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Tom who played TV's Luke Duke / THU 4-2-15 / Latino Walk of Fame locale...
Constructor: Joe Krozel and Timothy PolinRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: THUS— black square for the letters T, H, U, S. Clues are various "arrangement[s] of letters in this grid," thus...
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Saucer-shaped jellyfish / FRI 4-3-15 / America vaudeville England / 1837...
Constructor: Patrick BerryRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: noneWord of the Day:"SICK" (24A: Onetime competitor of Mad magazine) — Sick was a satirical-humor magazine published from 1960 to...
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2003 top 5 hit for Fabolous / SAT 4-4-15 / Title flora in Whitman poem /...
Constructor: Ned WhiteRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: noneWord of the Day: SKID (24D: Freight platform) — n. 1. The action of sliding or slipping over a surface, often sideways.2.a. A plank, log, or...
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___ regni / SUN 4-5-15 / Home of Faa'a International Airport / Ayatollah's...
Constructor: Tom McCoyRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: The Captain Goes Down With the Ship— Theme answers (which are all downs) consist of the names of captains and their ships.Hey everyone. Happy...
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Last of 1973 murder mystery / MON 4-6-15 / Stone Age tool / Second-largest...
Constructor: Finn VigelandRelative difficulty: Challenging (*for a Monday*) (time: close to 4:00)THEME: DAY BREAK (68A: First light … or a phenomenon suggested by this puzzle's seven sets of circled...
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Anise-flavored liqueur / TUE 4-7-15 / Leader of Transcendentalism movement /...
Constructor: David J. LiebRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: I think it's that the first word of all the theme answers ends "-OUGH," and the pronunciations of the vowel sound are all slightly different...
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Miler Sebastian / WED 4-8-15 / Coiner of term doublethink / Frozen Wasser /...
Constructor: Zhouqin BurnikelRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: IT'S A TRAP (66A: Warning to the answers to the three starred clues regarding the word hidden in 17-, 34- and 43-Across) — Across answers...
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Psychiatry writer R.D. / THU 4-9-15 / Brown-eared comics character / Against...
Constructor: Jacob StulbergRelative difficulty: ChallengingTHEME: That "Who's on First" routine from a million years ago—maybe … Abbot and Costello?? [checking…] Yes, correct — Who's on first, what'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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Boito's Mefistofele eg / FRI 4-10-15 / Roman general who defeated Hannibal /...
Constructor: David PhillipsRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: none Word of the Day:"SABOTEUR" (16A: 1942 Hitchcock thriller) — Saboteur is a 1942 Universal spy thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock...
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Japanese for finger pressure / SAT 4-11-15 / He struck Caesar like a cur /...
Constructor: Martin Ashwood-SmithRelative difficulty: Easy[You can see where I wrote "CARAN…, up top, in my bid to parse CAR ANTENNA (5D: One getting the show on the road?)… you can also see that I...
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Environmental terrorism / SUN 4-12-15 / Eyes for emoticons / Line in Gotham /...
Constructor: Jeff ChenRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME:"Look What Turned Up!" — theme answers are Down that bounce (or "turn") back up at the end. That is, the last four letters turn back on...
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____ Valley, European steelmaking region / MON 4-13-2015 / St. Teresa of ____...
Just when you thought that April was going to be dark, gloomy, and woefully free from the sunshiny words of a certain guest blogger... Constructor: Alex SilvermanRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: Fab...
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Country singer Clark / TUE 4-14-15 / Blue Moon lyricist / Dwarf planet...
Constructor: Bruce HaightRelative difficulty: Challenging (**for a Tuesday**) THEME: EIGHT (36A: Total number of letters of the alphabet used in this puzzle) —Word of the Day: GIRTHS (43D: Saddle...
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Tylenol producer for short / WED 4-15-15 / Mammal with flexible nose /...
Constructor: Joel FaglianoRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: BILATERAL SYMMETRY (44A: With 46-Across, feature o fthe answers to this puzzle's six starred clues, in a sense) — theme answers...
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French WWI general Ferdinand / MON 3-23-15 / Old Russian autocrat / Hit TV...
Constructor: Michael DeweyRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (for a Monday)THEME: All The Rage — two-word phrases (mostly) where second word is a kind of public uproar:Theme answers:KLEPTOMANIA (17A:...
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Queen of Chicago / TUE 3-24-15 / Newspaper publisher Adolph / Drenched with...
Constructor: Robyn WeintraubRelative difficulty: Challenging (***for a Tuesday***) (time = roughly 4 minutes)THEME: NIGHT (71A: Word that can precede either part of 17-, 25-, 38-, 54- and...
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