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Old World blackbird / FRI 11-23-18 / Relative of malt shop / Important item...
Constructor: Temple BrownRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (4:48)THEME: noneWord of the Day: MERL (58A: Old World blackbird) — The common blackbird was described by Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his...
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Japanese room divider / SAT 11-23-18 / Dora the Explorer catchphrase / Drink...
Constructor: David SteinbergRelative difficulty: Easy (5:10, fastest Saturday time since I started recording in April)THEME: noneWord of the Day: BOFA (55A: U.S. financial giant, for short) — So,...
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Big female role on HBO's Westworld / SUN 11-25-18 / 1994 tripartite treaty /...
Constructor: Joooooooooooon PahkRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium to Medium (10:10)THEME: "Silent Finales" — actually "Silent Final 'E's": familiar phrases where one word in the phrase has a silent "E"...
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Idris Sexiest Man Alive / MON 11-26-18 / Social Contract philosopher John /...
Constructor: Evan KalishRelative difficulty: 4:10 (Monday average 4:56; Monday best 3:16)THEME: INNER NERD— The word NERD is hidden in five across entries.Word of the Day: Able was I, ere I saw ELBA...
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Solar deity / TUES 11-27-18 / Kindergarten instruction / 2018's "A Star Is...
Hello! It's Clare, back for another Tuesday. Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I had my first "friendsgiving" this year, because I didn't get enough time off law school in DC to head home to...
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Noted Hungarian puzzle / WED 11-28-18 / Govt watchdog until 1996 /...
Constructor: David J. KahnRelative difficulty: Challenging (6:10, which is LOL slow ... it's an oversized grid, but still)THEME: FRENCH REVOLUTION (7D: Historical event suggested by each of the six...
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Seaonal migrant worker from Mexico / THU 11-29-18 / Fourth US state capital...
Constructor: Herre SchouwerwouRelative difficulty: Challenging (well, for me, because I use AcrossLite, so there was a "Note" with mine, and I never ever read "Notes" because I think it's cheating, but...
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Resort in Salt Lake County / THU 11-20-18 / Title character of Dora Explorer...
Constructor: Robyn WeintraubRelative difficulty: Easyish (5:02)THEME: noneWord of the Day: RAISA Smetanina, first woman to win 10 Winter Olympic medals (45A) — Raisa Petrovna Smetanina (Russian: Раиса...
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Ibizan inn / SAT 12-1-18 / Girl saved by Don Juan / Sorceress exiled on Aeaea...
Constructor: Ryan McCartyRelative difficulty: Challenging (four minutes slower than my slowest Saturday; just a disaster) (yeah, it's oversized, but that was hardly the issue)THEME: noneWord of the...
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Sandra Denton in hip-hop's whatta man trio / SUN 12-2-18 / Invincibility...
Constructor: Paul CoulterRelative difficulty: Challenging (13:24, though at least a minute of that was me a. reading the NOTE (ugh, again with the notes in AcrossLite) and b. trying to shut off text...
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Words on returned mail / MON 12-3-2018 / "Bus Stop" dramatist William / Bring...
Constructor: Lynn LempelRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: I DO— Theme answers ended in some variant of the word "do."Theme answers:SCOOBY DOO (17A: Great Dane of animated cartoons)MORNING DEW (24A:...
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Nightclub singer who was given nickname Buddha by Frank Sinatra / TUE 12-4-18...
Constructor: Peter GordonRelative difficulty: Easy for all of you, Medium for me THEME: S- S- — two-word phrases where both words start with "S" and the second letter of each word moves from "A" (in...
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You can't bring in crazed antelope Mr Glass / WED 12-5-18 / Organization...
Constructor: Alan ArbesfeldRelative difficulty: I don't know, I just sort of gave up ... probably on the Challenging side because of the gibberishTHEME: UNITED NATIONS (35A: Organization honored on...
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Lily Potter's maiden name / THU 6-6-18 / Alternative to guillotine / Places...
Constructor: Sophia MaymudesRelative difficulty: Easy (4:58)THEME: KITTY CORNER (44A: Diagonally ... or a hint to four of this puzzle's squares) — "CAT" rebus, where "CAT" appears in each of the four...
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Mindless followers in slang / FRI 12-7-18 / Transformers technology for short...
Constructor: Sam TrabuccoRelative difficulty: Challenging (8:50 w/ an error)THEME: noneWord of the Day: ASHCAKE (45A: Southern corn bread) — (n.) A bread (cake), usually specifically of cornmeal (thus,...
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Talisa Maegyr's portrayer on Game of Thrones / SAT 12-8-18 / Symbol created...
Constructor:David Steinberg and Trenton CharlsonRelative difficulty:MediumTHEME: noneWord of the Day: OONA CHAPLIN (19A: Talisa Maegyr's portrayer on "Game of Thrones") — Oona Castilla Chaplin [ˈuna...
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Inspector Gadget antagonist / SUN 12-9-18 / Barbie's strawberry blond sister...
Constructor: Ross TrudeauRelative difficulty: Easy (8:24)THEME: FANTASTIC BEASTS / AND / WHERE TO FIND THEM (62A: With 68- and 74-Across, J.K. Rowling's first screenplay, with a hint to three pairs of...
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Highly successful in theaterspeak / MON 12-10-18 / Texas city seen in many...
Constructor: Alex EylarRelative difficulty: Challenging (by the clock ... 3:38, my third-slowest Monday of the timed era)THEME: THE PLOT THICKENS (37A: "Now things are getting interesting" ... or a...
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Units of power saved in modern lingo / TUE 12-11-18 / Clooney lawyer often...
Constructor: Amanda Chung and Karl NiRelative difficulty: Medium to Medium-Challenging (3:45)THEME: COMPOST BIN (50A: Place for kitchen scraps, such as those starting 16-, 24-, 32- and 44-Across)—...
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Wilcox daughter in Howards End / WED 12-12-18 / Benchmark figure given how...
Constructor: David J. KahnRelative difficulty: Medium (v. easy theme to pick up, but the rest, er ...)THEME: QUEEN's performance at LIVE-AID — some trivia related to this eventTheme answers:FREDDIE /...
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