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Cassim's brother of folklore / FRI 12-18-15 / Prison design that allows...
Constructor:Andrew ZhouRelative difficulty:Easy-MediumTHEME:none Word of the Day:PANOPTICON(1A: Prison design that allows surveillance of any inmate at any time) — The Panopticon is a type of...
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Brother player of old TV film / SAT 12-19-15 / 18 title setting of 1961 novel...
Constructor:Damon GulczynskiRelative difficulty:MediumTHEME:none Word of the Day:"POPI"(16A: 1969 Alan Arkin comedy/drama) — Popi is a 1969Americancomedy-drama film directed by Arthur Hiller. The...
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Certification for eco-friendly buildings for short / SUN 12-20-15 / Hogwarts...
Constructor:Peter WentzRelative difficulty:Easy-MediumTHEME:"Rebranding"— "Corrected" slogans, i.e. well known commercial slogans that have been "corrected" (grammatically) to make new, terrible...
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Yiddish laments / MON 12-21-15 / Raised hairstyles / Arachnid's snare /...
Constructor:Bruce HaightRelative difficulty:Medium (maybe a bit tougher because of the non-clues...)THEME: Unnamed object— all theme answers are clued as [Unnamed object #[1-7]], and all are words used...
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Marshy valley / TUE 12-22-15 / Symbol for water potential / Wimple wearer /...
Constructor: Tom McCoyRelative difficulty: Challenging (for a Tuesday ... it's over-sized ... and has a couple weird answers)THEME:SINGULAR (39A: Atypical ... or like the first word in the answer to...
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Nine-fingered hobbit / WED 12-23-15 / Toy Story dog that shares its name with...
Constructor: Jim PeredoRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:"GOD BLESS US EVERY ONE"—each word from this quote from "A CHRISTMAS CAROL" (36A: Novella whose final words are found in the circled squares) is...
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Coin minted until 2001 / THU 12-24-15 / Good investor types, you'd think /...
Constructor: Derek BowmanRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (or ... I don't know, Medium, maybe? It's undersized)THEME: GREEK / PLAYS (8A: With 58-Across, "Antigone" and others, ... or, when...
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Gen Pershing's grp in WWI / FRI 12-25-15 / Middle of three-part maxim / High...
Constructor: Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff ChenRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: CANDY CANES (29D: Four things represented visually in this puzzle's grid) — four candy cane shapes. One other "theme"...
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Form of Japanese syllabic writing / SAT 12-26-15 / Traveling show with number...
Constructor: James MulhernRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME:none— Word of the Day: Bernhard RIEMANN (7D: Mathematician with a hypothesis unproven since 1859) — Georg Friedrich Bernhard...
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Conquest of 1953 / SUN 12-27-15 / Spicy fruit beverage often used as tequila...
Constructor: Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin BurnikelRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:"Binary Code"— all theme clues are double letter (e.g. [FF]); answer are common phrases which, when interpreted in a...
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War-torn Syrian city / MON 12-28-15 / Irish language family / 2013 film queen...
Constructor: Zhouqin BurnikelRelative difficulty: Normal MondayTHEME: STS (63D: Aves. ... or the initals of 17-, 23-, 40-, 50- and 63-Across) — Theme answers:SEAL TEAM SIX (17A: Navy special force in...
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Grammy-nominated rapper with 2002 hit Oh Boy / TUE 12-29-15 / Stradivari's...
Constructor: Jeff StillmanRelative difficulty: Harder than usual Tuesday by a littleTHEME:Compliment for a ...?— theme answers are common complimentary phrases, clued as if they had some literal...
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Physics Nobelist who pioneered in quantum physics / WED 12-30-15 / French...
Constructor: Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff ChenRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME:AULD LANG SYNE— the song you sing on NEW / YEAR'S / EVE (64A: With 65- and 66-Across, when to sing the song in the...
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Spider-Man's surrogate father / THU 12-31-15 / Onetime gig for Wiig / Sickly...
Constructor: Ben TausigRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME:MONOPOLY (65A: Game patented December 31, 1935) — answers that require you to PASS GO (i.e. skip over the letter string "GO") when...
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Grassy surface / FRI 1-1-16 / 2009 million-selling Justin Bieber release /...
Constructor: David SteinbergRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:none Notable Crosswordese: ELOI (7D: "The Time Machine People")ENIAC (28D: Historic computer)OTOE (48D: Winnebago relative) Notable Recent...
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Roman consul who captured Syracuse in A.D. 211 / SAT 1-2-16 / Mass master in...
Constructor: David PhillipsRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:none Notable crosswordese: ACERB (32A: Sharp) (like "acerbic," only ... with fewer syllables)OCTAD (not OCTET, as you originally thought)...
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Malicious computer programs / SUN 1-3-15 / Alternative to Facebook Messenger...
Constructor: David WoolfRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME:"Record of the Year"— a rebus puzzle with three-letter abbrs. of each month, appearing in order, each in its own square, one in each...
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Ancient alpaca herder / MON 1-4-16 / Actress Thompson of TV's "Family" / Jimi...
Hi!!!! I had to miss the last couple puzzles because I was sick, then busy, finals were kicking my REARMS...okay that doesn't really work, especially since it's supposed to be "re-arms"... but anyway,...
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Nickname for New York's Aqueduct Racetrack / TUE 1-5-16 / Reductive film...
Constructor: Jim HollandRelative difficulty: Played way slower than normal for me ... not sure whyTHEME: T-—familiar phrases have T- added to the front, creating low-grade wackiness:Theme...
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Sagan wrote about his brain / WED 1-6-16 / gibbon zoo primate / Sikorsky of...
Constructor: Jules P. MarkeyRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: CROSS-REFEENCES (34A: "See also" notations ... or what can be found in the circled squares in this puzzle?) — OED crosses OED four times in...
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