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Plein-air prop / THU 2-22-24 / Puckish sort / What some are dyeing to be? /...
Constructor: Dan SchoenholzRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: To the letter... — themer clues are regular words that have to be reparsed (and repronounced) in order to be understood; specifically,...
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Home of the prehistoric Ggantija temples / FRI 2-23-24 / Early number? /...
Constructor: Larry SnyderRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: none Word of the Day: ARO (23A: Queer identity whose flag is green, white, gray and black, for short) — Aromanticism is a romantic orientation...
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Pink-headed mushroom in Mario games / SAT 2-24-24 / Hybrid fruit akin to an...
Constructor: Rebecca Goldstein and Rafael MusaRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: none Word of the Day: ANAIS Mitchell (64A: Tony and Grammy winner Mitchell) — [Bonny Light Horseman (2020)]Anaïs Mitchell...
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Mathematician Noether / SUN 2-25-24 / Ancient Greek area north of Thessaly /...
Constructor: Scott Hogan and Katie HaleRelative difficulty: Very very easyTHEME:"Special Treatment"— familiar phrases imagined as health care puns :(Theme answers:22A: I visited the cardiologist, who...
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Old coin in France / MON 2-26-24 / Greeting that originated on the Indian...
Constructor: Joe MarquezRelative difficulty: Medium (solved Downs-only)THEME:"DRINKS ON ME!" (59A: "I'm paying for this round" ... or a literal hint to this puzzle's theme) — three different drinks...
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Wallow moodily / TUES 2-27-24 / Oscar winner Mahershala / Machu Picchu...
Hi, everyone! It’s Clare, here for the last Tuesday in February. My wonderful, wonderful Liverpool just won the men’s League Cup (a tournament among the English clubs), and it was glorious. This is the...
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Spanish sparkling wine / WED 2-28-24 / Bunny first appearing in "Space Jam"...
Constructor: Greg SnitkinRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium to Medium (depending on how you navigated alllll the names)THEME: "WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT" (53A: The main takeaway ... or, when considered in...
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Game island represented by hexagonal tiles / THU 2-29-24 / Boldly stylish, in...
Constructor: Esha DattaRelative difficulty: Easy THEME: WILD PITCHES (57A: Mistakes in baseball ... or what 18-, 24-, 34- and 51-Across might produce?) — animals with instruments in their names, clued...
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Shade akin to peridot / FRI 3-1-24 / First syllable of a rhyming film genre /...
Constructor: Julian XiaoRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: Arpad ELO (22A: Arpad ELO, creator of an eponymous chess rating system) — Arpad Emmerich Elo (né Élő Árpád Imre;...
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Discontinued Mitsubishi sports sedan, informally / SAT 3-2-24 / Currency in...
Constructor: Natan LastRelative difficulty: Easy-Challenging (80% cake ... and then the southeast corner)THEME: none Word of the Day: ALLIE B. Latimer (2D: ___ B. Latimer, civil rights activist in the...
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Loose-fitting garment / SUN 3-3-24 / Tree with "eyes" on its bark / High...
Constructor: Hoang-Kim VuRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME:"Countdown" — ten theme answers contain the numbers "TEN" through "ONE" (counting down, starting with TEN at the top of the grid and...
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Small vehicle on a railroad track / MON 3-4-24 / "You both swiped right!," on...
Constructor: Samantha Podos NowakRelative difficulty: Medium (solved Downs-only)THEME: BANANA SPLITS (35A: With 37-Across, some ice cream confections ... or a hint ot the second, fifth, eleventh and...
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Cattle-catching weapon / TUE 3-5-24 / Spring-loaded office device /...
Constructor: Christina IversonRelative difficulty: Easy (an undersized 14x15, so times should be fast)THEME: THREE-HOLE PUNCH (54A: Spring-loaded office device ... or a collective hint to 16-, 26-, 34-...
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Berth place / WED 3-6-2024 / Snack whose name comes from the Quechua for...
Constructor: Brad WiegmannRelative difficulty: Hard :( 11:46THEME: Famous men / numbers / letters... — The entries describe the men literally, including their letters, and the descriptions go from...
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Modern reimagining of a Robert Frost classic / THU 3-7-24 / Culture setters?...
Constructor: Joe O'NeillRelative difficulty: well this is going to varyTHEME: a "modern reimagining" of Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" (17A: Modern reimagining of a Robert Frost...
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Hunger hyperbole / FRI 3-8-24 / World leader associated with the justicialism...
Constructor: Jackson MatzRelative difficulty: Easy Medium (started Medium, then really sped up)THEME: none Word of the Day: justicialism (42D: World leader associated with the justicialism movement =...
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Widespread rumors, in a portmanteau / SAT 3-9-24 / MacGyvering / "Thanks a...
Constructor: John GuzzettaRelative difficulty: Medium (potentially skewing harder)THEME: none Word of the Day: intaglio (64A: Gem used in intaglio = ONYX) — 1a: an engraving or incised figure in stone...
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Cyrillic letter pronounced like the "zz" of "pizza" / SUN 3-10-24 / TikTok...
Constructor: Enrique Henestroza Anguiano and Matthew StockRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:"Rack 'Em Up" — Scrabble-themed puzzle where blue squares represent TRIPLE LETTER SCOREs (65A: Scrabble bonus...
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Washington's official state sport since 2022 / MON 3-11-24 / Sturdy shoe, or...
Constructor: Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel FabiRelative difficulty: Easy (Easy-Medium to Medium if you were solving Downs-only, as I was)THEME: THE HUNGER GAMES (55A: Dystopian novel/film series ... or...
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Pancakes sometimes served with caviar / TUE 3-12-24 / Anonymous creator of a...
Constructor: Andrew Kingsley and Garrett ChalfinRelative difficulty: Medium (i.e. normal Tuesday)THEME: READ MUSIC (33D: Follow a composer's notation ... or a hint to interpreting four clues in this...
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