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Rock drummer whose last name is same as his band / MON 7-1-19 / Paul who...
Constructor: Damon GulczynskiRelative difficulty: Medium (felt easy, but 3:04 is pretty Medium)THEME: MAKE MINE A DOUBLE (39A: Bar request ... or hint to the letters in the circles) — answers contain...
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Oral only / TUE 7-2-19 / Former fast jet in brief / Any class vinyl record /...
Constructor: Peter GordonRelative difficulty: Medium (I was slow because of sleepiness and typo) (3:56)THEME: Actors who share their initials with a signature role they played —Theme answers:MARK...
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Here’s hoping / WED 7-3-19 / Matthew English poet who wrote Dover Beach /...
Constructor:Evan MahnkenRelative difficulty:Easy (5:47)THEME: FINGERS CROSSED (54A: "Here's hoping" ... or a hint to 16-Across/10-Down and 37-Across/14-Down) — two sets of entries cross "fingers" --...
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Silo filler, in brief / THU 7-4-19 / Figure skater Midori / Olympic champion...
Constructor: Jim HilgerRelative difficulty: Easyish (5:51 for me)THEME: CONCISELY — Theme answers are three-word phrases where the last letter of one word is the same as the first letter of the next,...
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Cause of typos, humorously / FRI 7-5-19 / Deposits in some banks / Synthetic...
Constructor: Freddie ChengRelative difficulty: Medium (7:38)THEME: Freestyle / Themeless (70 words)Word of the Day: ASE'S ("__ Death," movement from "Peer Gynt") — Peer Gynt, Op. 23, is the incidental...
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Kashyyyk denizen, in sci-fi / SAT 7-5-19 / #2 image among smartphone users? /...
Constructor: Erik AgardRelative difficulty: Medium (8:40, while very distracted trying to remember things to write about)THEME: noneWord of the Day: PABLO CASALS (31A: Cellist with a Presidential Medal...
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Letters near an X-ray machine / SUN 7-7-2019 / Veto on movie night /...
Constructor: Jack ReuterRelative difficulty: Medium (perhaps harder if you're not familiar with chess or chess notation)THEME: CHESS — The middle of the grid represents a chessboard with "pieces" set...
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Marx's collaborator on "The Communist Manifesto" / MON 7-8-19 / Al who...
Constructor: Ned WhiteRelative difficulty: HardTHEME: P AND G— Theme answers start with P and contain G. Theme answers:POINT GUARD (18A: *Basketball position for Magic Johnson or Steph Curry)PAY GRADE...
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Folgers alternative / WED 7-9-19 / Automated producer of spam / "The...
Constructor: Bruce HaightRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: (Somewhat) Commonly Used Redundant Phrases —Theme answers:PAST HISTORY (17A: Experience, redundantly)RAT FINK (25A: Snitch, redundantly)CASH...
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Constructor: David J. KahnRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME — I.M. PEI tribute puzzleWord of the Day:I.M. PEI [Subject of this puzzle (1917-2019)] — Ieoh Ming Pei (Chinese: 貝聿銘), FAIA, RIBA[2] (English:...
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Constructor: Alex Eaton-SalnersRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: Semordnilaps — The themed clues are given backward, and split across two words (mostly). The theme answers are also entered...
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Oklahoma tribe originally from the Southeast / FRI 7-12-19 / Advice column...
Constructor:Evan KalishRelative difficulty:Hard (for a Friday)THEME: ThemelessWord of the Day:CHICKASAW(15A: Oklahoma tribe originally from the Southeast) —The Chickasaw (/ˈtʃɪkəsɔː/ CHIK-ə-saw) are an...
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Constructor: David SteinbergRelative difficulty: Challenging (for me, but I've been having the yips all week)THEME: noneWord of the Day: Maui Wowie (17A: Potent Hawaiian Weed) —Maui Wowie is a...
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In the Underworld Offenbach opera / SUN 7-14-19 / Trendy superfood /...
Constructor: Caitlin ReidRelative difficulty: Easy (9:02)THEME:"Are We Finished?"— "R" is added to the end ("finish") of familiar phrases, creating wacky phrases, clued wackily:Theme answers:"IS THIS A...
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Venerable monk of Middle Ages / MON 7-15-19 / Magical powder in Peter Pan /...
Constructor: Ed SessaRelative difficulty: Easy (2:45)THEME: SHORT CUTS (61A: Timesavers ... or the starts of 17-, 26-, 36- and 51-Across?)— first words are short haircuts, each of which can precede the...
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Country singer James Decker / TUE 7-16-19 / Oakland's Oracle for one / Demo...
Constructor: Ross TrudeauRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (3:31)THEME: A-FRAME BUILDINGS (52A: 52A: Structures illustrated twice in this puzzle through both black squares and letters) — I have no idea...
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Traditional time to start work /.WED 7-17-19 / File box filler / Sped up part...
Constructor: Adam NicolleRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (??) (not sure, solved in leisurely fashion on paper, untimed) (looks like lots of people set personal Wednesday records, so ... let's say...
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Churchill's successor in 1955 / THU 7-18-19 / Churchill's successor in 1945 /...
Constructor: Matthew SewellRelative difficulty: Easy (4:24 at 5 in the a.m.)THEME: two-letter words >>> two-letter initialisms — familiar phrases clued as if one of the two-letter words in...
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Mascot of Winnipeg Jets / FRI 7-19-19 / Las Vegas casino with musical name /...
Constructor: Peter WentzRelative difficulty: Medium (Brutal SW + v. easy elsewhere = Medium) (6:06)THEME: noneWord of the Day: Eudora WELTY (57A: Pulitzer-winning writer of "The Optimist's Daughter") —...
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Often-reddish quartz / SAT 7-20-19 / Best-selling game with hexagonal board /...
Constructor: Sam TrabuccoRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (honestly it felt pretty easy, but clock said 8:48 when I was done, and ... I wasn't actually done, because I had errors that took me...
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