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1957 Jimmy Dorsey hit / SUN 1-31-21 / Oldest tech. school in U.S. founded...
Constructor: Jim HilgerRelative difficulty: Medium (10-ish)THEME:"Product Misplacement"— familiar expression where some general category of thing has been replaced with a specific brand of said thing,...
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Jessica of "Fantastic Four" / MON 2-1-2021 / Bête ___ / Raphael Warnock and...
Constructor: Soleil Saint-CyrRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: HIVE MIND — Theme answers end in...bee-related words? Types of bee? Theme answers:ESSENTIAL WORKER (19A: One on the front lines during a...
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1990 Fox dramedy with Charles S. Dutton / TUE 2-2-21 / Garden London district...
Constructor: Adesina O. KoikiRelative difficulty: Challenging (NW corner alone put me well over my normal Tuesday time) (I think ... clock wasn't on)THEME: TENNIS COURT (56A: Playing area usually...
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Flower that shares its name with a sea creature / WED 2-3-21 / Bookend...
Constructor: Yacob YonasRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium THEME: JOHN LEWIS (35A: Civil rights icon who led a historic march from Selma to Montgomery on 3/7/1965)— theme answers are related to Lewis's...
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1993 country hit by Joe Diffie / THU 2-4-21 / People who believe that all...
Constructor: Derek AllenRelative difficulty: Easy (except maybe some song titles, depending on your knowledge base) (it's an oversized grid today: 15x16)THEME: color songs— a rebus puzzle where the...
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Online magazine co-founded by Henry Louis Gates / FRI 2-5-21 / Revered woman...
Constructor: Erik AgardRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: BUICK Electra 225 (34A: "Deuce and a quarter" automaker) — The Buick Electra is a full-size luxury car manufactured and...
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Once-popular resort area in the Catskills informally / SAT 2-6-21 / World...
Constructor: Kameron Austin CollinsRelative difficulty: Easy to Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: BORSCHT BELT (21A: Once-popular resort area in the Catskills, informally) — Borscht Belt, or...
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Ancient kingdom in modern-day Jordan / SUN 1-7-21 / Soul singer Bridges /...
Constructor: Katie Hale and Christina IversonRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME:"Toddler Talk"— familiar phrases are redone with "W" sounds in place of "R" sounds, resulting in wacky phrases, clued wackily...
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Harp-shaped constellation / MON 2-8-21 / Record label co-founded by Jay-Z /...
Constructor: Portia LundieRelative difficulty: Challenging (3:45 ... normalish Tuesday / fastish Wednesday)THEME: LET YOUR HAIR DOWN (10D: "Loosen up!" ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters) —...
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Old World blackbird / TUE 2-9-21 / Supply for an indebted tattoo artist /...
Constructor: Colin ErnstRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (3:19)THEME: "[verb] YOUR [article of clothing]" — idioms in the imperative voice that follow this pattern:Theme answers:KEEP YOUR SHIRT ON...
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Miss ___ famed TV psychic / WED 2-10-21 / World capital that's home to Temple...
Constructor: Kate HawkinsRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (the "Medium" part was figuring out the themers)THEME: STOUT (64A: Kind of beer ... or a multi-word hint to 18-, 22-, 37-, 51- and 57-Across) —...
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Title that translates to great sage / THU 2-11-21 / Padmé Amidala's home...
Constructor: Alex Eaton-SalnersRelative difficulty: Easy THEME: plurals written as two singulars— familiar phrases that contain letter strings that spell out irregular plurals (i.e. not simple add-an-S...
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Noted speaker of more than 20 languages / FRI 2-12-21 / Beast vanquished by...
Constructor: Grant ThackrayRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: none Word of the Day: TORTONI (61A: Italian dessert topped with crumbled macaroons) — : ice cream made of heavy cream often with...
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Sorting label for a Twitter search / SAT 2-13-21 / Jazzman who was a pioneer...
Constructor: Will NedigerRelative difficulty: Easy to Easy-Medium (just two toughish areas for me)THEME: none Word of the Day: SUN RA (46A: Jazzman who was a pioneer of Afrofuturism) — Le Sony'r Ra...
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British tennis champ who invented the sweatband / SUN 2-14-21 / Debussy...
Constructor: Lisa BunkerRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumIs it ... art?THEME:"Sealed With a Kiss"— eight rebus squares contain RED[some fourth letter], where the fourth letters spell out RUBY LIPS ... I...
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Rhyming title character who plays the tuba in Cuba, in a Rudy Vallee song /...
Constructor: Meconya AlfordRelative difficulty: Challenging (for second week in a row, the Monday puzzle is more like a Tuesday/Wednesday puzzle)THEME: WHITE HOUSE DOGS (56A: What the starts of 21-,...
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Long straight-sided smoke / TUE 2-16-21 / Popular video game console released...
Constructor: Johanna FenimoreRelative difficulty: Medium (normal Tuesday)THEME:"BEER ME!" (62A: "I'll have a cold one, please" ... or a hint to 17-, 26-, 43- and 57-Across)— words on the front or back...
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Relative of a cor anglais / WED 2-17-21 / Turnblad role for Divine in...
Constructor: David Harris and Evan KalishRelative difficulty: Easy (unless you've never heard of one or the other of the actresses up top, in which case probably much harder)THEME: MONKEY [in the]...
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Kodama, in Japanese mythology / THU 2-18-21 / "Giant Brain" unveiled in 1946...
Constructor: Zachary SpitzRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: TV SPOTS (38A: Many P.S.A.s ... or the four circled squares in this grid?)— This is a Schrödinger puzzle, where the entry could be one...
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Complete set in musical comedy / FRI 2-19-21 / Modern lead-in to speak /...
Constructor: Amanda RafkinRelative difficulty: Medium (skewing slightly harder depending on how rough the proper nouns were for you)THEME: none Word of the Day: Dorothy LAMOUR (27D: Dorothy of...
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