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Blank portion of manuscript / TUE 7-14-15 / Carter-era FBI sting that...
Constructor: Kevin Christian and Brad WilberRelative difficulty: Challenging for a Tuesday (4:00)THEME: SEUSS (54D: Author of the books quoted at 17-, 29-, 38-, 46- and 59-Across) — Theme...
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Verdi aria for baritone / WED 7-15-15 / Some Deco illustrations / First name...
Constructor: Bruce HaightRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: TOP / ROW (10A: With 66-Across, place on a keyboard to find all the letters in 16-, 28-, 46- and 60-Across) — all the theme answers...
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1934 Chemistry Nobelist Harold / THU 7-16-15 / Brigante 1993 Pacino role /...
Constructor: Paula GamacheRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: HAIR / TODAY / GONE / TOMORROW— a puzzle about the removal of unwanted hair, i.e. a spa WAX treatment (59D: Spa treatment hinted at by the ends...
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Peer Gynt enchantress / FRI 7-17-15 / Black Tulip novelist / Voice of Pixar's...
Constructor: Paolo PascoRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: noneWord of the Day: TAMAR (26D: Daughter of David, in the Bible) — Tamar (Hebrew: תָּמָר, Modern tamar, Tiberian tāmār) is a person in 2...
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Dare colloquially / SAT 7-18-15 / Title heroine of an 1884 Helen Hunt Jackson...
Constructor: Joe KrozelRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: ONE-THIRTY (24D: Setting depicted by this puzzle's grid) — The minute hand is pointing straight down, the hour hand is that little three-square...
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Old frozen dinner brand / SUN 7-19-15 / Rodin sculpture of couple / Physics...
Constructor: Tom McCoyRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME:"The Short Form"— familiar phrases have a single word abbreviated; phrase is clued as if the abbreviation were a stand-alone...
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Old frozen dinner brand / SUN 7-19-15 / Rodin sculpture of couple / Physics...
Constructor: Tom McCoyRelative difficulty: Too hardTHEME: Abbreviate one word in each theme entry and see what happensWord of the Day:PAULIE -- Paulie is a 1998 Germany/American adventurefantasy film...
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Kitchen garment / MON 7-20-15 / Keats wrote one to autumn / Mink or sable
Constructor: John WestwigRelative difficulty: Easy, but with some tricky names THEME:"Morning person," as in a person with A.M. initialsWord of the Day: CAPRI (14A: Italy's Isle of ___ ) Capri’s single...
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Noggin knocks / TUE 7-21-15 / Toast choice / Brazilian fruit export
Constructor: David PhillipsRelative difficulty: just enough resistance encountered for a TuesdayTHEME:"It's in the bag" -- things that go in bags. Word of the Day: UNAGI (5D: Eel at a sushi bar) —...
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Handed-down wisdom / WED 7-22-15 / Airer of the "Not Top Ten" plays / ___ Air...
Constructor: Peter A. CollinsRelative difficulty: Right for a WednesdayTHEME: What am I, liver that you have chopped? -- the letters LIVER appear consecutively in some order in each theme entry Word of...
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Law firm employees / THU 7-23-15 / On tenterhooks / Preternatural
Constructor: Timothy PolinRelative difficulty: Pretty tough, maybe like a Friday almostTHEME: Letters of "Supercalifragilisticexpiolodocious" are Crushworded into the central 13Word of the Day:LUNA The...
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Biscotto bit / FRI 7-24-15 / Bisque bit / Quadratics, e.g.
Constructor: Patrick BerryRelative difficulty: 9 minutes 20 seconds, average for FridayTHEME: noneWord of the Day:DARYL HALL(36A: Member of a pop duo whose debut album was titled "Whole Oats") Daryl...
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Derby folks / SAT 7-24-15 / Four-bagger / Music on Radio Disney
Constructor: Kevin DerRelative difficulty: Tough enough THEME: NoneWord of the Day: NEPAL (43D: Traditional birthplace of Buddhism)— Wedged between the high wall of the Himalaya and the steamy jungles...
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Actress Suvari of "American Beauty" / SUN 7-25-15 / Mark's replacement /...
Constructor: Ellen Leuschner and Jeff ChenRelative difficulty: MeasiumTHEME: "No Escape" — There's a BLACK HOLE in the middle of the grid.Word of the Day: LA TOSCA (41D. French play that inspired and...
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Jean-Luc of the U.S.S. Enterprise / MON 7-27-15 / Slapping stooge / Zoo...
Constructor: D. Scott Nichols and Zhouqin BurnikelRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (***FOR A MONDAY*** (Rex always does this, so I will, too))THEME: "Palindromes" — The last word of theme answers are...
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Schmooze / TUE 7-28-15 / Berliner's exclamation / Mork's planet / Hand ball?
Constructor: Caleb EmmonsRelative difficulty: EASYTHEME: Secret theme! A-E-I-O-U—each row includes only one vowel, in that order: rows 1, 6, and 11 contain only A, rows 2, 7, and 12 contain only E, and...
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Knuckleballer Wilhelm / WED 7-29-15 / Russell of "Black Widow" / More than...
Constructor: David J. LiebRelative difficulty: Smooth sailingTHEME: "DOUBLE DOUBLE" — Each of the theme answers is a two-word phrase (or compound word) where both words (or parts of the word) can be...
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Something to meditate on / THU 7-30-15 / Whaling ship that inspired "Moby...
Constructor: Brendan Emmett QuigleyRelative difficulty: Pretty quick solve for meTHEME: + the names of the sisters from Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women"Word of the Day: MULLAHS (26D: Muslim V.I.P.s)...
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Lower leg woe, slangily / FRI-7-31-15 / Turn awkward, as a relationship /...
Constructors: James Mulhern and Ashton AndersonRelative difficulty: Easy, I bet, but I was getting up and making martinis and drinking them so it took me an hour(I do my puzzles on a clipboard, issued...
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Nixon adviser Nofziger / SAT 8-1-15 / Jazz’s Beiderbecke / Cornel who wrote...
Constructor: Kameron Austin CollinsRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: NoneWord of the Day: QUIRED (42A: Put in bundles for the bookbinder) — noun \ˈkwī(-ə)r\Definition of QUIRE: a collection of 24...
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