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Online news aggregator founded in 2004 / WED 10-25-23 / Doctor who lent his...
Constructor: Aimee LucidoRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: DRUM ROLL (55A: Display of skill on might request from 17-Across and 8- and 28-Down ... depicted literally four times in this...
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Maker of small front-end loaders / THU 10-26-23 / Curriculum overhaul...
Constructor: John DoneganRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: Counting words— familiar expressions with numbers in them are represented literally in the grid, with all terms in the expression represented as...
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Romanian philosopher Cioran / FRI 10-27-23 / Actress George of "Animal...
Constructor: Adrian JohnsonRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: EMIL Cioran (49D: Romanian philosopher Cioran) — Emil Cioran (8 April 1911 – 20 June 1995) was a Romanian philosopher,...
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Oratorio highlight in A-B-A form / SAT 10-28-23 / Superstrong redhead of...
Constructor: Ryan McCartyRelative difficulty: ChallengingTHEME: none Word of the Day: MITERED (23D: Cut corners, perhaps?) — MITRE—nounthe official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its...
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OutKast or Black Star / SUN 10-29-23 / Famed New York City deli /...
Constructor: Alina AbidiRelative difficulty: Easy/mediumTHEME: Fabric-ations — Pairs of theme answers use the same fabrics as letter banks, tied together with the CUT FROM THE SAME CLOTH revealerTheme...
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Crispy plantain chips / MON 10-30-23 / Freshwater eel of Japanese culture /...
Constructor: Kenneth CortesRelative difficulty: Easy (Downs-only, no trouble)THEME: BRIGHT IDEA (56A: Stroke of genius ... or the theme of this puzzle) — "IDEA" appears hidden inside three theme...
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Musical interval used to convey sadness / TUE 10-31-23 / 2011 dark-comedy...
Constructor: Kathy Lowden and Erik PiepenburgRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (**for a Tuesday**) THEME: horror films— I think maybe, collectively, they're supposed to be telling some kind of...
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Bunyan's ox or Hoggett's pig / WED 11-1-2023 / Peak in the Hawaiian-Emperor...
Constructor: Steve WeyerRelative difficulty: SO HARD (32:51-- easily double my usual Wednesday time)THEME: ARS MAGNA — Phrases built from three sections of anagrams in a rowTheme answers:[Actor Sean...
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Baseball's Marsh or Bohm / THU 11-2-23 / Non-Muppet owner of Hooper's Store...
Constructor: Chase Dittrich and Christina IversonRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: Missing letters — theme answers are familiar phrases that, when parsed differently, explain why there are some letters...
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Bill for expensive clothing? / FRI 11-3-23 / Show that featured the first...
Constructor: Robyn WeintraubRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: none Word of the Day: Bill BLASS (1A: Bill for expensive clothing?) — William Ralph Blass (June 22, 1922 – June 12, 2002) was an American...
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Slow-simmered stew of northwest Africa / SAT 11-4-23 / Paradise of the Beat...
Constructor: David P. WilliamsRelative difficulty: Medium (Easy ... then one wrong answer in the SE corner stopped me cold)THEME: none Word of the Day: TAGINE (15A: Slow-simmered stew of northwest...
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Connective tissues in the leg, informally / SUN 11-5-23 / Commit a holiday...
Constructor: Rich KatzRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME:"Double Talk" — words in theme clues have to be read as homophones in order to make sense for the theme answers:Theme answers:JUNK IN THE...
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Newly weaned piglets / MON 11-6-23 / Amazon Handmade competitor / Travel...
Constructor: Desirée Penner and Jeff SinnockRelative difficulty: Challenging (from a Downs-only perspective) THEME: GLUED TO THE TV (56A: Where your eyes might stay during a suspenseful scene ... or...
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Torus-shaped treat / TUES 11-7-23 / Aruba, Bonaire or Curaçao / Words...
Hi, everyone, it’s Clare, this time for the first Tuesday of November! Hope everyone had a spooktacular October and are adjusting to the time change better than I have. My big news is that I had a...
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Infotech standard akin to ASCII / WED 11-8-23 / Industry term for...
Constructor: Daniel HrynickRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: SMASH HIT (18A: Runaway best seller) — songs that were SMASH HITs"in two ways" (very successful + literally concerned with smashing), with...
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"Not that shrink!"? / THU 11-9-23 / Dried version of the almost-ripe poblano...
Constructor: Simeon SeigelRelative difficulty: Medium, Easy-Medium, somewhere in thereTHEME: INSIDE OUT (64A: Thoroughly ... or how to read the four Across answers with parentheses in this puzzle)—...
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Hautbois, en anglais / FRI 11-10-23 / "Butt out!," in brief / One who's been...
Constructor: Kate HawkinsRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: PISTOLES (36D: Doubloons) —Pistole is the French name given to a Spanish gold coin in use from 1537; it was a...
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Pooh's bestie / SAT 11-11-23 / Snack brand that originated in 1919 / Fantasy...
Constructor: Blake SloneckerRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: Roger PENROSE (16A: Roger___, Physics Nobelist known for tilings) — Sir Roger Penrose OM FRS HonFInstP (born 8...
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Captain of M.L.B.'s Swingin' A's of the 1970s / SUN 11-12-23 / Robotic anime...
Constructor: Garrett ChalfinRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:"Right on the Money"— Down theme answers are double-clued; one clues is for the regular old Down answer (not really themed), but the other...
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Absence noted in vape pen ads / MON 11-13-23 / Claimed a victory,...
Constructor: Benjamin FinkRelative difficulty: Easy THEME:"CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!" (57A: "Isn't that mind-blowing?!" ... or a question on might ask about the answers to the italicized clues) — things you...
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