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Domination in slang / THU 2-6-20 / Fragrance since 1932 / Title partner of...
Constructor: Jake HalperinRelative difficulty: Medium, I think (time was somewhere in the 7s, but I was going slowly, taking notes, so the clock doesn't tell me much)THEME: a chore and more — themers...
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Seminal William S. Burrows novel 1959 / FRI 2-7-19 / Intensifying suffix in...
Constructor: Mary Lou Guizzo and Erik AgardRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (trivia just not in my wheelhouse) (high 6s)THEME: noneWord of the Day: Sue (?) (15A: Sue at Chicago's Field Museum,...
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Office-sharing system in modern lingo / SAT 2-8-20 / Easy kill in Fortnite...
Constructor: Hemant MehtaRelative difficulty: Medium (6:50)THEME: noneWord of the Day: HOT-DESKING (3D: Office-sharing system, in modern lingo) — Hot desking (sometimes called "non-reservation-based...
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Bug-eyed primates / SUN 2-9-20 / New York city where Mark Twain was married...
Constructor: Brian KulmanRelative difficulty: Easy (8:28)THEME:"The Emoji Movie" — movies clued via emojis (or so I'm told—Across Lite just gave me [bracketed explanations of emojis]," LOL):Theme...
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Drudgery in old usage / MON 2-10-20 / Big name in athletic shoes /...
Constructor: Bruce HaightRelative difficulty: Medium for me (maybe slightly harder-than-usual for some, tho ... this fill, yeesh)THEME: corny movie puns—maybe a nod to the Oscars (happening roughly...
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Comeuppance for package thief / TUE 2-11-20 / Ballet position on tiptoe /...
Constructor: Neil Padrick Wilson and Jeff ChenRelative difficulty: Medium (in the mid/high 3's)THEME: FLYING / COLORS (33A: With 35-Across, complete success ... or a hint to 18-, 23-, 46- and...
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Optimistic maxim from Virgil / WED 2-12-20 / Lorena who was #1 female golfer...
Constructor: Rich ProulxRelative difficulty: Easy (3:23, first thing in the morning)THEME: GOD (62A: What each set of circled letters is, relative to the first word in its answer) — non-consecutive...
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Onetime truth in engineering sloganeer / THU 2-13-20 / Relative of jaguarundi...
Constructor: Amanda Chung and Karl NiRelative difficulty: Medium (6:06, very much not trying to speed ... I can't speed-solve before 6am, and it's not even 5)THEME: ROLL THE DICE (56A: Take a chance...
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Successor language to Common Brittonic / FRI 2-14-20 / Automotive sponsor of...
Constructor: Daniel LarsenRelative difficulty: Easy (very) (4:16)THEME: noneWord of the Day: KORN (33D: Grammy-winning metal band with a tasty-sounding name) — Korn (stylized as KoЯn) is an American nu...
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Bob of old children's TV / SAT 2-15-20 / Chanel fragrance with French name /...
Constructor: Randolph RossRelative difficulty: Easy (5:39 at a leisurely, non-speed pace)THEME: noneWord of the Day: TORTOLA (18A: Largest of the British Virgin Islands) — Tortola /tɔːrˈtoʊlə/ is the...
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Longtime Eagles QB Donovan / SUN 2-16-20 / Whom Harry Potter frees from...
Constructor: Sam EzerskyRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (10:06)THEME:"NUMBER THEORY"— on four different lines in the puzzle are numbers in foreign languages and also familiar phrases that contain that...
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Former competitor of Southwest / MON 2-17-20 / Argentine partner dances /...
Constructor: Sally HoelscherRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (2:52)THEME: recent First Ladies, clued via their memoirs for some reasonTheme answers:LAURA BUSH (17A: Author of the memoir "Spoken from...
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Village of the Prancing Pony inn in Lord of the Rings / TUE 2-18-20 / 1930s...
Constructor: John GuzzettaRelative difficulty: Easy (3:16 first thing in the a.m.—before 5 a.m., to be precise-ish—is very fast for a Tuesday)THEME: PARALLEL PARKS (36A: Does a driving test task — or...
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Hungarian horseman / WED 2-19-20 / Reject romantically show interest...
Constructor: Alex Eaton-SalnersRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (my typing was alarmingly poor—I think I typo'd ever entry somehow) (4:11)THEME: SWIPE LEFT / SWIPE RIGHT (60A: Reject romantically ......
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Pirate plunder / THU 2-20-20 / Sweet and healing medicine of troubles per...
Constructor: Joe DeeneyRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (not sure of exact solving time as I had to wrestle with rebus squares in my software)THEME: PIECES OF EIGHT (53A: Pirate plunder ... or a...
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Palace in Hindi / FRI 2-21-20 / Celebrity with namesake cereal in '80s / Mare...
Constructor: Erik Agard and Anne FlinchbaughRelative difficulty: Easy to Easy-Medium (I solved on paper without a timer)THEME: noneWord of the Day: SANTOS (35D: Brazilian soccer team that Pelé played...
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Imagist poet Doolittle / SAT 2-22-20 / Unstable subatomic particle / Creature...
Constructor: Trenton CharlsonRelative difficulty: Easy (4:28)THEME: noneWord of the Day: HILDA Doolittle (36A: Imagist poet Doolittle) — Hilda Doolittle (September 10, 1886 – September 27, 1961) was an...
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Dance craze of early 2010s / SUN 2-23-20 / Color akin to cyan / Pullers of...
Constructor: Sophia and David MaymudesRelative difficulty: Easy to Easy-Medium (9:15)THEME:"RESOLVED"— you "solve" the puzzle by adding "RE-" to the beginnings of words in familiar phrases, creating...
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Twisted person / MON 2-24-20 / Do the honors with the turkey / Jules who...
Constructor:Jacob StulbergRelative difficulty:Medium-ChallengingTHEME:RAISING THE FLAG (15D: Activity depicted in a famous 2/23/1945 photograph ... and in three of this puzzle's answers) — Theme...
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Liveliness / TUES 2-25-20 / Place for tugboats / Japanese cartoon style /...
Hello, everyone! It's Clare — back for the last Tuesday in February. I swear this month has flown by, and I have no idea where the time went. Here in D.C., it's already starting to feel like spring...
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