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Saint associated with the Russian alphabet / FRI 4-15-22 / Florida city in...
Constructor: Trenton CharlsonRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: Saint CYRIL (20A: Saint associated with the Russian alphabet) — Cyril (born Constantine, 826–869) and Methodius...
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1998 Robert De Niro crime thriller / SAT 4-16-22 / Footslog / Early...
Constructor: Hemant MehtaRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL (17A: Line of Pokémon) — Gotta Catch 'Em All is the English slogan for the Pokémon franchise. It may...
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Safecrackers in old-fashioned slang / SUN 4-17-22 / Cartomancy medium /...
Constructor: Emet OzarRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:"On the Hunt"— it's an Easter EGG hunt, i.e. an "EGG" rebus (there are seven "EGG" squares to "hunt" for):Theme answers:REGGAE BAND / PEGGED (39A:...
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Legacy I.S.P. / MON 4-18-22 / Gel-filled NyQuil offerings / Immunity tokens...
Constructor: Carl LarsonRelative difficulty: Medium (super easy ... and then the SW corner ... which took us back to normal easy Monday)THEME: LOOSE ENDS (64A: Unresolved details ... and a hint to this...
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Rigatoni relative / TUES 4-19-22 / Penultimate word in a fairy tale /...
Constructor: Olivia Mitra FramkeRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium. Avery- 6:29. Sammy- 6:47.THEME: Things That Strike— All theme clues use the word strike in a different way.Theme answers:BOWLING BALL...
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Plastic __ Band / WED 4-20-2022 / Word before "...wanna go home," in calypso...
Constructor: Joseph GreenbaumRelative difficulty: Medium (7:57)THEME: Aptly named sports playersTheme answers:Aptly named Olympic sprinter-- USAIN BOLTAptly named six-time All-Star first baseman--...
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Puccini aria popularized by Pavarotti / THU 4-21-22 / Maker of Z-cars once /...
Constructor: Max Chen LauringRelative difficulty: Medium (hard before you get the theme, but then easy *because* you got the theme ... so Medium)THEME: SOLAR / ECLIPSE (30D: With 41-Across, a celestial...
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Name spelled with six dashes and six dots / FRI 4-22-22 / Greek counterpart...
Constructor: Daniel SheremetaRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: FAROES (3D: North Atlantic island group) — The Faroe Islands (/ˈfɛəroʊ/ FAIR-oh), or simply the Faroes or...
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Modern initialism for one skimming text / SAT 4-23-22 / Hue made from...
Constructor: Matthew StockRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: AVA Max (36D: Pop singer ___ Max) — Amanda Ava Koci (born Amanda Koci; February 16, 1994), known professionally as Ava...
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Aphid that produces honeydew / SUN 4-24-22 / Brother in the Lemony Snicket...
Constructor: Sam EzerskyRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME:"Magazine Racket"— from what I can tell, familiar phrases have "ET" added to their ends (or almost-ends), creating wacky phrases, which are...
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One making a listing on Airbnb / MON 4-25-22 / Cartoon films like Spirited...
Constructor: Li DingRelative difficulty: Easy (apparently ...)THEME: FOOD FIGHT (36A: Type of battle that 17-, 26-/49- and 60-Across might be engaged in?) — theme answers are FOOD-associated figured...
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Self-confidence / TUES 4-25-22 / "The People's Princess" / Pro golfer Calvin...
Hello, everyone! It’s Clare for the last Tuesday of April. Hope everyone had a good month; I’ve been enjoying the nice weather and have been biking some more. But, now that I work a 9-5 job, I go for a...
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Thrill-seeker's acronymic motto / WED 4-27-22 / One inclined to go in and out...
Constructor: Alex BajczRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: PINBALL— theme answers contain words associated with pinball, circled squares contain letters that spell pinball and (I guess) trace a...
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Titular Disney protagonist of 1942 / THU 4-28-22 / Illinois city that was the...
Constructor: Pao RoyRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: 4-Down ... — in four long Down answers, the word "DOWN" is replaced with a DOWN-ward facing arrow, represented by an "I" over a "V" ... like so:...
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Chen member of the girl group S.H.E. / FRI 4-29-22 / Victor Nobel winner for...
Constructor: Erica Hsiung WojcikRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: S.H.E. (44A: ___ Chen, member of the girl group S.H.E. => ELLA) — S.H.E is a Taiwanese girl group whose...
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31-syllable Japanese poem / SAT 4-30-22 / 1977 Sex Pistols song written after...
Constructor: Joe DiPietroRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: none Word of the Day: TANKA (25A: 31-syllable Japanese poem) — Tanka (短歌, "short poem") is a genre of classical Japanese poetry...
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Softened expletive on Battlestar Galactica / SUN 5-1-22 / Text file in a...
Constructor: Brandon KoppyRelative difficulty: Medium (Challenging if you had to wrestle with the website or the app, LOL)THEME: "Blank Expressions" — there are eight blank squares in the puzzle, each...
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Loose collarless shirt popular in India / MON 5-2-22 / Indigenous reclamation...
Constructor: Erik AgardRelative difficulty: Medium (normal Monday difficulty)THEME:"HANDY ANDY" — not really, but that is the actual name of an old movie (among other things) that would fit the theme,...
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Feature of a deerstalker / TUE 5-3-22 / Event first televised in 1953 with...
Constructor: Julian LimRelative difficulty: Challenging (way harder than typical Tuesday)THEME: CHINESE / DYNASTY (39A: With 43-Across, historical period found in each set of circled letters)— theme...
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