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Ancient region central Italy / THU 6-1-17 / Universal life force / Theater...
Constructor: Derek Bowman and Sarah KellerRelative difficulty: Average, with a Thursday gimmickTHEME: The World, orbiting The Sun— The World, indicated in the circled squares in the four quadrants of...
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Eldest of Pleiades / SAT 6-2-17 / Palmlike tropical plant / Smallest infinite...
Constructor: John Guzzetta and Michael HawkinsRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging THEME: none Word of the Day: CYCAD (3D: Palmlike tropical plant) — nounnoun: cycad; plural noun: cycadsa palmlike...
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Open-sided shelters / SAT 6-3-17 / Horizontal pieces covering joints in...
Constructor: Roland HugetRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME:none Word of the Day: ARECIBO (52A: Puerto Rican home to the Western Hemisphere's largest radio telescope) — Arecibo (Spanish pronunciation:...
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Ackbar's rank in Star Wars / SUN 6-4-17 / Cylinder-shaped pasta / It knits up...
Constructor: Tom McCoyRelative difficulty: Dunno—group-solved it as Doug Peterson read clues to us in the restaurant earlier this evening... Medium?See, here's the screenshot of Doug's...
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Tragic clown in "Pagliacci" / MON 6-5-17 / Common Market letters / Casual...
Hi guys!!! It's Annabel Monday!!! *funny trumpet noises*Constructor: Paul Coulter (with, perhaps, some uncredited "inspiration" from Elizabeth C. Gorski)Relative difficulty: MediumTHEME: BAD THING TO...
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Mythical mischief-maker / TUE 6-6-17 / Warning letters next to web link /...
Constructor: Lisa Loeb and Doug PetersonRelative difficulty: Medium (normal Tues. time)THEME: #1 songs ... reimagined—themers are familiar phrases beginning w/ the (one-word) titles of #1 songs, and...
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Text-displaying technology on Kindles / WED 6-7-17 / Jazzman Stan / Baseball...
Constructor: Timothy PolinRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: And the hits just keep on comin'...— familiar phrases ending in words that can (in other contexts) be synonyms of "hit"Theme answers:GARDEN...
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Scannable black white boxes / THU 7-8-17 / Letter before Peter in Joint Army...
Constructor: David SteinbergRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME:MINCE / WORDS (26A: With 45-Across, not be direct ... or what four groups of black squares in this puzzle do?)— the four...
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Movie villain modeled after Ernst Stavro Blofeld / FRI 6-9-17 / Austin Powers...
Constructor: Steve OvertonRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: LUZON (27A: Where Manila is)— Luzon [...] is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines. it is ranked...
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Epithet meaning great soul / SAT 6-10-17 / Victor at Brandywine / Bob who...
Constructor: Mark DiehlRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: none Word of the Day: ACHENE (19A: Seed of a strawberry or sunflower) — An achene (Greek ἀ, a, privative + χαίνειν, chainein, to...
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Barksdale drug dealer on Wire / SUN 6-11-17 / One of pair of best friends in...
Constructor: Charles M. DeberRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME:"Think Twice"— words that can be part of one group of things and also another group of things because language is funny that way...Theme...
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Throat dangler / MON 6-12-17 / Repeated short bits in jazz / Swiss capital to...
Constructor: Dan MargolisRelative difficulty: Normal Monday (maybe slightly on the easy side)THEME: BOY MEETS GIRL (50A: Beginning of a rom-com ... or a description of 20-, 36- and 41-Across)— famous...
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Title for Maria Theresa of Austria / TUE 6-13-17 / Terse put-down of Sandra's...
Constructor: Lynn LempelRelative difficulty: Medium (normal Tuesday)THEME:expanding letters— familiar phrases containing stand-alone letters have those letters spelled out as words, resulting in...
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Jewish organization known for its outreach work / WED 6-14-17 / Secretary of...
Constructor: Andrew ZhouRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: BY GEORGE! (61A: Exlamation that describes 13-, 20-, 30, 39- and 51-Across)— all themers are works created by someone whose first...
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Former Cleveland Orchestra conductor George / THU 6-15-17 / European sister...
Constructor: Richard F. MausserRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:"THE DIRTY DOZEN" (53A: Hit movie released on June 15, 1967 ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme)— twelve different answers (w/...
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Old baseball mascot with C on his cap / FRI 6-16-17 / French philosopher who...
Constructor: Zhouqin BurnikelRelative difficulty: Medium (felt very hard at first, but in the end, my time was only just a tad north of normal)THEME: none Word of the Day: EVA Green (30D: Green on the...
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Rows / SAT 6-17-17 / Uncut / Flow / Friends / Believe
Constructor:Ryan McCartyRelative difficulty:MediumTHEME:NoneWord of the Day:SEMIBREVE(26A: Whole note, to a Brit) — In music, a whole note (American) or semibreve (British) is a note represented by a...
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Popular rapper with feline-sounding name / SUN 6-18-17 / Neutrogena dandruff...
Constructor: Sam TrabuccoRelative difficulty: NormalTHEME:"Silent Treatment"— familiar phrases clued as if their silent letters didn't exist. Silent letters (in circles) spell out KNIGHT (so ... per...
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Doll-making tribe of Southwest / MON 6-19-17 / Heroine of Jean Auel's Clan of...
Constructor: Susan GelfandRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (theme type, incl. its complete reliance on proper noun knowledge, made this slightly tougher than the average Monday)THEME: DUETS...
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Hill that's steep on one side gentle on other / TUE 6-20-17 / Southern region...
Constructor: Jason FlinnRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: AIRPORT TERMINALS (55A: Arrival and departure locales hinted at by 17-, 21- and 50-Across)— final words in the three themers are...
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