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"Toodle-oo!" / TUES 2-27-23 / Y's in roads / Psychedelic fungus, slangily /...
Hello, everyone, it’s Clare for the last Tuesday — and last day — of February! Hope that everyone had a good month and that your weather wasn’t too wonky. In DC, it was 80 degrees one day — and then...
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Letter opening / WED 3-1-23 / Experimental-but-accessible music genre / Bun...
Constructor: Aaron M. RosenbergRelative difficulty: Medium?? (7:16)THEME: Various puns(??) related to kingsTheme answers:Hark! And hear of the vengeful ruler who took great pleasure in expelling...
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1987 biopic set in China / THU 3-2-23 / Palindromic staple in Indian cuisine...
Constructor: Malaika HandaRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: STEM CELLS (60A: Subject of some medical research ... or a description of this puzzle's theme?) — a rebus puzzle in which the letter...
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Haasan Indian megastar in over 200 films / FRI 3-3-23 / Queeg's ship in a...
Constructor: Eric WarrenRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: KAMAL Haasan (40D: ___ Haasan, Indian megastar in over 200 films) — Kamal Haasan (born 7 November 1954) is an Indian...
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Ancestral spirit in Pueblo mythology / SAT 3-4-23 / Decodable device featured...
Constructor: Ryan McCartyRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: none Word of the Day: KACHINA (20A: Ancestral spirit in Pueblo mythology) — A kachina (/kəˈtʃiːnə/; also katchina, katcina, or...
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Famed deco designer / SUN 3-5-23 / Competitive setting in Fortnite / Landmark...
Constructor: John-Clark LevinRelative difficulty: EasyishTHEME: "As Heard Around the Dinner Table" — theme answers contain circled letters that are MEAT SUBSTITUTES (102A: Vegetarian options ... or...
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Spiral-horned antelope / MON 3-6-23 / Cesar who played the Cisco Kid /...
Constructor: Lynn LempelRelative difficulty: Easy (maybe the easiest Downs-only solving experience of my life)THEME: HUMAN NATURE (55A: Set of traits we all have ... or a two-part description of the...
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Grammy-nominated psychedelic music act with an animal in its name / TUE...
Constructor: Enrique Henestroza Anguiano and Matthew StockRelative difficulty: Very EasyTHEME: OPPOSITES ATTRACT (42A: Saying about compatible partners ... as suggested by the starts of the answers to...
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Panegyric poet / WED 3-8-23 / Fabulous fabulist / Marine fish that's also the...
Constructor: Miranda KanyRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:"Guacamole"— theme answers are ingredients for guacamole, clued as recipe instructions. The word "Guacamole" is spelled out by shaded (here,...
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Hi all, my internet went down just after I solved the puzzle this morning. Writing this on my phone. Not sure when post will be up. Might be late today. Thanks for your patience. —RP
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Color from the French for unbleached / THU 3-9-23 / Neutrogena dandruff...
Constructor: Simeon SeigelRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: FLIPSIDES (64A: Opposites ... or instruction for answering this puzzle's starred clues) — answers literally "flip sides," in that you have to...
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Citrus drink since 1979 / FRI 3-10-23 / Page or Ameche of football / Jazz...
Constructor: Claire RimkusRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: none Word of the Day: Claudette COLVIN (6D: Civil rights pioneer Claudette of Montgomery) — Claudette Colvin (born Claudette...
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Monastery head's jurisdiction / SAT 3-11-23 / Air-purifying device / Makeup...
Constructor: Tom PepperRelative difficulty: Medium-HardTHEME: NoneWord of the Day: OH HELL (1A: Trick-taking card game) — Oh Hell or Contract Whist is a trick-taking card game of British origin in...
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Akbar's tomb locale / SUN 3-12-23 / Stereotypical name for a female poodle /...
Constructor: David TuffsRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:"This and That"— familiar phrases that contain shaded letters and circled letters that (respectively) complete a familiar "___ AND ___" phrase...
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Nonalcoholic mixed drink / MON 3-13-23 / Creatures that helped make...
Constructor: Sam Koperwas and Jeff ChenRelative difficulty: Medium (as a Downs-only solve)THEME: MOCKTAIL (62A: Nonalcoholic mixed drink ... or a hint to this synonyms found at the ends of 16-, 24-,...
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Funny joke in slang / TUE 3-14-23 / Truck brand with a bulldog in its logo /...
Constructor: Peter GordonRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: MARCH MADNESS (51A: Annual college basketball tourney, rounds of which can be found in the circled squares at their appropriate numbers)—...
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Florida politico Demings / WED 3-15-23 / Dora the Explorer's cousin / Shred...
Constructor: Michael B. BergRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: video games — it's just ... five games, each clued in some figurative way:Theme answers:DONKEY KONG (17A: "Barrel of monkeys")SONIC THE /...
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Hexagon bordering two rectangles / THU 3-16-23 / Kayak alternative / What Do...
Constructor: Rebecca GoldsteinRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: TUMBLEWEED (63A: Plant seen rolling through this puzzle?)— circled squares, read in clockwise direction, spell out WEED, and those...
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Alternatives to GIFs / FRI 3-17-23 / Slangy lunch fare / Gel-ocity maker /...
Constructor: Carter CobbRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: BITMAPS (23D: Alternatives to GIFs) — A bitmap (also called "raster") graphic is created from rows of different colored...
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Response to thumb-biting in Romeo and Juliet / SAT 3-18-23 / Trickster in...
Constructor: Ada NicolleRelative difficulty: Easy THEME: none Word of the Day: SEMORDNILAPS (21D: Words that form other words when read backward) — This is a close relative of the palindrome, a string...
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