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Hit radio comedy about bridge--playing couple / SAT 2-7-15 / 1980s MP...
Constructor: Byron WaldenRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: noneWord of the Day:"EASY ACES" (7A: Hit radio comedy about a bridge-playing couple) — Easy Aces, a long-running American serial radio comedy...
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Ahab's father / SUN 2-8-15 / Princess of Power from 1980s cartoons /...
Constructor: Jeremy NewtonRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME:"Multifaceted"— theme answers feature two sets of circled squares, which, when combined, spell out a precious stone. Between the two sets of...
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Othello evildoer / MON 2-9-15 / Tree that yields chocolate substitute /...
Constructor: Lynn LempelRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (should've been a Tuesday)THEME: Who Killed Waldo and Then Hid His Dismembered Body in Some Theme Answers? — rearranged letters in WALDO...
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Flag carrier of Japan / TUE 2-10-15 / Where redneck gets red / George who...
Constructor: Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele GianetteRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: Sick day — phrases meaning, vaguely, "ailing," are clued as if they had specific relation to some occupation:Theme...
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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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Colorists / MON 3-2-15 / "Momma" cartoonist / Sign between Cancer and Virgo /...
Hey, everyone, it's an Annabel day and boy am I excited! Not only was this a great puzzle, but I went to my first convention this month - Katsucon - and it was loads of fun. I got to meet the creator...
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Physicist Mach / TUE 3-3-15 / Flagmaker Ross / 1982 double-platinum Duran...
Constructor: Kristian HouseRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: HUNTER S. THOMPSON (35A: Author of 50-/55-Across) — some answers related to the late writerTheme answers:JOHNNY DEPP (18A: He played one of...
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Wild Duck dramatist / WED 3-4-15 / Bow-toter on seasonal cards / Title woman...
Constructor: Jeff StillmanRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: puns involving male movie roles — familiar phrases are clued as if they have some relation to roles played by famous actorsTheme...
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Japanese mat / THU 3-5-15 / CSA general Stuart / Funny Silverman /...
Constructor: Jim PeredoRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: FALLING BEHIND (38A: Lagging … or a hint to 17-, 19-, 56- and 61-Across) — several Across answers "fall" (i.e. go Down) at their tail end …...
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Bespectacled chipmunk / FRI 3-6-15 / Actress Anna of Mom / Cozy lie per Susan...
Constructor: David PhillipsRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: noneWord of the Day: Anna FARIS (2D: Actress Anna of "Mom") — Anna Kay Faris[1] (/ˈɑːnə ˈfærɨs/;[2] born November 29, 1976) is an American...
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Cup-shaped forest fungus / SAT 3-7-15 / Toadstool that exudes latex when cut...
Constructor: David C. Duncan DekkerRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: maybe PANGRAMS … not sureWord of the Day: PEZIZA (43D: Cup-shaped forest fungus) — Peziza is a large genus of saprophytic cup fungi...
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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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El Amazonas, e.g. / SUN 3-8-15 / Subject of a prophecy in Genesis / Israeli...
Constructor: Tom McCoyRelative difficulty: Sunday-ishTHEME: PI DAY— Rebus squares contain the symbol for pi, which reads as the letters "PI" for the down answers and as "TT" (which it kind of looks...
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Poet Cassady who was friend of Jack Kerouac / MON 3-9-15 / Hockey fake-out /...
Constructor: Debbie EllerinRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: BOARD GAME (62A: Entertainment found at the start of the answer to 17-, 21-, 27-, 45- or 54-Across) — first words of familiar phrases are...
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Sci-fi knight / TUE 3-10-15 / City in 1960 Marty Robbins chart-topper /...
Constructor: Allan E. ParrishRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: Before cars— three theme answers are all two-word answers where the second word is also a term for a wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle…Theme...
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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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