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Brazilian people / WED 3-25-15 / Food additive banned in 1976 / Eight days...
Constructor: Jacob StulbergRelative difficulty: Easy-ChallengingTHEME: NUDE DESCENDING A STAIRCASE NO. 2 — circled letters "descend" the grid, spelling out that title, and then two other random themers...
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One-named singer of You Gotta Be / THU 4-16-15 / Phillips-Van Heusen...
Constructor: Joe Krozel and Peter CollinsRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: YOU GO YOUR WAY / ENIM OG LL'I DNA (i.e. "and I'll go mine")— Across answers in top half of the grid go the normal way,...
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Super Six maker of 1920s / FRI 4-17-15 / Lover of Jane Porter / Man who went...
Constructor: Mary Lou GuizzoRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: noneWord of the Day: OCULI (15A: Eyelike designs) — nounARCHITECTUREplural noun: oculia round or eyelike opening or design, in...
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Model in a science class / SAT 4-18-15 / Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu who...
Constructor: Damon J. GulczynskiRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: noneWord of the Day: ORRERY (46D: Model in a science class) — nouna mechanical model of the solar system, or of just the sun,...
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Bit of exercise in Britain / SUN 4-19-15 / Rebellion event of 1676 / Candle...
Constructor: Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin BurnikelRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME:"Double Down"— in Acrosses, two consecutive letters are rebused into one box; Downs that cross those rebused...
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Sarcastic comment about task ahead / MON 4-20-15 / Tribe traditionally living...
Constructor: Tom McCoyRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (**for a Monday**) (Time: 3:08)THEME: LADIES FIRST (59A: Chivalrous rule obeyed in this puzzle) — familiar male/female pairs have their...
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NFL Hall of famed Bronko / TUE 4-21-15 / Voting bloc from Reconstruction to...
Constructor: Gerry WildenbergRelative difficulty: Challenging (**for a Tuesday**) (time: over 4 minutes)THEME: (SA- thru SU-) x 2 — two-word phrases where both words start with "S" and the subsequent...
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Strawberry Fields benefactor / WED 4-22-15 / Cockatoo topper / No. 5 producer...
Constructor: Alex Vratsanos and Sam EzerskyRelative difficulty: Medium (time: mid-4s)THEME: PAIRS OF CARDS (56A: Some poker holdings … or a hint to 20-, 24-, 30-, 41- and 52-Across) — theme answers are...
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Cleopatra biter / MON 3-30-15 / Paint company whose name sounds like animal /...
Constructor: Bruce HaightRelative difficulty: Challenging (*for a Monday*) (time: 3:36)THEME: GOOSE (18A: Flier in a V formation) — black squares form little geese, I think, though they aren't exactly...
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Edmonton six / TUE 3-31-15 / Broadway compose Jule / California county east...
Constructor: Gary CeeRelative difficulty: Just About RightTHEME: VERBAL GYMNASTICS (38A: Fancy, evasive language)— Theme answers are common phrases the second word of which can also be a word for a...
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Tessellating artist / THU 4-23-15 / Cloisonne artisan / Singer recognized as...
Constructor: David Steinberg and Bruce LebanRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: a quip about wordplay— "YOU CAN'T TELL PUNS / TO KLEPTOMANIACS / BECAUSE THEY TAKE / THINGS LITERALLY"Word of the Day:...
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Albanian cash / FRI 4-24-15 / Gershwin musical whose name sounds like...
Constructor: Joe KrozelRelative difficulty: ChallengingTHEME: noneWord of the Day: Charley LAU (41A: Charley who caught Warren Spahn's 1961 no-hitter) — Charles Richard Lau (April 12, 1933, in Romulus,...
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Kate's kisser in classic tongue twister / WED 4-1-15 / 1925 Pulitzer Prize...
Constructor: Sharon DelormeRelative difficulty: WednesdayishTHEME: Hijinks!— A selection of jolly pranks for April Fools' Day.Word of the Day: INDC [Visiting the Library of Cong., say] — Hmmm, turns...
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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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Leader in electronic music with multiple grammys / SAT 4-25-15 / Bonus round...
Constructor: James MulhernRelative difficulty: ChallengingTHEME: noneWord of the Day: György LIGETI (62A: Composer György whose music was featured in Kubrick films) — György Sándor Ligeti (Hungarian:...
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U-shaped bone above larynx / SUN 4-26-15 / Racoonlike animal / Worrier's...
Constructor: Patrick BerryRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:"Which is Wish"— Wacky "ch"-to-"sh" sound changes:Theme answers:LAST DISH EFFORT (23A: Valiant attempt to finish off a seven-course meal?)LAWN...
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Transylvanian count informally / MON 4-27-15 / Desert green spots / Precious...
Constructor: Johanna FenimoreRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (time: 2:52)THEME: [Left speechless]— same clue for five answers:Theme answers:BLEW / AWAYDUMBSTRUCKKICKED IN THE HEADKNOCKED FOR A...
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Vocalist Flack / TUE 4-28-15 / Common gnocchi ingredient / North of border...
Constructor: José ChardietRelative difficulty: Challenging (for a Tuesday) THEME: SQUARE ROOTS (34A: Math calculations exemplified 14 times in this puzzle) — ROOT appear in circled squares, in...
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Puppet lady of Mister Rogers Neighborhood / WED 4-29-15 / Limey's drink /...
Constructor: Daniel LandmanRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: POLYGON (39A: ELK, EARL, LEAK or GEAR, geometrically)— each circled (or otherwise marked) letter in the grid is a VERTEX (or...
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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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