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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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Ben Canaan of Exodus / MON 5-18-15 / Savory filled pastries / Hit 1977...
Constructor: Gene NewmanRelative difficulty: Medium (normal Monday)THEME: Tom Swifties— "A Tom Swifty (or Tom Swiftie) is a phrase in which a quoted sentence is linked by a pun to the manner in which...
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City between Boston Gloucester / TUE 5-19-15 / HIV-treating drug / 1961 #1...
Constructor: Allan E. ParrishRelative difficulty: Medium (normal Tuesday)THEME: anagrams of GLEAN—Theme answers:FALLEN ANGEL (17A: Lucifer, notably)OBLIQUE ANGLE (27A: It's not right)JESSICA LANGE...
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Mark twain measure / WED 5-20-15 / Turkish currency unit / Role for Costner...
Constructor: Jacob StulbergRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: four-letter word repeated 3 times...— but clued in a wacky way that requires creative parsing, thus:Theme answers:VISAVISAVISA (actually...
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Kilim Kirman / THU 5-21-15 / Blue Moon of 60s 70s baseball / Hill by loch /...
Constructor: Peter A. CollinsRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: RAISED THE BAR (52A: Elevated expectations ... or what this puzzle's maker did to five answers in this puzzle?) — initial letter...
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1950s Reds star Ted for short / FRI 5-22-15 / Longoria with two Gold Gloves /...
Constructor: David WoolfRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: Fela KUTI (23A: Fela ___, Afrobeat music pioneer) — Fela Kuti (born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti;[1] 15...
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Maude's cousin on 1970s TV / SAT 5-23-15 / to the stars autobiographer /...
Constructor: Peter WentzRelative difficulty: Medium (leaning toward the easier side)THEME: none Word of the Day: STEM fields (31D: ___ fields) — STEM is an acronym referring to the academic...
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Kyrgyz province / SUN 5-24-15 / PBS craft show for 21 seasons / Sci-fi...
Constructor: Kevin G. DerRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME:"A Tale of Many Cities"— celebrating the 142nd anniversary of the publication of JULES / VERNE's "Around the World in Eighty Days"; puzzle note...
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Mountain Dew alternative / MON 5-25-15 / Polynesian carvings / Island nation...
Constructor: Jennifer NuttRelative difficulty: Medium (normal Monday)THEME:"I NAILED IT" (57A: Appropriate exclamation upon solving this puzzle?) — last words of theme answers describe a manicure (I...
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One who's fluent in both JavaScript Klingon say / TUE 5-26-15 / Foes of...
Constructor: Gareth BainRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (for a Tuesday)THEME:"ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE" (39A: Beatles hit that's a hint to both parts of the answer to each starred clue) — "LOVE"...
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Tamiroff of Anastasia / WED 5-27-15 / Jazz players are incapable / Transport...
Constructor: Jim QuinlanRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: Contraction/negation — Ordinary words / phrases the end with letter strings that sound like ordinary verbs (e.g. CAN, DID, etc.) have a negative...
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Writer Osnos of New Yorker / THU 5-28-15 / Technology inside Kindles /...
Constructor: Jeff ChenRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: ALTERNATION (54A: Duke's ride + slowly = this puzzle's theme) — theme clues refer to three different answers: the first + second...
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Heckelphone lookalike / FRI 5-29-15 / Steel brackets with two flanges / 1998...
Constructor: Patrick BerryRelative difficulty: Medium or Brutal, dependingTHEME: noneWord of the Day: EYE RHYMES (36A: Four-hour tour features?) — eye rhymenouna similarity between words in spelling...
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Mushroom layer of beef Wellington / SAT 5-30-15 / Trademark Isaac Asimov...
Constructor: Samuel A. Donaldson and Brad Wilber Relative difficulty: EasyTHEME: noneWord of the Day: DUXELLES (17A: Mushroom layer of a beef Wellington) — Duxelles is a finely chopped (minced) mixture...
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Coin to pay for passage across River Styx / SUN 5-31-15 / Anti-revolutionary...
Constructor: Tom McCoyRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME:"Making Projections"— theme answers "project" one letter above and below, and when you read the "projected" letters clockwise, starting with the...
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Milky gem / MON 6-1-15 / Online periodical / Wife portrayed in 2005's "Walk...
When is a door not a door? When it's AJAR! When is Rex Parker not Rex Parker? When he's GUEST BLOGGER ANNABEL THOMPSON!Constructor: David WoolfRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:"Chicken Soup for the...
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Fashion designer Jacobs / TUE 6-2-15 / Opera singer Pinza / Weizman 1990s...
Constructor: Bruce HaightRelative difficulty: I don't know. I kept stopping to sigh and shake my head and take pictures of my grid. Medium?THEME: HERO SANDWICH (57A: Sub … or a literal hint to 20-, 34-...
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Israeli conductor Daniel / WED 6-3-15 / Granny player on "The Beverly...
Constructor: Herre SchouwerwouRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: [Pickup line?] — same clue for all themers …Theme answers:17A: "NEED A LIFT?"24A: "CLEAN YOUR ROOM!"39A: F-SERIES52A: "SO WHERE WERE WE...
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Judge John who was Time's 1973 Man of Year / THU 6-4-15 / 1998 Sarah...
Constructor: Joe KrozelRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: CAVERN— Note: "This puzzle seemingly as more than one solution … but only one is 'correct.'"Theme answers:CAVERN (1A: Location containing...
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