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Concubine's chamber / SUN 11-8-15 / Hokkaido port / Paternally related /...
Constructor:Tracy GrayRelative difficulty:EasyTHEME:"Three-Peat"— theme answers are words where three-letter strings immediately repeat. In the grid ... they do not. So ... you have to imagine the...
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Mae (government leader) / MON 11-9-15 / Campus in Troy, N.Y. / Band aide /...
SURPRISE ANNABEL MONDAY!!!! Sorry I was sick last week (don't worry, it wasn't that FOUL, I'm fine!) but I'm back.Constructor: Pawel FludzinskiRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: QTs— Theme answers were...
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Clothing brand with long vowel mark in its name / TUE 11-10-15 / Jazz combo's...
Constructor:Will TreeceRelative difficulty:Medium (normal Tuesday)THEME: names that belong to two different famous people— Theme answers:ANNE HATHAWAY (19A: "Les Misérables" actress [or] Wife of the...
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1970 John Wayne western / WED 11-11-15 / 1921 play that ends with extinction...
Constructor:David SteinbergRelative difficulty:EasyTHEME:FORTY-NINE "R"S (62A: Old rush participants ... or a three-part hint to what can be found in this puzzle's grid or clues) — forty-nine "R"s in...
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Portmanteau legally recognized since 1977 / THU 11-12-15 / 19th-century...
Constructor:David KwongRelative difficulty:MediumTHEME:P AND A (40A: Popular zoo attraction ... or a hint to 11 squares in this puzzle) — 11 "PA" squares, just like the clue suggestsWord of the Day:The...
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Orrery components / FRI 11-13-15 / Green-hatted Nintendo character / Product...
Constructor:Patrick BerryRelative difficulty:EasyTHEME:none Word of the Day:FILLIP(9D: Nice extra) — nounnoun: fillip; plural noun: fillips1. something that acts as a stimulus or boost to an...
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Heroine of ABC's Scandal / SAT 11-14-15 / Jordan to worshipers / Grammy...
Constructor:Kameron Austin CollinsRelative difficulty:Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day:GIAN Lorenzo Bernini, designer of St. Peter's Square(20A) — Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian pronunciation:...
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Japanese porcelain / SUN 11-15-15 / Onetime place for Saddam Hussein's image...
Constructor:Alan ArbesfeldRelative difficulty:MediumTHEME:"Having Aspirations"— W- words changed to WH- words, to wacky (and hacky) effectTheme answers:THE WHIRLED SERIES (23A: "So You Think You Can...
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Good dinosaur in Pixar's Good Dinosaur / MON 11-16-15 / Diplomatic...
Constructor:Jim HollandRelative difficulty:Somewhat tougher than usual Monday (30 seconds tougher)THEME:THREE IN A ROW (59A: Tic-tac-toe win ... or hint to the starts of the answers to the starred...
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Caribbean island whose name means eel / TUE 11-17-15 / Old French coins /...
Constructor:Paula GamacheRelative difficulty:Easy-MediumTHEME:INNER / EAR (63A: With 60-Down, what the answer to each starred clue has) — "EAR" embedded in six answers:Theme answers:EDDIE ARCARO (17A:...
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Actor Sheridan / WED 11-18-15 / Nazi cipher machine broken by allies /...
Constructor:Zachary SpitzRelative difficulty:Medium-Challenging (slow for me)THEME:it's wonderful— [It's ___!] clues are transformed from idiomatic / colloquial to literalTheme answers:LIGHTNING BOLT...
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Hindu festival of colors / THU 11-19-15 / 1946 creation originally intended...
Constructor:Andrew ZhouRelative difficulty:Medium-ChallengingTHEME: AUTOCOMPLETE (48A: Search engine feature ... or what you literally need to do to answer the six starred clues) — theme answers are...
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Croatian head / FRI 11-20-15 / Kind of butter used in lip gloss / Canoodle in...
Constructor:Mary Lou GuizzoRelative difficulty:MediumTHEME:none Word of the Day:EROS(13D: Destination of NASA's NEAR) — 433 Eros is an S-typenear-Earth asteroid approximately 34.4×11.2×11.2 kilometres...
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Handsome hombres / SAT 11-21-15 / Luxuries not necessities per Cher /...
Constructor:Natan LastRelative difficulty:EasyTHEME:general awesomeness Word of the Day:THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G.(5D: "Mo Money Mo Problems" rapper) — Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21, 1972 –...
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Equity valuation stat / SUN 11-22-15 / Board game popular throughout Africa /...
Constructor:Samuel A. Donaldson and Jeff ChenRelative difficulty:Easy-MediumTHEME:"Right On, Right On!"— theme answers turn right (i.e. drop Down) when they reach a word which can also mean (when...
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1997 Bruce Willis sci-fi film / MON 11-23-15 / Lyft competitor / Repeating...
Constructor:Parker LewisRelative difficulty:Medium Mondayish levelTHEME:fractions— a fraction progression where the numerator remains "1" throughout but the denominator moves from "5" to "1"; so one...
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Soul singer Adams / TUE 11-24-15 / 3-D image in medical diagnoses / It's...
Constructor:Gary CeeRelative difficulty:EasyTHEME:SPIN CYCLE (60A: Washer action ... or a hint to four consecutive letters inside 18-, 23-, 38- and 49-Across) — SPIN "cycles" through four different...
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Hogwarts fifth-year exams for short / WED 11-25-15 / Style is option clean is...
Constructor:Duncan Kimmel and Clara WilliamsonRelative difficulty:MediumTHEME: Somewhat literal TV shows— I think the deal is that theme answers reimagine famous TV show titles as (mostly)...
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Whale constellation / THU 11-26-15 / Trans-Siberian Railway hub /...
Constructor:Ed SessaRelative difficulty:EasyTHEME:TEN (71A: Number of mispelled [sic] words in this puzzle's clues (oh, by the way, watch out for those tricky circled squares!) — circled squares are...
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Stola woman / FRI 11-27-15 / Halluces / Follower of Able / Supports for...
Constructor:Peter WentzRelative difficulty:Medium (tilting toward Easy)THEME:none Word of the Day:PETARD(40D: Small bomb used for breaking down gates) — • • •Started out crushing it, as I often do...
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