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Suffragist Carrie Chapman / WED 2-11-15 / Overzealous copy editor / Kool-aid...
Constructor: Will TreeceRelative difficulty: Easy (with wide variations probable)—OR—If you solved in the actual newspaper, this:[Note the much cruddier western section, which they realized was TOO...
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Adriatic peninsula shared by Italy Slovenia Croatia / THU 2-12-15 / British...
Constructor: Jules P. MarkeyRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: CORNERSTONE (36A: Where one might find a date … with a hint to this puzzle's theme)— rebus puzzle with "STONE" in every [… wait for it …]...
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Philosopher Robert who wrote Sceptical Chymist / FRI 2-13-15 / Critical mass...
Constructor: Patrick BerryRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: noneWord of the Day: TBILL (9A: Single-price auction purchase, informally) — United States Treasury Securities are government...
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Top-selling app of 2010 / SAT 2-14-15 / 2011 Flo Rida hit with lyric she...
Constructor: David SteinbergRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: noneWord of the Day: Olivia D'ABO (52D: Olivia who won a Razzie for "Bolero" and "Conan the Destroyer") — Olivia Jane d'Abo...
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Foe of Mr. Fantastic in comics / SUN 2-15-15 / Colored like ink / Cartoonist...
Constructor: Ellen Leuschner and Jeff ChenRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME:"Split Ends"— famous phrases that end "___ OR ___"; pre-"OR" slot filled by word that runs normally Across, post-"OR"...
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French market town / MON 2-16-15 / Nobles above viscounts / Lip-puckering as...
Constructor: David J. KahnRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: Presidents Day— Note: "The last names of eight U.S. presidents are hidden in this puzzle's completed grid, reading across, back, up, down and...
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1960s Borgnine sitcom title role / TUE 2-17-15 / Clock radio toggle switch /...
Constructor: Bruce HaightRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: "WHO LET THE DOGS OUT" (22A: 2000 novelty hit … or a hint to the answers to the nine starred clues) — starred clues are words that are...
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Mollycoddle Dwayne Johnson / WED 2-18-15 / Onetime Microsoft encyclopedia /...
Constructor: Ed SessaRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: SCRIPT THE FLIP — ___ THE ___ phrases where post-THE and pre-THE words switch places, resulting in HIGH-larityTheme answers:BABY THE ROCK (17A:...
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Chinese-American fashion icon / THU 2-19-15 / Game of Thrones patriarch Stark...
Constructor: Jason FlinnRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: LOOPS (51A: What the paths of three answers in this puzzle include) — three answers go up in a loop (signified by circled squares) before...
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Glassmaker's oven / THU 2-20-15 / Orphan in Byron's Don Juan / Island due...
Constructor: David WoolfRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: THEME— DESCRIPTIONWord of the Day: LEHR (55A: Glassmaker's oven) — A lehr is a temperature-controlled kiln for annealing objects made of glass....
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Italian city near Slovenian border / SAT 2-21-15 / Allegorical painting from...
Constructor: Doug Peterson and Brad WilberRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: noneWord of the Day: UDINE (46D: Italian city near the Slovenian border) — Udine […] Friulian: Udin, Slovene:...
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Painter Uccello / SUN 2-22-15 / Four-legged orphans / Comic actress Catherine...
Constructor: Patrick BerryRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME:"Flip-Flops"— overlapping theme answers have letter strings that sit atop one another (signified by circled squares), and they flip-flop,...
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Gossip spreader / MON 2-23-15 / Pilgrim to Mecca / Sidling sea creature /...
Constructor: Joel FaglianoRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: LEAVE A BAD TASTE (53A: Not sit well … or what eating 20-, 32- or 41-Across might do) — stuff that's rotten, sour, and bitter:Theme...
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Anthony's former partner in radio / TUE 2-24-15 / River that flows from...
Constructor: Elizabeth A. LongRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: [Shades of Grey?] — this is the clue for three completely nonsensical answers:Theme answers:EARL'S SUNGLASSESLADY JANE'S BLINDSZANE'S...
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Trevor of NBA / WED 2-25-15 / Part of rico roja / Paavo Flying Finn of 1920s...
Constructor: Michael ShteymanRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: Some Midwest capitalsTheme answers:DES MOINES, IOWA (15D: Midwest capital #4)LANSING, MICHIGAN (22A: Midwest capital #1)LINCOLN, NEBRASKA...
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Soap star Deborah / THU 2-26-15 / Eponymous Soviet minister of foreign...
Constructor: Caleb EmmonsRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: Half words — theme answers end with "half ___," represented in the grid by only the first *half* of the missing word; thus:Theme...
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True Blood vampire Northman / FRI 2-27-15 / Prefix meaning heavens / Frequent...
Constructor: Julian LimRelative difficulty: Medium (Medium-Challenging for me because Tiredness/Stupidity)THEME: noneWord of the Day: SHOGI (22D: So-called Japanese chess) — Shogi (将棋 shōgi?)...
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Bluebeard's Castle librettist Balázs / SAT 2-28-15 / Linking brainstem part /...
Constructor: Barry C. SilkRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: noneWord of the Day: BELA Balázs (53A: "Bluebeard's Castle" librettist Balázs) — Béla Balázs (Hungarian: [ˈbeːlɒ ˈbɒlaːʒ]; 4 August 1884,...
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1958 space monkey / SUN 3-1-15 / Movie that opened 3/2/1965 / Figure in...
Constructor: Finn Vigeland Relative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME:"Noted Anniversary" — Get it? "Noted"? 'Cause of the notes!? It's a "(THE) SOUND OF MUSIC" puzzle with a bunch of related theme answers...
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Star Wars surname / FRI 2-6-15 / Colonial heretic Hutchison / Fruit...
Constructor: Kyle MahowaldRelative difficulty: ChallengingTHEME: noneWord of the Day: ORGANA (40D: "Star Wars" surname) — The House of Organa, also known as the Royal House of Alderaan, the Royal...
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