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Green topper / SUN 8-2-15 / False god / Part of a dealership
Constructor: Matt GinsbergRelative difficulty: 0:33 faster than average, says the iPad app, so...about averageTHEME: Literally speaking—the circled squares follow the internal directions.Word of the...
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Fictional character who "died" in 1975 / MON 8-3-15 / News service inits. /...
MADAM,I'mADAM. Nah, just kidding...I'm Annabel! Which doesn't really have a palindrome with anything. Constructor: David SteinbergRelative difficulty: Hard (to be fair, maybe it would be easier if I...
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Private-sector rocket launcher / TUE 8-4-15 / Lee with 2011 #1 album Mission...
Constructor: Joel FaglianoRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (for a Tuesday ... actually, it was just that SW corner that slowed me down ... 3:48 solving time)THEME: LIQUOR STORE (52A: Where to...
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Film director Neil / WED 8-5-15 / Where biennial Vinexpo is held / Former CBS...
Constructor: Patrick BerryRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: hoosegow— fill in the blank clues that treat literally some figurative terms for being in prison. All clues begin "I merely..." and end "......
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Far East unit of weight / THU 8-6-15 / Direct-deposit payment for short /...
Constructor: Gary CeeRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (except for that one cross ... yeah, you know the one ...)THEME: By the by— a "literally" puzzle, where phrases structured "___ by ___" are,...
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Neanderthal accompanier in cartoons / FRI 8-7-15 / Like inopportune months to...
Constructor: Peter WentzRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: none Word of the Day: TORIC (5D: Like bagels) — adj. of or resembling JOE TORRE, which seems kind of mean, but hey, I didn't write the...
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Light cotton fabric / SAT 8-8-15 / Heraldic border / Garment worn partly...
Constructor: Alan ArbesfeldRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: AMICE (29D: Garment worn partly under an alb) — The amice is a liturgical vestment used mainly in the Roman Catholic...
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Highly emotional in dated lingo / SUN 8-9-15 / Chrome alternative / Port of...
Constructor: Melanie MillerRelative difficulty: EasyishTHEME:"Help Wanted"— Familiar phrases (following the structure "[VERB] the [NOUN]") are re-imagined as goals of various "Help Wanted" ads, with...
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Golf ball propper-upper / MON 8-10-15 / Many countertop / 1980s hand-held...
Constructor: C.W. StewartRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:"SAY CHEESE!"(58A: "Smile!" ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to the five starred clues)— last words of theme answers are denominations of...
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Goo goo eyed old style / TUE 8-11-15 / Ones steeped in tradition in England /...
Constructor: Jay Kaskel and Daniel KantorRelative difficulty: Dunno. I had to stop several times to let the rage subside.THEME: PULLED PORK (59A: Messy sandwich filler ... or a hint to this puzzle's...
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Scaly anteater / WED 8-12-15 / Roman equivalent of Rhea / 19th century...
Constructor: Tom McCoyRelative difficulty: Challenging ... for a WednesdayTHEME: SELF-REFLECTION (11D: Activity on Lent or Yom Kippur ... or a quality of every letter in the answer to each starred...
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Big purveyor of fishing gear / THU 8-13-15 / Dutch city where Charles II...
Constructor: Jim HilgerRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: breaks— word "break" is supplied by actual break in answer (i.e. a blank square); four such squares appear in the gridTheme...
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Neighbor of Mozambican / FRI 8-14-15 / Randall recurring character in Stephen...
Constructor: Natan Last and the J.A.S.A. Crossword ClassRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: OMRI (18A: King of Israel who founded Samaria) — Omri (Hebrew: עמרי, Modern Omri,...
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Jazz trumpeter Jones / SAT 8-15-15 / Glaziers supplies / Recipient of Argus's...
Constructor: Jeff ChenRelative difficulty: ChallengingTHEME: none Word of the Day: Lola FALANA (35A: Singer/actress once called the "Black Venus") — Loletha Elayne "Lola" Falana (born September 11,...
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Google Wallet alternative / SUN 8-16-15 / Highest provincial capital in Italy...
Constructor: Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin BurnikelRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME:"As It Were"—words that can also be past tense forms of verbs, or IN THE PAST (124A: Back then ... or a hint to the...
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1968 hit song spawned 1978 movie 1981 TV show / MON 8-17-15 / Gucci...
Constructor: Andrea Carla MichaelsRelative difficulty: tiny bit tougher than your average Monday, but I've been drinking, so...THEME: HARDY HAR HAR— first parts of the first three themers represent...
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Tenor Carreras / TUE 8-17-15 / Kyle Terminator hero / Slave woman in Uncle...
Constructor: Bill ThompsonRelative difficulty: took me longer than a typical TuesdayTHEME: MIDDLE EAST—letter string "EAST" appears in the dead middle of five answers:Theme answers:GONE ASTRAY (17A:...
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Japanese sword sport / WED 8-19-15 / Oregon city named for furrier /...
Constructor: Timothy PolinRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium but with two hard bits (for me)THEME: WATER / FALLS (5A: With 68-Across, what the groups of circled letters are famous examples of) — circled...
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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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