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Wisconsin politico Tony / SUN 3-19-23 / Adventure-seeking travelers, in old...
Constructor: Robert RyanRelative difficulty: ChallengingTHEME: "Give Me a Break" — Words clued as if they were two words ... I think that's it.Theme answers:DEPART/MENTALLY (23A: Zone out?) (DEPART is...
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Big name in dry-erase markers / MON 3-20-23 / Peeper that makes no sound /...
Constructor: Adam VincentRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: DINE AND DASH (55A: Not pay for a meal at a restaurant ... or a hint to each half of 16-, 19-, 34- and 50-Across) — familiar foodstuffs (i.e....
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Tart-stealing Wonderland character / TUE 3-21-23 / Pittsburgh-based giant in...
Constructor: Michael LiebermanRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: triple triples — wacky theme answers end with three of three-letter strings (the three letters at the end of the first word plus both...
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SNL sketch that kicks off the show / WED 3-22-23 / Classic kids' game that...
Constructor: Madeline KaplanRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: Double bill— familiar two-word phrases clued as if they were kinds of movies:Theme answers:PROFILE PICTURE (20A: "Malcolm X” or "Milk"?) (two...
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British Empire trade entity founded in 1600 / THU 3-23-23 / Mass method for...
Constructor: David KwongRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME:"Two's company, three's a crowd"— a rebus puzzle where the word "company" is replaced by two"ONE" squares (in two answers) and the...
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City whose welcome sign features Mark Twain / FRI 3-24-23 / Dubious addendum...
Constructor: Blake SloneckerRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: NORA Barnacle (48D: ___ Barnacle, on whom Molly Bloom of "Ulysses" was based)) — Nora Barnacle (21 March 1884 –...
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Dweller on the Musandam Peninsula / SAT 3-25-23 / Traffic sign near a...
Constructor: Robyn WeintraubRelative difficulty: Easy THEME: none Word of the Day: jughandle (26D: Traffic sign near a jughandle, maybe => NO LEFT TURN) — A jughandle is a type of ramp or slip road...
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Gen Zer who might be into faux freckles and anime / SUN 3-26-23 / Nickname...
Constructor: David KarpRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:"I Do, I Do ... Do!" — familiar phrases with three "I"s have the third "I" removed, creating wacky phrases, all of it tied together by oldies band...
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Brazilian actress Sonia / MON 3-27-23 / Stark daughter on Game of Thrones /...
Constructor: Simon Marotte and Trenton Lee StewartRelative difficulty: Easy? Sure, easyTHEME: A completely implausible game of 20 Questions where all the answers are bands whose names follow the...
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Many a Marvel character / TUES 3-28-23 / Wyatt of the Wild West / Beverages...
Hello, everyone! It’s Clare, back for the last Tuesday of March. Hope everyone is having a good start to your spring. I saw the cherry blossoms here in DC yesterday, and they were stunning — the sky...
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Prelude to bandwidth throttling / WED 3-29-23 / Ernst who studied sonic booms...
Constructor: Ben ZoonRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: anagrams— I dunno, I think that's it: four answers that are all anagrams of one another?Theme answers:DOOR LATCHES (17A: Fasteners near hasps...
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Hockey goalie's domain / THU 3-30-23 / Two-stringed Chinese instrument /...
Constructor: Adam Wagner and Brooke HusicRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: Double duty— familiar compound words & two-word phrases are clued "___ / ___," with the blank being a...
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Sister brand of Mazola / FRI 3-31-23 / Diacritic over the 'r' in Dvorak /...
Constructor: Rich NorrisRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: none Word of the Day: PART SONGS (9D: Blended numbers) — Strictly any song written for several vocal parts, but in practice, a...
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Experience of feeling unfamiliar with something that's actually quite...
Constructor: Wyna Liu and Joel FaglianoRelative difficulty: ChallengingTHEME: ABC (22A: Airer of "Batman" on 1960s TV) — all answers are made out A, B, C, and all the other letters of the alphabet ......
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Booze it up, old-style / SUN 4-2-23 / Dance accompanied by pahu drums / Flag...
Constructor: Jeremy Newton and Tracy GrayRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME:"Artistic Differences"— famous works of art have one letter that is both wrong *and* correct (you have to put both...
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Here's a quick summary in internet-speak / MON 4-3-23 / Fictional Looney...
Constructor: David DistenfeldRelative difficulty: Easy-ishTHEME: vowel progression— from SACS to SUCKS through all the other vowels:Theme answers:HONEY SACS (17A: Bee storage centers) (glad I solved...
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French city near Grenoble / TUE 4-4-23 / 1988 rom-com set in a New England...
Constructor: Andrea Carla Michaels and Christina IversonRelative difficulty: the easiest NYTXW puzzle I have ever doneTHEME: "DELIVERANCE" (63A: 1972 thriller set in the backwoods of Georgia ... or a...
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Faline's sweetheart in a Disney classic / WED 4-5-23 / Texter's hold that...
Constructor: Brandon KoppyRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: OVERSHARING (59A: Revealing an inappropriate amount of personal detail, as depicted three times in this puzzle) — the letters TMI are...
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Something to get down from / THU 4-6-23 / Black: It. / "Sim," in Brazil
Constructor: Sam ButtreyRelative difficulty: Hard! (25:25, had to "check puzzle" once)THEME: TRADING PLACES— Famous duos are clued as though they are words, and their clues are switchedTheme...
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Predecessor of a copter / FRI 4-7-23 / Whack biblically / City known as the...
Constructor: Lindsey HobbsRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: none Word of the Day: PAPILLA (17D: It's on the tip of your tongue) — : a small projecting body part similar to a nipple in...
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