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Civil rights pioneer Du Bois / MON 10-9-17 / Google viewer tool for charting...
Constructor: Joe DeeneyRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (for a M)THEME:CALENDAR REFORM (52A: The change from Julian to Gregorian ... or what would be needed to make 20-, 31- and 40-Across...
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Grain disease / TUE 10-10-17 / 1967 Montreal event / Fur trader John Jacob /...
Constructor: Mark MacLachlanRelative difficulty: NormalTHEME:ATNO (67A: What "This" refers to, in this puzzle's theme: Abbr.)— theme answers begin "This," where "This" refers to the number of the clue,...
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East Asia gambling locale / WED 10-11-17 / Start of dieter's brag / Saison...
Constructor: David J. KahnRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: THE OK CORRAL (GUNFIGHT AT THE) (28D: With 62-Across, renowned 1881 event that lasted about 30 seconds)— there is a "corral" of sorts in the...
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Grayish to yellowish brown / THU 10-12-17 / Max popular video game series of...
Constructor: Alex Eaton-SalnersRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: homophones— Across clues are all homophones of *actual* clues (no way in hell I'm typing out all the Across clues and their...
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18th century pioneer in graph theory / FRI 10-13-17 / Sites associated with...
Constructor: Zhouqin BurnikelRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: TORTONI (56A: Ice cream treat) — nounnoun: tortoni; plural noun: tortonisan Italian ice cream made with eggs...
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Farmhand in Wizard of Oz / SAT 10-14-17 / Half of 1997 telecom merger / Britt...
Constructor: Sam EzerskyRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (very challenging for me, but I am an idiot who forgot that AMMAN, Jordan exists...)THEME: none Word of the Day: NYNEX (9D: Half of a...
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Office restoration / SUN 10-15-17 / Bit from Sunshine Biscuits / Nozzles into...
Constructors: John Guzzetta & Michael HawkinsRelative difficulty: Slightly harder than averageTHEME: “Wise Move” - Two-word base phrases whose first words each end in a Y with a long E sound; that...
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Quaint train amenity / MON 10-16-17 / Substitute terms for sensitive subjects...
Constructor: Jennifer NuttRelative difficulty: Medium (i.e. Normal Monday) (3:00)THEME: KILLER WHALE (59A: Creature found "swimming" in 16-, 22-, 28-, 42- and 47-Across)—letter string "ORCA" is...
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Raunchy 1981 comedy with two sequels / TUE 10-17-17 / South Asian shade tree...
Constructor: Jeff ChenRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (on the slow side for a Tuesday) (3:48)THEME: CON MEN (43D: People who target the starts of 17-, 30-, 40- and 57-Across)— starts of those...
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Nanki-poo's pursuer in Mikado / WED 10-18-17 / Nine-time baseball All-Star...
Constructor: John Lithgow and Brendan Emmett QuigleyRelative difficulty: Challenging (those names...)THEME: theater terms, reimagined— terms familiar from the theater are clued as if they were not ......
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French network / THU 10-19-17 / One of billions in puffball / Sch backer
Constructor: Ned WhiteRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: HEAD OVER HEELS (39A: **One way to fall in love ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues)— Two stacks of [Honcho] (i.e. a "head")...
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1999 prequel that grossed over billion dollars familiarly / FRI 10-20-17 /...
Constructor: Peter WentzRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME:none Word of the Day: HODA KOTB (56A: "Today" co-host beginning in 2007) — Hoda Kotb (/ˈhoʊdəˈkɒtbiː/HOH-də KOT-bee; Arabic: هدى قطب Hudā...
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Open one-seated horse-drawn carriage / SAT 10-21-17 / Duke legend to fans /...
Constructor: Samuel A. Donaldson and Brad Wilber Relative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: SEGNO (25A: Score mark indicating a passage to be repeated) — In music notation, Dal segno...
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Praying figure in Christian art / SUN 10-22-17 / Challenge to prove you're...
Constructor: Tracy GrayRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:"Selfies"— clues are all imagined "Facebook status"es one might post to accompany a selfie; the answers are selfie-worthy locations, all of which...
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Stepped tower of ancient Sumer / MON 10-23-17 / Online source of film trivia...
Constructor: Timothy PolinRelative difficulty: Challenging for a Monday (3:38) (that's 40-ish seconds longer than average, an eternity on a Monday)THEME: Periods— ordinary words ending in -AGE are...
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One-named Spanish-born actress / TUE 10-24-17 / Japanese eel-and-rice dish /...
Constructor: Damon GulczynskiRelative difficulty: Medium (I was slow, but the puzzle is a plus-size 16 squares wide)THEME: ANOTHER DIMENSION (59A: What a sci-fi portal might lead to ... or what's added...
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Take an Ax to / WED 10-25-17 / Like good farm soil / Eggs on / Source of...
Constructor:Jules P. MarkeyRelative difficulty:EasyTHEME:BREAK UP THE BANKS(62A: Wall Street reformer's urging ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled squares)—Two geological banks, RIVER and SNOW, and...
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Southernmost active volcano in world / THU 10-26-17 / Lily Tomlin's one ringy...
Constructor: Jacob StulbergRelative difficulty: Challenging (for me, anyway ... probably actually Medium)THEME: MT. EREBUS (59A: Southernmost active volcano in the world ... or a cryptic hint to...
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Samuel of English history / FRI 10-27-17 / Facepalm inducer / Letters for the...
Constructor: David SteinbergRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: noneWord of the Day: Bob IGER (11A: Disney exec Bob) — Robert Allen Iger (/ˈaɪɡər/; born February 10, 1951) is an American businessman...
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Crosswise on a ship / SAT 10-28-17 / 1950s politico Kefauver / Architectural...
Constructor: Roland HugetRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: PAPETERIE (13D: Container for writing materials, such as fancy stationery) — 1.a box for holding stationery,...
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