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Magnum opus of Spinoza / SAT 4-16-16 / subtilior music style / Place to get...
Constructor:Andrew ZhouRelative difficulty:Easy-Medium (more Easy)THEME:none Word of the Day:Bob RAE, leader of Canada's Liberal party before Justin Trudeau(26A) — Robert Keith "Bob" Rae, PCCCOOntQC...
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Sobriquet for ardent Boston fans / SUN 4-17-16 / Prophet whose name means...
Constructor:Howard BarkinRelative difficulty:EasyTHEME:"Expanded Worldview"— a puzzle that riffs on GOOGLE EARTH (113A: *Popular app that can view any of the places named at the ends of the answers to...
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Idiot in Canadian lingo / MON 4-18-16 / Flash faddish assembly /...
Constructor:Janice LuttrellRelative difficulty:Easy side of normalTHEME: BREAD (37A: Moolah ... or the makeup of the ends of the answers to the starred clues) — ends of starred answers are...
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Double in baseball lingo / TUE 4-19-16 / Veil material / North America's...
Constructor:David J. KahnRelative difficulty:Medium-Challenging (*for a Tuesday*)THEME: HEADS UP (36A: Warning appropriate for this puzzle?)— circled squares are words that can precede "head" in common...
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Hockey scoring play / WED 4-19-16 / Material that is foreign to body / Loose...
Constructor:Tom McCoyRelative difficulty:Easy-MediumTHEME: FOURTEEN POINTS (39A: Proposal of Woodrow Wilson ... or what the scoring values of 18-, 27-, 55- and 66-Across total) — yep, add 'em up, and...
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Failure to sneeze / THU 4-21-16 / Brilliantly blue / Textbook market...
Constructor:Alex BajczRelative difficulty:MediumTHEME:SST to SD— ST- goes to D- at the front of the second word in two-word phrases where first word ends in -S, creating wacky near-homophones, clued...
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Project Mercury primate / FRI 4-22-16 / Roller on carriageway / Hills...
Constructor:Robyn WeintraubRelative difficulty:Very, very easyTHEME:none Word of the Day:Ken OLIN(39A: Co-star of TV's "thirthysomething") — Kenneth Edward "Ken" Olin (born July 30, 1954) is an...
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Give up out of frustration in slang / SAT 4-23-16 / Pericles domain in...
Constructor:Paolo PascoRelative difficulty:Easy-Medium (really really easy for me, but I think I lucked into some stuff...)THEME:none Word of the Day:ESA(47A: Intl. org. that was the first to land a...
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Givee / SUN 4-24-16 / Botnaical cover / Biscuits with no sharp edges / Cave...
Constructor:Kathy WienbergRelative difficulty:EasyTHEME:"'Tee' Time"— 'TEE' sound is added to the end of the first word in familiar phrases, creating wacky phrases, clued "?"-styleTheme...
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Mumbai titles / MON 4-25-16 / Don't mess with him per old song lyric / Walter...
Constructor:Betty KellerRelative difficulty:North of Medium by a little bit (i.e. Medium-Challenging *for a Monday*)THEME:MR. IN-BETWEEN (37A: "Don't mess with" him, per an old song lyric ... or a hint...
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Former Sanyo competitor / TUE 4-26-16 / Canyon Park running spot in Hollywood...
Constructor:Finn VigelandRelative difficulty:EasyTHEME:words made into scandals— familiar words/names ending in -GATE are reimagined (in wacky "?" clues) as unlikely scandal names:Theme...
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Five Pillars adherent / WED 4-27-16 / Terrier of old whodunits / Cryophobe's...
Constructor:Jeff StillmanRelative difficulty:MediumTHEME: THEME— male-sounding pen names for female authorsTheme answers:ELLIS BELL (17A: Pen name of the female author of "Wuthering Heights") (Emily...
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Daughter of Loki / 4-28-16 / Contemporary of Wordsworth Coleridge / Extinct...
Constructor:Kurt KraussRelative difficulty:Challenging (mainly because of having to remember exactly how the gimmick works, not because of Inherent difficulty)THEME:compass directions—Downs run North...
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Sonnet-ending unit / FRI 4-29-16 / Slangy true no / Questel who voiced Olive...
Constructor:Andrew KingsleyRelative difficulty:EasyTHEME:none Word of the Day:MAE Questel(6D: Questel who voiced Olive Oyl) — Mae Questel (pronounced ques-TELL; September 13, 1908 – January 4, 1998)...
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Game also called Five in a Row / SAT 4-30-16 / Herbal stress reliever from...
Constructor:Mark DiehlRelative difficulty:ChallengingTHEME:none Word of the Day:GO BANG(48A: Game also called Fine in a Row) — Gomoku is an abstract strategyboard game. Also called Gobang or Five in a...
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Pause word in psalms / SUN 5-1-16 / Eyelike opening in architecture /...
Constructor:Joel Fagliano and Byron WaldenRelative difficulty:Easy-Medium (more Easy for me, but those big open spaces might slow you down)THEME:"Stellar Work"—theme clues look like normal clues marked...
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Indian state known for its tea and silk / MON 5-2-2016 / Letter between sigma...
Hi, it's me, first-Monday-of-the-month-guest-blogger Annabel, and no crossword puzzle can ever cross me! OK, that's totally not true, I got stuck on the right side for awhile on this one, and finished...
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Proto-matter of the universe / TUE 5-3-16 / Coyolxauhuqui worshiper /...
Constructor:John WestwigRelative difficulty:Normal Tuesday (medium)THEME:Jeremy's iron— famous names, where last name is a make of car, have apostrophe-S added to end of first names to make it sound...
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Pearl Fishers priestess / WED 5-4-16 / Variety of sherry whose name means...
Constructor:Jacob StulbergRelative difficulty:Medium (took me longer than normal, but it's bigger than normal (16-wide))THEME:"INTO / EACH / LIFE / SOME/ RAIN / MUST / FALL"— these words sort of "fall"...
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L'chaim / THU 5-5-16 / Nonstick pan brand / World's second most translated...
Constructor: David PooleRelative difficulty: ThursdayHi, everybody. It's me! PuzzleGirl! And I'm here to talk you through your Thursday puzzle. If it seems like I'm in a bad mood, it's because I had...
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