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Kimono closer / WED 6-15-16 / Oxymoronic purchase at blowout sale / Red card...
Constructor:Jason FlinnRelative difficulty:MediumTHEME: AND ANOTHER THING... (59A: Rant continuation ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme) — theme answers are common (ish) phrases that start with...
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Some atom smashers briefly / THU 6-16-16 / Lolita's workplace in song /...
Constructor:Timothy PolinRelative difficulty:Medium-ChallengingTHEME: DROP IT (29D:"Move on!" ... or how to decipher the 16 starred clues) — just take "it" out of the clues. Then they (mostly) make...
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Longtime mike mike airer / FRI 6-17-16 / Lumia smartphone launcher / God with...
Constructor:Zhouqin BurnikelRelative difficulty:EasyTHEME:none Word of the Day:Project Gutenberg(12D: Project Gutenberg job) — Project Gutenberg (PG) is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive...
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Liberal political activist Ralph / SAT 6-18-16 / Wendi ex-wife of Rupert...
Constructor:Todd GrossRelative difficulty:Easy-MediumTHEME:squaresville (actually, none, I think) Word of the Day:RUNAGATES(3D: Fugitives) — n.1. A renegade or deserter.2. A vagabond.[Alteration of...
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Sidekick in 1990s SNL skits / SUN 6-19-16 / Many-time Indy 500 pace car /...
Constructor:David WoolfRelative difficulty:MediumTHEME:"Traffic Intersection"— some black squares (in the above version) function like intersections, where the square is "RED" in answers that precede...
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Kylo Ren's portrayer in Star Wars Force Awakens / MON 6-20-16 / Conductor...
Constructor:Jason MuellerRelative difficulty:MediumTHEME:CLUBS (41A: Items found at the ends of 17-, 23-, 53- and 64-Across)— golf clubsTheme answers:ELIJAH WOOD (17A: Frodo's portrayer in "The Lord of...
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Five-time Olympian Torres / TUE 6-21-16 / Spanish soccer star Sergio / Big...
Constructor:Julie BérubéRelative difficulty:Medium (normal Tuesday)THEME:SUPER / CALI / FRAGI / LISTIC / EXPI / ALID / OCIOUS— those parts of the "Mary Poppins" song appear in circled squares in the...
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Phrase in group photo caption / THU 6-23-16 / Radiohead frontman Thom /...
Constructor:Megan Amram and David KwongRelative difficulty:EasyTHEME: Formal expressions!— familiar expressions containing a word that can also be a shortened version of a common name have that word...
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Dr. Kildare portrayer Ayres / FRI 6-24-16 / Los Angeles suburb next to San...
Constructor:Patrick BerryRelative difficulty:Easy-Medium (Easy except for one answer...)THEME: none Word of the Day:LAKE VIEW TERRACE(11D: Los Angeles suburb next to San Fernando) — Lake View Terrace...
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Pedestal support / SAT 6-25-16 / Detractors epithet for Putin regime / IHOP...
Constructor:Kameron Austin CollinsRelative difficulty:MediumTHEME: THEME— DESCRIPTIONWord of the Day:SOCLE(37A: Pedestal support) — nounArchitecturenoun: socle; plural noun: soclesa plain low block or...
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Queen pop music nickname / SUN 6-26-16 / OutKast chart-topper /...
Constructor:Priscilla Clark and Jeff ChenRelative difficulty:Medium (assuming you know all the MLB teams)THEME:"Sports Page Headlines"— phrases that look like baseball headlines are clued as ... I...
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Faerie Queene woman whose name means peace / MON 6-27-16 / Spanish red wine /...
Constructor:Kevan ChosetRelative difficulty:EasyTHEME: LIVES OF EASE (59A: Carefree existences ... or, punnily, what 17-, 27- and 45-Across have)— answers are LIVES (i.e. human beings) with only "E"s...
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Niece's counterpart in French / TUE 6-28-16 / Mathematician whose name sounds...
Constructor:Alex VratsanosRelative difficulty:Challenging (not even close to Tuesday)THEME:spider— some spider answers and then eight LEGsTheme answers:ARACHNIDA (29A: Spider's class)BITE MARKS (48A:...
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Worker at Omnicrom Group / WED 6-29-16 / Fodder's place but not mudder's /...
Constructor:John LampkinRelative difficulty:Medium (felt Easy, but clock said otherwise)THEME:gratis— clues (which all follow the pattern [It ___]) suggest something for which you don't have to pay,...
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Baseball great Buck / THU 6-30-16 / 1956 jazz/blues album with exclamation...
Constructor:Jonathan M. KayeRelative difficulty:MediumTHEME:TOP / OFF (38A: With 39-Across, refill to capacity ... or a hint to interpreting the clues at 17-, 27-, 46- and 61-Across) — if you literally...
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Buddhist memorial dome / FRI 7-1-16 / 2006 musical featuring vampire /...
Constructor:James MulhernRelative difficulty:Medium-ChallengingTHEME: none Word of the Day:LOLITAS(41D: Teases, in older usage) — Lolita was the nickname of one of the principal characters in Vladimir...
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Postprandial woe / Classical record on Norman Bates's turntable in Psycho /...
Constructor:Erin RhodeRelative difficulty:Easy-MediumTHEME:none Word of the Day:Robert MUELLER(7D: Robert ___, F.B.I. director from 2001-2013) — Robert Swan Mueller III (born August 7, 1944) is an...
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Green Day drummer / SUN 7-3-16 / SNL cast member 1985-90 / Beryl bornite /...
Constructor:Samuel A. DonaldsonRelative difficulty:MediumTHEME:"Shunned"— ordinary phrases have "shun" sound added to the end, creating wacky phrases, which are wackily clued, "?"-style:Theme...
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Satyrs' looks / MON 7-4-2016 / FedEx competitor / Instigation / Drug used to...
OH MY GOSH I'M SO EXCITED!!!! TODAY IS ONE OF THE BEST DAYS OF THE YEAR - ANNABEL MONDAY!!!!!!!! Oh, and I guess it's Independence Day or something.Constructor: Jill Denny and Jeff ChenRelative...
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Lady in Spenser's Faerie Queene / TUE 7-5-16 / Retroactively at law / Magic...
Constructor:Jules MarkeyRelative difficulty:MediumTHEME:TREASURE MAP (59A: Pirate's guide that's hinted at phonetically by the starts of 17-, 29- and 44-Across)— beginnings of theme answers...
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