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Rock band known for its energy domes / TUE 4-17-18 / Archipelago west of...
Constructor: Wren SchultzRelative difficulty: Easy (3:01)THEME: VOWEL (65A: Every other letter in this puzzle's grid(!)) — that's the theme; pretty self-explanatoryTheme answers:All of themWord of the...
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Hypothetical particle that travels faster than light / WED 4-18-18 /...
Constructor: Peter A. Collins and Bruce HaightRelative difficulty: Easy (oversized and I still got in under 4) (3:57)THEME:"I PUT A SPELL ON YOU" (61A: Much-covered 1956 Screamin' Jay Hawkins song ......
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Seuss's star-bellied creatures / THU 4-19-18 / Word before Johnny Lucy /...
Constructor: Todd GrossRelative difficulty: Easyish (4:48)THEME: COUNT THE SQUARES (35A: How to find out what "this many" is in 17-, 21-, 52- and 57-Across) — themers have "this many" as part of their...
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Kepler's contemporary assistant / FRI 4-20-18 / Topic of mnemonic Eat Apple...
Constructor: Joel FaglianoRelative difficulty: Man, I'm slow when I roll-out-of-bed-solve... (9-something)THEME: sadly, yesTheme answers:TWENTY-FIVE / THOUSANDTH (10D: With 26-Down, the place of...
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Fourth god to exist in Greek myth / SAT 4-21-18 / Currency unit equal to 100...
Constructor: Daniel NierenbergRelative difficulty: Easy (mid-6s, but that's with ~30 seconds of "taking screenshots" time—uninterrupted time would've easily been somewhere in the 5s)THEME: noneWord of...
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Ocean buildup / SUN 4-22-18 / Title city in 1960 #1 song / 1899 gold rush...
Constructor: Ross TrudeauRelative difficulty: Challenging (14:50) (I've had a ballgame beer and a martini, tho, so ... !)THEME: Pluses and Minuses [read: Plus E's and Minus E's] — familiar phrases have...
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Suffragist Carrie Chapman / MON 4-23-18 / sea snail with mother of pearl...
Constructor: Lynn LempelRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (the "Medium" is almost solely for a themer I've never heard of) (2:53)THEME: GO FIRST (38A: Lead off ... or a hint to the circled letters)—...
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Furniture superstore / TUES 4-24-2018 / Polish seaport / Hunky-dory /...
Hi, crossworders! It's Clare, and I'm back for yet another Tuesday puzzle. By the time we meet again at the end of May, I'll have graduated! Maybe I'll even have figured out where I'm going to law...
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Diana 1969 Bond girl / WED 4-25-18 / Toffee candy bar / Christian inst in...
Constructor: Adam G. PerlRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (4:01)THEME: angles — circled letters both form and spell out angle types, and then there's a revealer clue: 36A: Is an expert on this puzzle's...
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Hau pioneering physicist from Denmark / THU 4-26-18 / Bell Atlantic merger...
Constructor: Alex Eaton-SalnersRelative difficulty: Medium (or brutal, depending on how you navigated that ridiculous proper noun crossing at 28A/23D)THEME:"with respect to this answer's location"—...
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One-named folk singer / FRI 4-27-18 / Mechanical calculator pioneer / Greek...
Constructor: David SteinbergRelative difficulty: Easy or Easy-Medium, not sure (5:08)THEME: no, just that ill-advised 1A/1D nonsenseWord of the Day: ENTRECHAT (2D: Showy ballet leap) — nounBALLETa...
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Fu legendary Chinese sage / SAT 4-28-18 / Shot that determines who gets to...
Constructor: Andrew KingsleyRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: noneWord of the Day: Fu-HSI (26A: Fu-___ (legendary Chinese sage)) — Fuxi (Mandarin: [fǔ ɕí]; Chinese: 伏羲), also romanized as...
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Ecuadorean coastal province known for gold / SUN 4-29-18 / Dreyfus Affair...
Hey y'all - Erik here, subbing for Rex today. I'll be shaking up the order of proceedings a bit, because I'm a loose cannon who doesn't play by the rules. You can find the review a few paragraphs down,...
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Underwear for tycoons / MON 4-30-18 / It goes from about 540 to 1700 /...
Constructor: Bruce HaightRelative difficulty: Challenging (3:42, solidly Tuesday time)THEME: underwear— wacky theme clues all start [Underwear for ...?], resulting in ordinary phrases where the last...
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Mexican state that touches Texas / TUE 5-1-18 / Stanley who wrote Magic...
Constructor: Jacob StulbergRelative difficulty: Easy but with several uncommon answers that might slow you down; also I just botched the SW for dumb personal reasons (4:00)THEME: ROAD BLOCK (64A:...
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Start of Massachusetts state motto / WED 5-2-18 / Key parts of so-called...
Constructor: Bryant WhiteRelative difficulty: Easy-Mediumish (4:45*) (*a.m. solve, always 20-30% slower than normal)THEME: I don't know, exactly. Someplace with a HIDDEN STAIRCASE, I guess — letters...
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City in which Glee is set / THU 5-3-18 / Self-deprecatingly titled...
Constructor: Emily CarrollRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (mostly because rebuses just take longer a. to uncover b. to fill in) (6:06)THEME: COMPACT CARS (38A: Easy-to-park vehicles ... or what...
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Freshwater minnow / FRI 5-4-18 / One signatory to Treaty of Laramie /...
Constructor: Michael HawkinsRelative difficulty: Easy (4:41)THEME: noneWord of the Day: Treaty of Fort Laramie (9D: One signatory to the Treaty of Fort Laramie)— The Treaty of Fort Laramie (also...
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Vague threat from Stooge / SAT 5-5-18 / Mr once played by Leslie Nielsen /...
Constructor: Damon GulczynskiRelative difficulty: Easy, maybe creeping toward Easy-Medium (6:17)THEME: noneWord of the Day: ABDUL Aziz bin Fahd, Saudi prince (7D) — Abdul Aziz bin Fahd (Arabic:...
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Longtime Walter Berndt comic strip / SUN 5-6-18 / Sultan Qaboos's land /...
Constructor: Brendan Emmett QuigleyRelative difficulty: Medium (10:33)THEME:"Let's Play Two" — each theme answer is two board game names mushed together, creating a wacky answer (with a "?" clue that...
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