Clik here to view.
Blood of Greek gods / SUN 4-28-13 / Bygone Chevy van / 1976 album with...
Constructor: Patrick BerryRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: "Soft T's"— "T" sound changed to "TH" sound in familiar phrases, resulting in wacky phrases, clued "?"-wise.Theme answers:23A: What faking a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Architect Jones / MON 4-29-13 / Much-advertised vacuum cleaner / Frontiersman...
Constructor: C.W. StewartRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: actors' favorite foods— possessive phrases that rhymeTheme answers:17A: Actor Charlie's favorite food? (SHEEN'S BEANS)24A: Actress Hilary's...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nickname of Haiti's Duvalier ousted in 1986 / TUE 4-30-13 / Huckster's pitch...
Constructor: Lynn LempelRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: NO TWO SOUND ALIKE (40A: What's odd about the ends of the answers to the four starred clues) — last words of the theme answers all have...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Beer brand owned by Pabst / 5-1-13 / Trek ending in Mecca / Chekhovian sister...
Constructor: Paula GamacheRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: LEI / DAY (39A: With 41-Across, annual May 1 celebration) — circled squares form a kind of ring, in which LEI is spelled out repeatedly. Two...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Island off Gabonese coast / THU 5-2-13 / Diplomat Annan / It's a kick in a...
Constructor: Josh KnappRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: NEITHER (here) NOR (there)(35A: *Irrelevant ... or what the answers to the five starred clues have?) — familiar phrases that start with HERE or...
View ArticleClik here to view.
1968 space movie villain / FRI 5-3-13 / Spanish liqueur / British submachine...
Constructor: David KwongRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: none Word of the Day: LAE (25A: Papua New Guinea port in W.W. II news) — Lae, the capital of Morobe Province, is the second-largest city in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sylvia of jazz / SAT 5-4-13 / Chiropractor on Two Half Men / Flavoring...
Constructor: Doug Peterson and Brad WilberRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: none Word of the Day: Andrei Gromyko (61A: Mr. ___ (moniker for Andrei Gromyko) => NYET) — Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko...
View ArticleClik here to view.
French pantomime character / SUN 5-5-13 / Sleep problem to Brits / Priest in...
Constructor: Alan ArbesfeldRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: "Crunch Time"— abbrevs. of the days of the week are "crunched" into single squares inside familiar phrases:Theme answers:23A: Early...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Signature song for MC Hammer / MON 5-6-13 / Believers in essential worth of...
Constructor: Joel FaglianoRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: Why?— Theme answers start with each of the five main vowels. I had to have this pointed out to me, as I did not see it / am half-drunk....
View ArticleClik here to view.
BBC sci-fi show / TUE 5-7-13 / Crossroads 1996 Grammy-winning rap song /...
Constructor: Jeff ChenRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: "The Rime of the ANCIENT MARINER" (40A: With 42-Across, subject of the poem that contains the line 17-/65-Across) — the line is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cartoon chihuahua / WED 5-8-13 / Old Mideast alliance for short / Ho Chi Minh...
Constructor: Bruce VenzkeRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY // puzzle note in electronic version: "The print version of this puzzle contains the following additional clue after the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Verso's flip side / THU 5-9-13 / Northern duck / Fats Domino's first name /...
Constructor: Patrick MerrellRelative difficulty: Medium. Ish. Kinda.THEME: Happy Mother's Day! Again!Good morning, everyone. How y'all been? Seems like I haven't been here in a while but I guess it's...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Japanese sliding door / FRI 5-10-13 / Moldau composer / 1950s backup group...
Constructor: Derek BowmanRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: None Word of the Day: SHOJI (48D: Japanese sliding door) — n., pl., shoji, or -jis.A translucent screen consisting of a wooden frame covered in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tokyo Rose's real first name / SAT 5-11-13 / Act in Last Samurai / Fish that...
Constructor: Matt GinsbergRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: LOCATION (61A: Place)— Four different clues read [X, taking into account its 61-Across], where X is another clue in the gridTheme...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Journalist Marvin Bernard / SUN 5-12-13 / Blackmore title girl / Automaker...
Constructor: David J. KahnRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: "Simply Put"— a long, convoluted quote about the importance of thinking ahead runs through multiple Across answers (29A: With 44-, 63-, 77- and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rag Mop hitmakers 1950 / MON 5-13-13 / QB Steve who won Payton Award / 1986...
Constructor: Allan E. ParrishRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: MEAS.— four theme answers start with words made from letters M, E, A, and STheme answers:20A: Chicago Cubs spring training site...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Amateur detective in 1967's Clue in Crossword Cipher / TUE 5-14-13 / 1983...
Constructor: John LiebRelative difficulty: Very EasyTHEME: NAME-DROPPER (12D: Status-seeking sort ... or a solver of this puzzle, initially?) — three theme answers are names ("dropping" Down) with the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
2006 Jay-Z single / WED 5-15-13 / English comedian Mayall / Iditarod terminus...
Constructor: David SullivanRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: sounding opposite— two-word phrases where the words sound like opposites of one another (when actually one of them is just a homophone...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thin sheet metal / THU 5-16-13 / Baseball Hall-of-Famer nicknamed Knucksie /...
Constructor: Brendan Emmett Quigley and Liz DonovanRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (unless you read the new "hint" feature at the NYT puzzle website, in which case it must've been Really...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Antares Proxima Centauri / FRI 5-17-13 / NYC 22 replaced it in 2012 / Tree...
Constructor: Josh KnappRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: none Word of the Day: Jacob ZUMA (4D: Jacob ___, South African president beginning in 2009) — Jacob Gedleyihlekisa ZumaGCB (born 12...
View Article