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Barksdale drug dealer on Wire / SUN 6-11-17 / One of pair of best friends in...
Constructor: Charles M. DeberRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME:"Think Twice"— words that can be part of one group of things and also another group of things because language is funny that way...Theme...
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Throat dangler / MON 6-12-17 / Repeated short bits in jazz / Swiss capital to...
Constructor: Dan MargolisRelative difficulty: Normal Monday (maybe slightly on the easy side)THEME: BOY MEETS GIRL (50A: Beginning of a rom-com ... or a description of 20-, 36- and 41-Across)— famous...
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Title for Maria Theresa of Austria / TUE 6-13-17 / Terse put-down of Sandra's...
Constructor: Lynn LempelRelative difficulty: Medium (normal Tuesday)THEME:expanding letters— familiar phrases containing stand-alone letters have those letters spelled out as words, resulting in...
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Jewish organization known for its outreach work / WED 6-14-17 / Secretary of...
Constructor: Andrew ZhouRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: BY GEORGE! (61A: Exlamation that describes 13-, 20-, 30, 39- and 51-Across)— all themers are works created by someone whose first...
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Former Cleveland Orchestra conductor George / THU 6-15-17 / European sister...
Constructor: Richard F. MausserRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:"THE DIRTY DOZEN" (53A: Hit movie released on June 15, 1967 ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme)— twelve different answers (w/...
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Old baseball mascot with C on his cap / FRI 6-16-17 / French philosopher who...
Constructor: Zhouqin BurnikelRelative difficulty: Medium (felt very hard at first, but in the end, my time was only just a tad north of normal)THEME: none Word of the Day: EVA Green (30D: Green on the...
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Rows / SAT 6-17-17 / Uncut / Flow / Friends / Believe
Constructor:Ryan McCartyRelative difficulty:MediumTHEME:NoneWord of the Day:SEMIBREVE(26A: Whole note, to a Brit) — In music, a whole note (American) or semibreve (British) is a note represented by a...
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Popular rapper with feline-sounding name / SUN 6-18-17 / Neutrogena dandruff...
Constructor: Sam TrabuccoRelative difficulty: NormalTHEME:"Silent Treatment"— familiar phrases clued as if their silent letters didn't exist. Silent letters (in circles) spell out KNIGHT (so ... per...
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Doll-making tribe of Southwest / MON 6-19-17 / Heroine of Jean Auel's Clan of...
Constructor: Susan GelfandRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (theme type, incl. its complete reliance on proper noun knowledge, made this slightly tougher than the average Monday)THEME: DUETS...
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Hill that's steep on one side gentle on other / TUE 6-20-17 / Southern region...
Constructor: Jason FlinnRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: AIRPORT TERMINALS (55A: Arrival and departure locales hinted at by 17-, 21- and 50-Across)— final words in the three themers are...
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Some native Nigerians / WED 6-21-17 / Insect made of paper /...
Constructor: Bruce HaightRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (easy theme, but the fill / cluing ... MUCKY)THEME: BUTTERFLY (35A: Word that must be added to 1-, 8-, 65- and 66-Across to make sense...
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Japanese chess / THU 6-22-17 / Balaam's talking beast / Katniss's partner in...
Constructor: Ruth B. MargolinRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: EYESEEEYE— phrases following pattern "___ [body part] to [body part]" are represented in the grid with the "___" part literally...
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Baby animal in parable in II Samuel / FRI 6-23-17 / Subject of 1984...
Constructor: James Mulhern and Ashton AndersonRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: PERCALE (20D: Bedsheet material) — nounnoun: percalea closely woven fine cotton or polyester...
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Von Rothbart's daughter in ballet / SAT 6-24-17 / Running gold medalist Steve...
Constructor: Stu OckmanRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: none Word of the Day: ALAN Bean (19A: Bean in a pod?)— Alan LaVern Bean (born March 15, 1932), (CAPT, USN, Ret.), is an American...
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Second-largest city in Vermont / SUN 6-25-17 / Petroleum byproduct used to...
Constructor: Jacob StulbergRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME:"Cropped"— various crops (!) are "shortened" (into two-letter-per-square chunks) inside the theme answers, with the revealer (VEGETABLE...
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Hit 2017 Jordan Peele thriller / MON 6-26-17 / Given benediction old...
Constructor: Brian GreerRelative difficulty: Challenging (30+ seconds over my normal, which is Significant on Monday)THEME: HARRY / POTTER and THE PHILOSOPHER'S / STONE— anniversary puzzle honoring the...
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Quaint dagger / TUE 6-27-17 / Florida state athlete slangily / Broody rock...
Constructor: John GuzzettaRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: GO DOWN SWINGING (48A: Fight to the better end ... or a hint to the starts of 20-, 32- and 40-Across)— themers being with three words related...
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Cathedral of Florence / WED 6-28-17 / Nobelist Pavlov / Garbage-hauling boat...
Constructor: David KwongRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (just figuring out wording of quote, esp. very beginning, added difficulty)THEME: 1A: Start of a quip about a whimsical celebrity...
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Ones with X-genes in comics / THU 6-29-17 / Republic state toppled in 1933 /...
Constructor: Rich ProulxRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: country puns Theme answers:KENYA GIVE ME A HAND (18A: Request for aid in East Africa?)BAHRAIN WASH (27A: Call for cleanup in the Persian...
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Titular Salinger girl / FRI 6-30-17 / Designer behind Dolly Girl perfume /...
Constructor: Damon GulczynskiRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: noneWord of the Day: NADIA Petrova (33D: Tennis's Petrova)— Nadezhda Viktorovna Petrova (Russian: Надежда Викторовна Петрова; born 8 June...
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