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Cheap cigar slangily / SAT 11-18-17 / Noted corporate raider of 1980s / Ehud...
Constructor: Sam TrabuccoRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: LLOYD Price (47D: Price of R&B) — Lloyd Price (born March 9, 1933) is an AmericanR&Bvocalist, known as "Mr....
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The Land Shark's show, for short / SUN 11-19-17 / Staple of Southern cuisine...
Constructor: Tom McCoyRelative difficulty: Easy-ishTHEME: “Counterproductive" — Theme answers are defined by the number of letters they contain.Theme answers:MIDNIGHT HOUR (22A: This clue’s 110-Across,...
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Three-syllable foot as in bada bing / MON 11-20-17 / Nickname of Gen Burgoyne...
Constructor: Peter GordonRelative difficulty: Challenging (like, off-the-charts, not-even-close-to-normal-Monday Challenging)THEME: ALLITERATION (18D: What 17-, 33-, 47- and 66-Across exhibit, despite...
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Religious recluse / TUE 11-21-17 / Hook's henchman / Wife in Oaxaca / Rare...
Constructor: Brian ThomasRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: some kind of car race in eastern Europe?— theme clues are fill-in-the-blank quotes from an imagined car race commentator (?); the answers are...
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Chess-playing movie villain / WED 11-22-17 / Eurus in Greek mythology /...
Constructor: Timothy PolinRelative difficulty: Medium (despite all the—eventual—giveaways)THEME: world map— answers along north side of grid start with NORTH (which you must mentally supply), along...
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Group with five #1 R&B hits in 1990s / THU 11-23-17 / Bringer of light in...
Constructor: Howard BarkinRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: familiar phrases related to numbers (?) are clued as if those numbers functioned mathematically, resulting in unexpected, wacky answers......
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Dish whose name means pierce flesh / Scifi series before DS9 / Brave person...
Constructor: Bruce Haight and David SteinbergRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: three hats, or one hat falling through space in one way or another...— FLIPPING ONE'S LID (17A: Snapping ... as...
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Cavalleria Rusticana baritone / SAT 11-25-17 / Devil Hatfield Kevin Costner /...
Constructor: Kevin G. DerRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: none Word of the Day: PAMPAS CAT (27D: Striped or spotted animal named for its habitat) — The Pampas cat (Leopardus colocolo) is...
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Cured salmon / SUN 11-26-17 / Jazzy Anita / 1970s-90s chess champion / Figure...
Constructor: Jeff ChenRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (would've been sub-16 if not for 32D)THEME: INSIDE OUT— Two-word phrases are clued as if they were one word inside of another, like so:[22A: Lists...
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Handmade products website / MON 11-27-17 / Cover image on Pink Floyd's Dark...
Constructor:Kevin ChristianRelative difficulty: Normal easy Monday, maybe slightly on the Easier side (2:51)THEME:MULLET (68A: Much-derided hairstyle seen in 1-, 17-, 24-, 39-, 47- and 58-Across)— I...
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German state or novelist / TUE 11-28-17 / Receptacle carried to crime scene /...
Constructor: Andrew J. RiesRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium THEME:U-TURN (29D: Often-forbidden maneuver ... as hinted at four times in this puzzle)— names of four U-niversities make literal U-TURNs...
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Japenese drum / WED 11-29-17 / Coconutty girl scout cookie / two-tone apex...
Constructor: Erik AgardRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: MOTOWN (74A: Record label for the singers starting 18-, 40-, 45- and 66-Across)— a Supreme, a Contour, a Miracle, and a Temptation walk into a...
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Red giant in constellation Cetus / THU 11-30-17 / Pope before Leo VI / 1984...
Constructor: Trenton CharlsonRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: BATTLESHIP (60A: It's four units long in a popular board game (with the game's other pieces hinted at by the circled letters))— The...
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Auxiliary propositions in math / FRI 12-1-17 / Popular Italian brew /...
Constructor: Lily SilversteinRelative difficulty: Easy (not for me, but apparently for everyone else)THEME: none Word of the Day: PERONI (44A: Popular Italian brew) — Peroni Brewery is a brewing...
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Classic see n say toy figures / SAT 12-2-17 / Notes in old Napoli / Ancient...
Constructor: Mark DiehlRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: GRACE CUP (9D: Final toast of a meal) —...
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Hybrid music genre of the 2010s / SUN 12-3-17 / Four-hit achievement in...
Constructor: David SteinbergRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME:"Shell Game"— the grid seems to want to imitate a shell game, where you (me, you, someone?) tried to guess which shell the PEA...
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Corporate raider Carl / MON 12-4-17 / Falafel holders / Three-time Frazier foe
Constructor: Alan ArbesfeldRelative difficulty: Medium THEME: Colloquial expressions with first words that all end in "-ay" and are followed by "it." (Yes, that's the best description I've got.)THEME...
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Honey brand since 1921 / TUE 12-5-17 / Resource in Masabi Range / Instrument...
Constructor: Harry Smith and Zhouqin BurnikelRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: odd (TV newsy?) jobs— clues are jobs, but the "?" on the clue indicates wacky wordplay, so the answers are not what you'd...
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Moab's neighbor in Bible / WED 12-6-17 / Midwife to fairies in Shakespeare /...
Constructor: Clive ProbertRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME:Ms— all clues start with "M." Every answer has at least one "M." Because .... "M"?Theme answers:all of themWord of the Day: MNEME...
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1961 Literature Nobelist Andric / THU 12-7-17 / Express train from Delhi to...
Constructor: Dan SchoenholzRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: GOLLY GEE!— theme answers are phrases where last word is a homophone of the first letter of the first word. The "note" tells you to look for...
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