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Indiana/Illinois separator / MON 1-2-17 / Invaded in large numbers / "I...
Hi Puzzlers!!! It may be a new year but it's the same old Annabel you get on the first Monday of every mouth! My new year's resolution is to not accidentally type "mouth" instead of "month" like I just...
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Czech-made auto that's part of Volkswagen Group / TUE 1-3-16 / Pope said to...
Constructor:Michael ShteymanRelative difficulty:Challenging (mid-4s)THEME: ATANDT (44D: Communications giant ... or a possible title of this puzzle)— themers are two-word phrases where first word...
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Congo ape / WED 1-4-16 / Albanian currency / Plum used to flavor gin
Constructor:Samuel A. DonaldsonRelative difficulty:Easy-MediumTHEME: dentist humor—familiar phrases clued as if they had something to do with the dentist:Theme answers:FIRST IMPRESSION (17A: The new...
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Half of Wall Street firm since 1882 / THU 1-5-16 / Tesfaye aka R&B's The...
Constructor:Ed SessaRelative difficulty:Medium (leaning toward Medium-Challenging for me)THEME: Jack-in-the (BLACK) -box— words or phrase parts that require you to imagine JACK is in a...
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Aladdin character who's transformed into elephant / FRI 1-6-16 / Targets of...
Constructor:Jacob StulbergRelative difficulty:Medium-Challenging (the NE alone took it into "Challenging" territory for me)THEME: none Word of the Day:LEE ANN Womack(38A: Singer Womack with the 2000...
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1990s caught on tape series / SAT 1-7-16 / Synthetic dye compound /...
Constructor:Roland HugetRelative difficulty:MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day:"REAL TV"(31A: 1990s "caught on tape" series) — Real TV (commonly known as America's Best Caught on Tape) is a reality...
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Old bandleader with Egyptian inspired name / SUN 1-8-17 / Entourage of 1990s...
Constructor:Peter Broda and Erik AgardRelative difficulty:Easy-MediumTHEME:"The Downsizing of Nathaniel Ames"— familiar multi-word phrases where first word is reimagined as if it were first initial +...
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Republican pol Haley from South Carolina / MON 1-9-17 / Black covert doings /...
Constructor:Neville FogartyRelative difficulty:Easy-MediumTHEME: BED HEAD (39A: Result of failure to comb the hair after sleep, maybe ... or a feature of 17-, 25-, 49- or 61-Across)— theme answers all...
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Rules in force in England before Norman Conquest / TUE 1-10-17 /...
Constructor:David PooleRelative difficulty:Challenging (solid minute over my normal time)THEME: OTHELLO (23A: Disc-flipping board game hinted at by a word ladder formed by the answers to the nine...
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Port city at one terminus of Appian Way / WED 1-11-17 / Farmworker in Millet...
Constructor:Peter A. CollinsRelative difficulty:MediumTHEME:DNA— a single (?) strand of repeated letters "DNA" runs in a vaguely helical shape down the middle of the grid. Theme answers:WATSON (47D:...
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Japanese flower-arranging art / THU 1-12-17 / Old video game maker /...
Constructor:Joe KrozelRelative difficulty:EasyTHEME: Across the Grid Divide— in three rows of the puzzle, two sequential 3-letter Across answers are to be taken (per the clue of the following Across...
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One of renters in Steinbeck's Tortilla Flat / FRI 1-13-17 / Family name in...
Constructor:Andrew J. RiesRelative difficulty:EasyTHEME: none Word of the Day:WES Montgomery(13D: Jazzman Montgomery) — John Leslie"Wes"Montgomery (March 6, 1923 – June 15, 1968) was an American jazz...
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Anchovy sand eel / SAT 1-14-17 / Topper for Chaplin's Tramp / Obviously...
Constructor:Andrew KingsleyRelative difficulty:EasyTHEME: none Word of the Day:SPRAT(19A: Anchovy or sand eel) — nounnoun: sprat; plural noun: spratsa small marine fish of the herring family, widely...
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Uber-owned company that makes self-driving trucks / SUN 1-15-17 / Nickname...
Constructor:Joel FaglianoRelative difficulty:EasyishTHEME:"Grammar Lesson"— phrases related to grammar that are reclued super-wackily ("?"-style)Theme answers:FUTURE PERFECT (24A: Utopia?)INDEFINITE...
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Lebanese city that was once enter of Phoenician civilization / MON 1-16-17 /...
Constructor:John WrenholtRelative difficulty:MediumTHEME: SIX WAYS TO SUNDAY (63A: Completely ... with a summation of 17-, 30- and 47-Across)— previous three themers start with ONE WAY, TWO WAY, and...
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Tree-lined walkway in France / TUE 1-17-17 / Nubian heroine of opera / Makeup...
Constructor:Timothy PolinRelative difficulty:Easy-MediumTHEME: A CARRIE / FISHER memorial puzzle (I think)— stuff related to her role as PRINCESS LEIA (53A: Iconic role for 2-/51-Down) in "Star Wars"...
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Bard of Gaelic legend / WED 1-18-17 / Boyfriend after breakup perhaps / Inept...
Constructor:Matthew SewellRelative difficulty:Easy-MediumTHEME: FAST BREAK (57A: Dynamic basketball sequence represented by the starts of 17-, 23-, 30-, 40- and 49-Across)—just what it says:Theme...
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Native-born Israeli / THU 1-19-17 / Leader targeted in 1989's Operation Nifty...
Constructor:Jacob StulbergRelative difficulty:MediumTHEME: CHECKERED PAST (36A: Liability for a political candidate ... as depicted four times in this puzzle?)— PAST is depicted, in unchecked-letter /...
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Better adversary to deal with in saying / FRI 1-20-17 / Genres for Ladysmith...
Constructor:Angela Olson "PuzzleGirl" HalstedRelative difficulty:EasyTHEME: none Word of the Day:PITTI Palace(52D: Florence's ___ Palace) — The Palazzo Pitti (Italian pronunciation: [paˈlattso...
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Violinist Kavafian / SAT 1-21-17 / Bulbous perennial / Xmas for Jimmy Buffet...
Constructor:James MulhernRelative difficulty:Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day:TARPONS(33A: Prized game fish) — nounplural noun: tarponsa large tropical marine fish of herringlike appearance....
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