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Bagful on a pitcher's mound / MON 3-7-16 / Omar who portrayed Dr. Zhivago /...
I'm still mad about the way that February 29th JUST BARELY stole my thunder last week. I would've blogged that day if it was any other year. Stupid Leaping!Anyway, happy Annabel Monday again!...
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Disney bigwig Bob / TUE 3-8-16 / Cuckoo from Yiddish / Rebellious Turner /...
Constructor:David SteinbergRelative difficulty:MediumTHEME: FUR COAT (60A: Wrap "worn" by 17-, 22-, 37 and 48-Across) — types of "fur" provide a "coat" for the themers by "wrapping" the answers...
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Online provider of study guides / WED 3-9-16 / Capable jocularly / Abrupt...
Constructor:John GuzzettaRelative difficulty:Medium-ChallengingTHEME:spreads— last words of themers are all fruit spreads you might put on toast or whatever...Theme answers:NATURE PRESERVES (16A:...
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Donizetti's lady of Lammermoor / THU 3-10-16 / John Donne poem with line...
Constructor:Ed SessaRelative difficulty:EasyTHEME:VWS (65D: Bugs, e.g. ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme) — five rebus squares that read "V V" in the Down and "W" in the Across:Theme answers:FLI VV...
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Alloy of tin lead / FRI 3-11-16 / Tamarack trees / Quaint means of...
Constructor:Martin Ashwood-SmithRelative difficulty:EasyTHEME:none Word of the Day:Gabriel FAURÉ(31D: Debussy contemporary) — Gabriel Urbain Fauré (French: [ɡabʁiɛl yʁbɛ̃ fɔʁe]; 12 May 1845 – 4...
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Termagant / SAT 3-12-16 / Dummies / Jerk / Fetor / Up
Constructor:Josh KnappRelative difficulty:Easy-MediumTHEME: NoneWord of the Day:BOX SOCIAL(14A: Old-fashioned affair à la "Oklahoma!") — In the U.S. state of Vermont the tradition is that women...
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Fatty cut of fish at sushi bar / SUN 3-13-16 / Modern carpe diem / Section of...
Constructor:Tom McCoyRelative difficulty:EasyTHEME:"Don't Sue Us!"— Circled squares represent the ® that indicates a registered trademark. Theme answers:POPSICLE® STICKTUPPERWARE® PARTY VELCRO® STRAP...
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One practicing mysteical form of Islam / MON 3-14-16 / Largest pelvic bones /...
Constructor:Lynn LempelRelative difficulty:On the Challenging side *For A Monday* (solving time: 3:38)THEME:Exhortations to famous people— ordinary compound words are reimagined as imperative clauses...
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Go down gangplank / TUE 3-15-16 / Just free of sea bottom / Eternally...
Constructor:Gordon JohnsonRelative difficulty:Challenging (*for* *a* *Tuesday*) (solve time over 4)THEME:SOLID LIQUID GAS (52A: Three main 20-Across ... with examples included in 38-Across and 11- and...
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Upstate New York city where Mark Twain was born / WED 3-16-16 / 1970 #1...
Constructor:David J. KahnRelative difficulty:Easy (minute faster than yesterday)THEME: DRUNKEN COOK (62A: Preparer of 17-, 27- and 47-Across?)— two-word food items where first word can be a synonym of...
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Constituent part of Russia bordering Mongolia / THU 3-17-16 / 1990s fad game...
Constructor:David WoolfRelative difficulty:Easy-MediumTHEME:TURN OF EVENTS (59A: Unforeseen development ... or a feature seen four times in this puzzle's answers?) — four answers take a 90-degree...
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PM who won 1957 Nobel Peace Prize / FRI 3-18-16 / Picasso masterpiece with...
Constructor:Michael WiesenbergRelative difficulty:Easy-MediumTHEME:none Word of the Day:LESTER PEARSON(34A: P.M. who won the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize)— Lester Bowles "Mike" PearsonOMCCOBEPCPC (Can) (23...
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Green Lantern's archenemy / SAT 3-19-16 / Surrounded old-style / Good name...
Constructor:Byron WaldenRelative difficulty:Easy-Medium (that threatened several times to become Challenging)THEME:none Word of the Day:SINESTRO(49A: Green Lantern's archenemy) — Thaal Sinestro is a...
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Maurice who painted Parisian street scenes / SUN 3-20-16 / Black white...
Constructor:Joel FaglianoRelative difficulty:Easy THEME:"Double-Crossed"— Note:The word that's spelled out: REMAINDERS (because every letter in every theme answer is used exactly twice ... except...
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Jean old-time French pirate with base in New Orleans / MON 3-21-16 / Coffee...
Constructor:Michael HawkinsRelative difficulty:Challenging (3:45, i.e. a Medium Tuesday)THEME:HUSH HUSH (66A: Top-secret ... or a hint to 17-, 25-, 39- and 56-Across (AND 66-Across!) — phrases contain...
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Constructors: Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel Relative difficulty: MediumTHEME: ABC (64A: One way of ordering things, like all the consonants in rows three, six and nine) - the consonants in these...
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Young competitor in Hunger Games / WED 3-23-16 / Bridge four-pointer /...
Constructor:Alex Boisvert and Jeff ChenRelative difficulty:MediumTHEME:TRIPLE TIME (54A: Minuet meter ... or a description of the answers to the starred clues?)— theme answers are three-word phrases,...
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Abbr in Guiness logo / THU 3-24-16 / Washington Post March figure /...
Constructor:David Liben-Nowell and Tom PepperRelative difficulty:Medium, except for the part where I had an error that wasn't actually an error, which took my time to Infinity, so ......
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Mellow R&B track / FRI 3-25-16 / Acid alcohol compound / French border region...
Constructor:Ian LivengoodRelative difficulty:Medium-ChallengingTHEME:noneWord of the Day:RENÉ Préval(52A: ___ Préval, twice-elected president of Haiti) — René Garcia Préval (French pronunciation:...
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Rough loosely woven fabric / SAT 3-26-16 / Mechanism for making things...
Constructor:Damon GulczynskiRelative difficulty:EasyTHEME:none Word of the Day:RATINÉ(28A: Rough, loosely woven fabric) — n.A looselywovenfabricwith a roughnubbytexture. (thefreedictionary.com)• •...
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