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Stress between you and your former lover / MON 8-24-20 / Undercoat of oil...
Constructor: David Alfred BywatersRelative difficulty: slow for me at 3:21 (so "Medium-Challenging," I guess)THEME: "your former lover" [shudder] — EX- words clued as if they have something to do with...
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Adjective for Caroline / TUE 8-25-20 / Unexciting Yahtzee roll / Las Vegas...
Constructor: Dave BardolphRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: Shakespearean cookout — famous phrases from Shakespeare, clued as if they referred to a "cookout":Theme answers:THE POUND OF FLESH (17A:...
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Old-fashioned weapon for hand to hand combat / WED 8-26-20 / Strategic...
Constructor: Carl LarsonRelative difficulty: Challenging (just for me, because I misread a clue and then just stared at a single blank square for what felt like eternity; puzzle is actually probably...
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One-named Italian male model / THU 8-27-20 / Obstacle-based competition show...
Constructor: Nancy Stark and Will NedigerRelative difficulty: Medium (6ish)THEME: CHATTERBOX (58A: Windbag, as seen three times in this puzzle?) — words meaning "chatter" appear inside a "box" in this...
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Marcel Marceau character / FRI 8-28-20 / Plot point in rom-com / Dish that...
Constructor: Kate HawkinsRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (low 7s)THEME: none Word of the Day: ISO (32A: Camera film speed inits.) — Film speed is the measure of a photographic film's...
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Trading card franchise that's an alternative to Pokémon / SAT 8-29-20 /...
Constructor: Michael HawkinsRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (5:49)THEME: none Word of the Day: YU-GI-OH! (8D: Trading card franchise that's an alternative to Pokémon) — Yu-Gi-Oh! (Japanese: 遊☆戯☆王,...
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Wild Asian equines / SUN 8-30-20 / Soleus muscle locale / Pitch Perfect a...
Constructor: Olivia Mitra FramkeRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (9:45)THEME:"All Aflutter"— a puzzle about the BUTTERFLY EFFECT (81A: Subject of this puzzle, as suggested visually by its central black...
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Captain of 2012 2016 US women's women's Olympic gymnastic teams / MON 8-31-20...
Constructor: Anne Marie CrinnionRelative difficulty: Challenging (FOR A MONDAY) (3:31)THEME: CHANGE LANES (64A: What you might do to pass on an interstate ... or a phonetic hint to the starts of 18-,...
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Life, in Rome / TUES 9-01-20 / Brunch cocktails / Soccer great Mia / Round...
Hi, everyone! It's Clare — here a week later than normal because of chaos last Monday. Law school classes started that day (all being done virtually), and Zoom had an outage, and my school's main web...
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Alpine crossing over Austrian Italian border / WED 9-2-20 / Suffragist and...
Constructor: Margaret SeikelRelative difficulty: Easy (3:47)THEME: CATCH PHRASE (60A: Popular expression ... or what the opposite to the answer of each starred clue is?) — theme phrases end with a word...
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Fried Hanukkah treat / THU 9-3-20 / Sporting event profiled in 2014...
Constructor: Sid SivakumarRelative difficulty: Easy (4:36)THEME: BOUNCE BACK (64A: Recover ... or what 17-, 25-, 38- and 51-Across do) — themers start somewhere in the middle (in a circled square),...
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Easternmost point of Silk Road / FRI 9-4-20 / prima painting technique /...
Constructor: Brian ThomasRelative difficulty: Challenging (slowest Friday in a long time, though ... again, I'm solving at 5am, just out of bed, so that could be it?)THEME: none Word of the Day:...
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Roman foeman / SAT 9-5-20 / Dice in slang / Source of brachiocephalic trunk
Constructor: John GuzzettaRelative difficulty: Medium (8:01)THEME: none Word of the Day: ATHOL Fugard (42A: Playwright Fugard) — Athol Fugard FRSL OIS (born 11 June 1932) is a South African playwright,...
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Dutch requirements / SUN 9-6-20 / Weepy Patti Page hit / Author born Truman...
Constructor: David KwongRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (9:16)THEME:"Could You Repeat That Number?" — All double-numbered Acrosses (e.g. 11A, 22A, 33A, etc.) require you to mentally supply "Double" at...
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Speaks impertinently to / MON 9-7-2020 / Designer Oscar ____ Renta / Where...
Constructor: Gareth BainRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: About a foot — Theme answers end in words relating to feet. Theme answers:MARBLE ARCH (17A: Entranceway to London's Hyde Park)TIC TAC TOE (25A:...
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Pilgrimage destination in central Italy / TUE 9-8-20 / Pluto's Egyptian...
Constructor: Kevin Christian and Brad WilberRelative difficulty: Easy (3:11)THEME: PSY / CHO (4D: "Gangnam Style" performer / 60D: Comic Margaret) — a puzzle containing basic trivia about "Psycho,"...
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Jazz pianist Hines / WED 9-9-20 / Upscale section of airport / Spice that...
Constructor: Jakob WeisblatRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (low 4s)THEME: September 9— clues are all [99, in [some field]]; today's date is 9/9:Theme answers:EINSTEINIUM (17A: 99, in chemistry)NAMES...
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Jewish month of 30 days / THU 9-10-20 / What every infinitive in Esperanto...
Constructor: David J. KahnRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (low 5s, first thing in the a.m.)THEME: a bunch of BEETHOVEN stuff (in honor, I assume, of his 250th birthday, which is this year) — you've...
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Sweet Indian beverage / FRI 9-11-20 / Title of hits by Abba Rihanna /...
Constructor: Caitlin Reid and Erik AgardRelative difficulty: Medium (6:08)THEME: none Word of the Day: WHOLE / BLOOD (34D: With 36-Down, what plasma may be removed from) — : blood with all its...
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Score marking to play higher or lower than written / SAT 9-12-20 / Slangy...
Constructor: Ryan McCartyRelative difficulty: Easy(3/4)-Challenging (1/4) (7:34)THEME: none Word of the Day: OTTAVA (43A: Score marking to play higher or lower than written) — : at an octave higher or...
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