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Eight pts. / WED 5-4-2022 / Diez menos dos / Elder Levy in "Schitt's Creek"
Constructor: Eric BornsteinRelative difficulty: Easy (7:28 while typing w one finger)THEME: Embassy staffer... or a hint to the long answers? ATTACH E — Common phrases made wacky with the addition of...
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Diner cry after a bell is rung / THU 5-5-22 / Student-led LGBTQ+ grp /...
Constructor: Adam WagnerRelative difficulty: Easy (Challenging for me because I am uniquely stupid)THEME: [FIBONACCI] / SEQUENCE (37D: When preceded by [the circled letters], progression starting with...
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Fatherly tips to use a portmanteau coinage / FRI 5-6-22 / Historic kingdom of...
Constructor: Aaron UllmanRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: LEÓN (8D: Historic kingdom of Spain) — The Kingdom of León (UK: /leɪˈɒn/, US: /-ˈoʊn/; Spanish: [leˈon]; Asturian: Reinu...
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Longhaired star of 1950s TV / SAT 5-7-22 / Nikkie beauty vlogger with more...
Constructor: Rachel FabiRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: MADAM C.J. Walker (7A: ___ C.J. Walker, first American woman to become a self-made millionaire, per Guinness) —...
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Fried plantain dish of Puerto Rico / SUN 5-8-22 / 1990s sitcom starring Tia...
Constructor: Matthew Stock and Chandi DeitmerRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:"Two-by-Two" — repeated-word phrase stacked atop another repeated-word phrase ... five times:Theme answers:"SISTER SISTER" /...
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Sound heard twice in "George" / MON 5-9-22 / Sufi poet thought to have coined...
Constructor: August MillerRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (for a Monday)THEME: ATTAR (67A: Sufi poet thought to have coined the adage found at the starts of 19-, 27-, 45- and 52-Across) — the...
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Seat in the iconic photo Lunch Atop a Skyscraper / TUE 5-10-22 / Spike TV...
Constructor: Lou WeissRelative difficulty: Easy (extremely easy, easier than most Mondays)THEME:"THE SOUND OF MUSIC" (63A: Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Do-Re-Mi" show, with a hint to this puzzle's theme)...
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Bygone Mach 1 breaker for short / WED 5-11-22 / Former L.A. Laker Odom / Jazz...
Constructor: Michael PaleosRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: PARTY ANIMALS (57A: They're always ready for a good time ... or a description of 18-, 25-, 35- and 49-Across) — familiar names / titles /...
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German opera highlight / THU 5-12-22 / Fortune 500 company with heart in its...
Constructor: Ross TrudeauRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: UMLAUT (58A: Diacritical mark resembling a dieresis, both of which are represented in this puzzle) — a rebus puzzle where four double-O squares...
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Jazz great Laine / SAT 5-13-22 / Actress Sink of Stranger Things /...
Constructor: Brooke Husic and Nam Jin YoonRelative difficulty: Challenging THEME: none Word of the Day: SADIE Sink (54A: Actress Sink of "Stranger Things") — Sadie Elizabeth Sink (born April 16, 2002)...
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Tautological words of resignation / SAT 5-14-22 / Soba alternative / Large...
Constructor: Ada NicolleRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: none Word of the Day: NEOpronoun (23A: Prefix with pronoun) — Neopronouns are a category of neologistic English third-person personal pronouns...
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TV 6-year-old who attends Little Dipper School / SUN 5-15-22 / Jazz bassist...
Constructor: Daniel MauerRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME:"Way Out West"— a puzzle about ROUTE SIXTY-SIX (114A: Theme of this puzzle, which winds its way nearly 2,500 miles through all the shaded...
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Nonclerical at a church / MON 5-16-22 / Pita sandwiches of deep-fried...
Constructor: Lynn LempelRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: verb like an animal— familiar phrases involving animal similes, all clued [verb adverb]:Theme answers:DRINK LIKE A FISH (20A: Imbibe...
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Lute longtime Arizona basketball coach / TUE 5-17-22 / Three coins fountain...
Constructor: Richard D. AllenRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (for a Tuesday)THEME: SPELLBOUND (63A: Entranced ... or what one can do by reading the starts of 17-, 24-, 34-, 44- and 50-Across) —...
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Medicinal rinse / WED 5-18-22 / Cold weather cryptid / Long loose hood / Stop...
Constructor: Andy KravisRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: solving a jigsaw puzzle — familiar phrases are clued as if they were steps in the solving of a jigsaw puzzle:Theme answers:LAY IT ALL OUT THERE...
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Aptly named ski town in Utah / THU 5-19-22 / Holy Roman emperor beginning in...
Constructor: Alex RosenRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: phrases of omission — four pairs of answers (each pair appearing on the same line); for each pair, the first answer appears to have letters...
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Manet called him the painter of painters / FRI 5-20-22 / A sumo wrestler's is...
Constructor: Hal MooreRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: GONZO journalism (44D: Highly exaggerated and subjective, as journalism) — Gonzo journalism is a style of journalism...
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NyQuil shelfmate / SAT 5-21-22 / Devotees of Team Edward and Team Jacob, in...
Constructor: Ryan McCarty and Yacob YonasRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: none Word of the Day:"Jules et Jim" (49A: Catherine, e.g., in "Jules et Jim") — Jules and Jim (French: Jules et...
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Italian rice balls / SUN 5-22-22 / Snack item that's partly foreordained? /...
Constructor: David and Karen and Paul SteinbergRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME:"Parting Ways"— eight Down answers are double-clued; the answers split at a circled letter, and then the answer to...
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French word for a leg of the Tour de France / MON 5-23-22 / Opposition party...
Constructor: Simon MarotteRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: CAST (71A: Action that can be done to the starts of 20-, 35-, 44- and 56-Across)— you can CAST a net, a play, a spell, or a shadow:Theme...
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