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One-horse carriage / THU 3-23-17 / Distinctive filmmakers / Old typesetting...
Constructor:Sandy GanzellRelative difficulty:MediumTHEME:straitened circumstances— three Down columns are less wide than the others; words meaning "the opposite of wide" must precede all the answers in...
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Jazz Trumpeter Hargrove with two Grammys / FRI 3-24-17 / Novelist Hammond /...
Constructor:Michael Hawkins and John GuzzettaRelative difficulty:MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day:Hammond INNES(61A: Novelist Hammond ___) — Ralph Hammond Innes (15 July 1913 – 10 June 1998) was a...
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Literary waiter / SAT 3-25-17 / Coffee in miltary slang / Locale in two James...
Constructor:Sam Ezersky and David SteinbergRelative difficulty:EasyTHEME: none Word of the Day:COHAN(51D: Subject of the 1942 film musical "Yankee Doodle Dandy") — George Michael Cohan (July 3, 1878 –...
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Bandleader Eubanks familiarly / SUN 3-26-17 / Monastery head's jurisdiction /...
Constructor:Tracy Gray and Jeff ChenRelative difficulty:Easy-MediumTHEME:"Mixed Results"— colors replaced by crossing colors (in circled letters) that, when combined, create the original color:Theme...
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Old-fashioned wine holder / MON 3-27-17 / What Google's Ngram program tracks...
Constructor:Tom McCoyRelative difficulty:Medium-Challenging (slowish for Monday, though maybe that's 'cause the grid is extra-wide today)THEME: STAKE OUT (39A: Police operation ... or, when read...
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Illegal pitching motion / TUE 3-28-17 / 18th-century mathetmatician who...
Constructor:Ryan MilliganRelative difficulty:MediumTHEME:adjective --> adverb: relatively famous people have their adjective last names turned into adverbs, as they are imagined saying things in a...
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Camera named for goddess / WED 3-29-17 / Crisis time / 1974 hit with Spanish...
Constructor:Jules P. MarkeyRelative difficulty:MediumTHEME: MIDDLE AGE (34A: Crisis time, for some ... or a hint to each of the circled words)— circled letters in the "middle" of four answers are all...
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Disrobing of Christ painter 1579 / Most-nominated woman ever in Grammys /...
Constructor:Lewis RothleinRelative difficulty:MediumTHEME: MIC DROP (42D: Dramatic ending to a performance ... or a hint to answering the six starred clues)—answers are real words but don't fit ......
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John of pro wrestling / FRI 3-31-17 / Alphabetically rhyming river name /...
Constructor:David C. Duncan DekkerRelative difficulty:MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day:John CENA(23A: John of pro wrestling) — John Felix Anthony Cena Jr. (/ˈsiːnə/; born April 23, 1977) is an...
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Ancient New Mexican / SAT 4-1-17 / Milieu of FX series Americans / Noted...
Constructor:Howard BarkinRelative difficulty:N/A (not comparable to other Saturdays)THEME: TWO BY FOURS (55A: Construction staples ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme)— themers consist of four squares...
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Ghostbuster Spengler / SUN 4-2-17 / King who spoke at Kennedy's inaugural...
Constructor:Jerry MiccolisRelative difficulty:Easy-MediumTHEME:"Initial Description"— theme answers are APRONYMS:Theme answers:SWAN = SWIMMER WITH ARCHED NECKMARS = MOSTLY ARID RED SPHEREATLAS = AID TO...
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Superman's birth name / MON 4-3-17 / __ Philippe (Swiss watchmaker) / __-CIO...
I thought about doing an April Fools thing and saying that I was quitting Rex's blog, but then I decided that that would be too sad and also April Fools was two days ago. So instead I'm just gonna say...
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On Beach heroine / TUE 4-4-17 / Defunct gridiron org / Old fashioned theaters...
Constructor:Timothy PolinRelative difficulty:Easy-MediumTHEME: PINOCCHIO (58A: Disney character hinted at by the circled letters)— circled squares contain letters N, O, S, E, which stretch farther, as...
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Greek poet who wrote distaff / WED 4-5-17 / 1987-94 Star Trek series briefly...
Constructor:Alex Eaton-SalnersRelative difficulty:EasyTHEME: SPANISH (43D: Language that utilizes the letter "ñ")— DESCRIPTIONTheme answers:MAÑANA / PIÑATASPEÑA NIETO / BAÑOSPIÑA COLADAS / AÑOJALAPEÑOS...
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Edible part of litchi / THU 4-6-17 / Sitcom catchphrase of 70s 80s / Many...
Constructor:Damon GulczynskiRelative difficulty:Easy-MediumTHEME:XS AND OS (38A: Playbook symbols ... or letters treated symbolically in this puzzle's Down answers)— Xs treated symbolically three times...
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Sister brand of Ortho / FRI 4-7-17 / Bread spread whose tagline is Love it...
Constructor:Patrick BerryRelative difficulty:ChallengingTHEME:none Word of the Day:LARRUP(2D: Beat soundly) — verbinformalverb: larrup; 3rd person present: larrups; past tense: larruped; past...
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East of Eden girlfriend / SAT 4-8-17 / Bonehead to Brits / Fictional mariner...
Constructor:Jeff ChenRelative difficulty:MediumTHEME:noneWord of the Day:NETIZEN(30A: YouTuber or eBayer) — nounnoun: netizen; plural noun: netizensa user of the Internet, especially a habitual or avid...
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French director Clement / SUN 4-9-17 / Tim Robbins mockumentary / Martial art...
Constructor:Byron WaldenRelative difficulty:Easy-MediumTHEME:"Having Nothing On"— Nothing (O) + ON are added to phrases, making funny new phrases ending with -OON.Word of the Day:CRONUTS(7D: Hybrid...
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Long-term inmate / MON 4-10-17 / King topper / Like some processed apples /...
Constructor:Lonnie BurtonRelative difficulty:Medium (normal Monday) (2:56)THEME: BOND (007D: What the answers to the starred clues share, in two ways)— the BOND linking all the theme answers is that...
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Elsa's younger sister in Frozen / TUE 4-11-17 / Motto for modern risk taker...
Constructor:Zachary Spitz and Diane RosemanRelative difficulty:Medium (I was slow, but my mistakes were dumb and likely atypical)THEME: UNITED NATIONS (49A: Organization founded in 1945 ... or a...
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