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Reform Party pioneer / WED 3-11-15 / Unseen Cheers wife / Tom entirely Morse...
Constructor: David SteinbergRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: RED CROSS (67A: Aid provider since 1864 … or a hint to this puzzle's circled squares) — RED things CROSS one another in the grid, five...
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Inter European soccer powerhouse / THU 3-12-15 / Pearl S. Buck heroine / Ludd...
Constructor: Ellen Leuschner and Jeff ChenRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: [FIRE] IN THE HOLE (54A: Warning before a detonation … and a hint to 16 of this puzzle's answers) — "holes" (represented by...
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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-larity[NOTE: Been done. Better. Less than...
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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 / FRI 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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Tasseled topper / FRI 3-13-15 / Japanese zithers / 2008 crossover hit for...
Constructor: Victor FlemingRelative difficulty: TediumTHEME: noWord of the Day: TARBOOSH (15A: Tasseled topper) — nouna man's cap similar to a fez, typically of red felt with a tassel at the top....
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1990s TV cartoon produced by Steven Spielberg / SAT 3-14-15 / Diamond Trucks...
Constructor: James MulhernRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: noneWord of the Day: SHAMWOW (35A: Infomercial product said to hold 12 times its weight in liquid) — Noun[edit]ShamWow(trademark) A...
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Japanese porcelain / SUN 3-15-15 / Belligerent in Britspeak / Lucy star in...
Constructor: Dan FeyerRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME:"Making Connections"— "IN" is added to beginning of familiar names & phrases, creating wacky phrases, which are clued "?"-style. Whole...
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Hatrack piece / MON 3-16-15 / Sunday liquor prohibition / Every West Point...
Constructor: Ian LivengoodRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (**for a Monday**) (completion time: 3:01)THEME: SMALL TALK (66A: Chitchat … or an apt title for this puzzle?) — two-word phrases where...
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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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Marshal at Battle of Waterloo / TUE 3-17-15 / Headwear for Scot / Sch with...
Constructor: David PhillipsRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: MIDTERMS (56A: Some tests … or what's found literally in 17-, 24-, 30-, 39- and 44-Across) — letter string "TERM" appears in the "mid"...
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Greater Antilles native once / WED 3-18-15 / 1984 #1 Billy Ocean hit / Former...
Constructor: Timothy PolinRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: BEEHIVE (60A: Where to find the ends of 19-, 36- and 51-Across) — ends of theme answers are words that are also bee types:Theme...
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Actor David of Dark Shadows / THU 3-19-15 / Successor company to Northern...
Constructor: Todd GrossRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: imagined encyclopedia entries — theme answers are common phrases in the pattern "___ TO ___" where the second word starts with the same letter...
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Reese's field / FRI 3-20-15 / Mayberry moppet / Songwriter Carol Bayer / When...
Constructor: Roland HugetRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: noneWord of the Day: "AKU AKU" (32D: When repeated, Thor Heyerdahl book) — Aku-Aku: the Secret of Easter Island is a 1958 book by Thor...
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Bluegrass genus / SAT 3-22-15 / Virginia willow's genus / Opera conductor...
Constructor: Frederick J. HealyRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: noneWord of the Day: Daniel OREN (54D: Opera conductor Daniel) — Daniel Oren (born 1955) is an Israeli conductor. […] Oren has conducted...
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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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