann opponent of Martin Luther /...
Constructor: Josh KnappRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: noneWord of the Day: SYD tha Kyd (39A: Hip-hop's ___ tha Kyd) — Sydney Loren Bennett, known by her stage name as Syd tha Kyd or more...
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Revolutionary patriot Silas / SUN 1-18-15 / 1970s-80s TV sheriff /...
Constructor: Joe KrozelRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME:"Changelings"— five-word sentences that are also word ladders of a sort (i.e. each successive word has but a single changed letter):Theme...
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Youngest Downton Abbey daughter / MON 1-19-15 / Skype necessity / Shellfish...
Constructor: Jean O'ConorRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (*for a Monday*) (Solving time: 3:06)THEME: SNOW-CAPPED (31D: Like alpine peaks … or what each half of 3-, 7-, 9-, 37- and 44-Down can...
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Evian competitor / TUE 1-20-15 / Violinist Leopold / Guernsey chew / English...
Constructor: Susan GelfandRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: COMIC RELIEF (60A: What the starts of 18-, 24-, 37- and 52-Across can provide?) — four familiar two-word phrases where the first word is the...
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Roman magistrate / WED 1-21-15 / Kinkajou cousin / Thriller set on Amity...
Constructor: Jim HilgerRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (slower than normal, though oversized 15x16 grid might have something to do with that)THEME: [T] FORMATION (50A: Following the nine black...
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