Clik here to view.
Old Seattle sports headline / WED 10-9-19 / 1980 sci-fi thriller /...
Constructor: Alan ArbesfeldRelative difficulty: Challenging (high 5s, then another minute or so half-heartedly tracking down wrong squares / typos)THEME: ALTERED STATES (34A: 1980 sci-fi thriller ......
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sexologist Shere / THU 10-10-19 / Old cars with wings in their logo / Bana...
Constructor: Tracy GrayRelative difficulty: Easy (4:38)THEME: WATCH YOUR STEP! (39A: "Tread carefully!" ... or a hint to four dangers in this puzzle) — parts of the long (Across) theme answers turn...
View ArticleClik here to view.
1870 tax evasion scandal / FRI OCT-11-19 / Parvenues with a certain je ne...
Constructor: Andy KravisRelative difficulty: Apparently easy for others, but on the harder side for me (untimed clipboard solve at 4:30am)THEME: noneWord of the Day: WHISKEY RING (34A: 1870s tax...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Batman portrayer of TV film / SAT 10-12-19 / Request softener / NyQuil...
Constructor: Andrew J. RiesRelative difficulty: Easy (6:19 on a weirdly oversized grid (15x16))THEME: noneWord of the Day: ILENE Chaiken (6D: "The L Word" creator Chaiken) — Ilene Chaiken (born June...
View ArticleClik here to view.
2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner who founded the Green Belt movement / SUN...
Constructor: Erik AgardRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (the "Challenging" part due almost entirely to 15-Down)THEME:"Lines of Work"— Clues all start "Professional whose favorite movie lines...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Southeast Asian housemaid / MON 10-14-19 / Root in Polynesian culture /...
Constructor: Gary CeeRelative difficulty: Medium (3:21)THEME: MAKE THE CUT (65A: Survive elimination ... or what one may do to the ends of 17-, 31-, 38- and 50-Across) — the "ends" are all things you...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Walled city on coast of France / TUE 10-15-19 / Spouter in Moby-Dick / Old...
Constructor: Julie BérubéRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (my time was over average, but it's 16 wide, and I totally misread the second themer clue, both of which inflated my time in ways that had zero...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Galactic Empire superweapon / WED 10-16-19 / Push-button bankers / Modern...
Constructor: Peter A. CollinsRelative difficulty: Who knows? Normal level? Dumb quips are harder than regular themers because they are dumb, so ... I was a little on the slow side, but the rest of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Outdated postal abbr / THU 10-17-19 / Grimalkin / Rowdy concertgoer maybe /...
WARNING / ALERT / IMPORTANT NOTICE: If you are solving in the newspaper, then your puzzle is different from everyone else's. Please go back in time and enjoy the write-up I did for your puzzle LAST...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rules maven Edmond / FRI 10-18-19 / 2016 film about 1967 Supreme Court case /...
Constructor: Jamey SmithRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (7:17)THEME: noneWord of the Day: VOILE (16A: Fabric for a wedding dress) — : a fine soft sheer fabric used especially for women's summer...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Darkest moon of Uranus / SAT 10-19-19 / Synthetic fiber once used in...
Constructor: Byron WaldenRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (untimed clipboard solve)THEME: noneWord of the Day: PAT HAND (41A: Royal flush in draw poker, say) — 1: a hand in draw poker on which one...
View ArticleClik here to view.
One-named electronic musician D.J. with multiple Grammys / SUN 10-20-19 /...
Constructor: Natan LastRelative difficulty: Medium (10:07)THEME: OPERATION (112A: Classic kids' game involving removal of body parts ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme)— circled squares are body...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Financial services corp with orange lion logo / MON 10-21-19 / Major athletic...
Constructor: Joe DeeneyRelative difficulty: Medium (3:12)THEME: THREE ON (36A: Bases loaded ... or a hint to the contents of 17-, 26-, 44- and 56-Across) — "ON" appears three times in each themer:Theme...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Activist who'd make a good valet? / TUE 10-22-19 / Muppet with a smartphone...
Constructor: Saul PinkRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (3:24)THEME: last name, verb — celebrities reimagined as verb phrasesTheme answers:GEORGE BURNS (17A: Comedian who'd make a good pyrotechnician?)...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Horizontal line on chessboard / WED 10-23-19 / Petite Grande / MacKenize beer...
Constructor: Jennifer NuttRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (4:44 on oversized 16x15 grid)THEME: something about PLINY THE ELDER approaching MOUNT VESUVIUS while saying "FORTUNE / FAVORS / THE...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bridge scorecard heading / THU 10-24-19 / Heiress of Hartfield in 1816 novel...
Constructor: Matt GinsbergRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: "Nothing"— the word is absent from the front end of ten answers ... so I guess it's represented literally in the grid:Theme answers:BUT THE...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Logic game with matchsticks / FRI 10-25-19 / Eponym of cathedral in Red...
Constructor: John GuzzettaRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (I had just been napping, it's true, but I think this was a wavelength problem) (7-something)THEME: noneWord of the Day: LEITMOTI...V?...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Arcade game spinoff of 1983 / SAT 10-26-19 / Spiritual realms in religious...
Constructor: Sam TrabuccoRelative difficulty: Easy or Easy-Medium (untimed, clipboard solve)THEME: noneWord of the Day: ACHATES (44A: Loyal friend to Aeneas) — In the Aeneid, Achates (Ancient Greek:...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Protagonist in Toni Morrison's Beloved / SUN 10-27-19 / Ricochet like hockey...
Constructor: Michael PaleosRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (10:02)THEME: CANDY STRIPE (68A: Pattern once used for hospital volunteer uniforms, with a hint to this puzzle's theme) — "candy stripe"s are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Locale for London's Royal Opera House / MON 10-28-19 / Salivating animal in...
Constructor: Zhouqin BurnikelRelative difficulty: Easy (2:45)THEME: OUT OF DANGERS (59A: Safe ... or how the last words of 16-, 23- and 49-Across are made?) — last words of themers are anagrams of...
View Article