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Draftkings competitor / FRI 7-21-17 / Formally approve as document old-style...
Constructor: Paolo PascoRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: none Word of the Day: BIP (31D: Marcel Marceau persona) — Marcel Marceau (French pronunciation: [maʁsɛl maʁso]; born Marcel Mangel, 22 March...
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Ankh-holding deity / SAT 7-22-17 / cartoon avatars on Snapchat / single serve...
Constructor: Zhouqin BurnikelRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (suuuuper-easy, I'm told, but I have a slight concert hangover this morning, so I was just fast, not Fast)THEME: none Word of the Day:...
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1943 French novella / SUN 7-23-17 / Pacific capital / The Big Pineapple /...
Constructor: Caleb MadisonRelative difficulty: Easy (16:36) THEME:"Back on the Charts"— Names of musical artists are "back" -- i.e. at the end of the entries -- and on the charts -- i.e. in the...
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Green condiment / MON 7-24-17 / George Rumble in the Jungle / Ke$ha TiK /...
Constructor: Peter GordonRelative difficulty: Easy (4:17)THEME: Morphological reduplication (as they call it in linguistics)— An idiom and the names of a person, a brand, and a Muppet repeat sounds...
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Discharge as from a volcano / TUE 7-25-17 / Protective embankment / Ambient...
Constructor: Alex VratsanosRelative difficulty: Easy (5:37)THEME: SPREAD THE GOSPEL (61A: Evangelize ... or what this puzzle's circled squares do?— Letters in the names of the four canonical gospels...
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Common Sense pampleteer / WED 7-26-17 / Rambler maker / 2006 Supreme Court...
Constructor: Brian CoxRelative difficulty: Easy (5:38)THEME: Knock-Knock jokes— You know what a knock-knock joke is.17A: Response to "Knock knock": WHO'S THERE21A: "Esther ...": ANYONE HOME36A: "Yvonne...
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Game animals to some / THU 7-27-17 / Out of place obstetric / Nabisco brand...
Constructor: Jeffrey WechslerRelative difficulty: Medium (10:00 exactly)THEME: HOLD DOWN THE FORT -- three across entries "hold down" the word FORT into corresponding down entries in the grid.16A:...
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Award for "Hairspray" but not "Hair" / FRI 7-28-17 / Famous 1980s movie quote...
Constructor: Robyn WeintraubRelative difficulty: Easy (6:53, close to a Friday record)THEME: THEMElessWord of the Day: TENON (44D: Dovetail component) — The mortiseand tenon joint has been used for...
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Floored / SAT 7-27-17 / First cover 1970 Dynamite Afros / 1984 Summer...
Constructor: Erik AgardRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (8:57)THEME: THEMElessWord of the Day: HOUR ANGLE (22D: Measurement in a celestial coordinate system) — In astronomy and celestial navigation,...
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Last Scottish king to die in battle / SUN 7-30-17 / Mideast royal name /...
Constructor: Isaac Mizrahi and David J. KahnRelative difficulty: Average (18:19)THEME:"By Design"— Idioms are clued with fashion-related jokes.24A: Flaunt a loose dress at a soiree? (WORK THE NIGHT...
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Mathematician whose name sounds like fuel ship / MON 7-31-17 / Radioer's word...
Constructor: David SteinbergRelative difficulty: Challenging (so, like, 30 seconds north of normal)THEME: SEATTLE (68A: City that's the subject of this puzzle)— things related to SEATTLE and then a...
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Big letters in home security / TUE 8-1-17 / Marijuana slangily / Net that...
Constructor: Jay KaskelRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME:"Shocking!"— all theme clues are ["Shocking!," to a [somebody]] and then the answer is a phrase meaning "Shocking!" (in really olde-timey...
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Ice cream thickeners / WED 8-2-17 / Muscular Japanese dog / Nabisco's answer...
Constructor: Bruce HaightRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: words / phrases that can mean their own opposite: Theme answers:HOLD UP (1A: Support ... or impede)CONTINUE (7A: Go on with ... or...
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Nemesis of Clanton gang / THU 8-3-17 / Modern home of ancient Tripolitania /...
Constructor: Timothy PolinRelative difficulty: Medium, leaning Medium-Challenging? (no idea—I had an ultra-slow time due almost entirely to a spelling error ... and then Another Spelling Error)THEME:...
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White Cloud competitor / FRI 8-4-17 / Historic restructuring / Sour fermented...
Constructor: Damon GulczynskiRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: TSAR ALEXANDER II (48A: Autocrat known as "the Liberator") — Alexander II (Russian: Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич,...
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Silent dramatic performance to Brits / SAT 8-5-17 / Mace-wielding DC Comics...
Constructor: David PhillipsRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: NOE Valley (9D: San Francisco's ___ Valley) — Noe Valley (/ˈnoʊ.i/NOH-ee) is an affluent neighborhood in the...
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Libertarian pundit Neal / SUN 8-6-17 / Malodorous animal / Governess at...
Constructor: Patrick BerryRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME:"Anchors Away!"— boat puns, (ah)oy...Theme answers:GALLEONS OF MILK (gallons) (24A: Sailing vessels that Cap'n Crunch might...
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A lot of them can be found on a lot / MON 8-7-17 / Something that might be...
Hiii! It's the last Annabel Monday before my internship at ThinkProgress ends, so I'll be slightly less tired next time. ...Maybe. (Seriously, though, my summer has been awesome.)Constructor: KEVIN...
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Onetime HBO series set in New Orleans / TUE 8-8-17 / Great Expectations...
Constructor: Dan FlanaganRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: no. / no.— clues all look like fractions that = 1 (i.e. one number over itself) but they all have different meanings...Theme answers:17A: 4/4...
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Onetime English poet laureate Henry James / WED 8-9-17 / Flock loser of rhyme...
Constructor: Adam G. PerlRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (proper noun issues...)THEME:"Where a [sounds like a poker hand] can beat a [sounds like a poker hand]"— the answers have nothing to do...
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