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Rapper who's half of Run the Jewels / WED 4-21-21 / Goddess and ruler of...
Constructor: Brandon KoppyRelative difficulty: Medium (name-heavy, so results will vary widely)THEME: Sci-fi sidekicks — the "Star Wars"'droids R2-D2 and C-3PO are used to refer to the initial (mostly)...
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Producer of whirligigs / THU 4-22-21 / Quarters seen in some parts of Canada...
Constructor: Jem BurchRelative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (so ... Challenging to find the trick, Easy-to-Medium after that)THEME: James Bond, aka "Double-O" 7 — there are seven "double-O" rebus...
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First and only president of the Republic of Hawaii / FRI 4-23-21 / Oni in...
Constructor: Robyn WeintraubRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: Oleta ADAMS (1D: Oleta of soul) — Oleta Adams (born May 4, 1953) is an American singer and pianist. Adams found...
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Vulcan's specialty / SAT 4-24-21 / Co-star of Apple TV+'s "The Morning Show"...
Constructor: Kristian House and Mike DockinsRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: NoneWord of the Day: PARKER (Journalist Parker with a 2018 Pulitzer Prize) — Ashley R. Parker[1] is an American journalist,...
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765-foot-long water coaster on Disney cruises / SUN 4-25-21 / Racy selfie...
Constructor: Jeremy NewtonRelative difficulty: Mediumand here's what you see when you complete the version in the app / online:THEME:"Stretching Exercises"— muscles appear in squares that are...
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Old rival of MGM / MON 4-26-21 / Locale of many White House photo ops / Only...
Constructor: Eric and Lori BornsteinRelative difficulty: Challenging (30+ seconds over my usual Monday time)THEME: FOOD COURT (35D: Feature of many a mall ... or a place for 20-Across and 26- and...
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Kind of torch / TUES 4-27-21 / Queen of the gods, in Roman myth / Tehran...
Hi, everyone! It’s Clare, back for the last Tuesday of April. I’m in my final week of law school — and, wow, it’s flown by! What are you supposed to do when your life has revolved around school for 20...
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Pagliacci baritone / WED 4-28-21 / One greeting others with the shaka sign /...
Constructor: Hal MooreRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: OPEN-AND-SHUT CASE (58A: Easy-to-resolve situation ... or a hint to the progression found in 20-, 23- 43-, 46- and 58-Across) — the letter...
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Pepper between jalapeño and cayenne on the Scoville heat scale / THU 4-29-21...
Constructor: Adam WagnerRelative difficulty: ChallengingTHEME: it's a "poem" — "IT WOULD BE A SHAME / IF MY / HAIKU WERE / TO BE / ONE SYLLABLE TOO [LONG]" ... where "LONG" appears in its own square,...
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R&B/jazz artist Booze who sang See See Rider Blues / FRI 4-30-21 / Uses a...
Constructor: Kate HawkinsRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: none Word of the Day: ESSIE Davis (7D: Davis of "Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries") — Esther Davis (born 19 January 1970) is an Australian actress...
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2019 sci-fi film starring Brad Pitt / SAT 5-1-21 / Deep-fried British treat...
Constructor: Ryan McCartyRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: none Word of the Day: THE OLD VIC (5D: Historic London venue) — The Old Vic is a 1,000-seat, not-for-profit producing theatre just south-east of...
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Floral archway / SUN 5-2-21 / Classical poem form / Fast-food chain with...
Constructor: Dan SchoenholzRelative difficulty: Easy (8:30, under the influence of a reasonably strong mint julep)THEME:"Initial Impressions"— All clues are [some letter] + [hyphen] + [some word]; all...
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Tennis great Andre / MON 5-2-2021 / Senator Mike of Idaho / God, in the Torah...
Constructor: Ross TrudeauRelative difficulty: Easy THEME: FEE FI FO FUM — Theme answers smell the blood of an Englishman. Er, that is to say they end in FEE, FI, FO or FUM. Theme answers:ICED COFFEE...
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Candy with an insulting name / TUE 5-4-21 / 1990s fitness fad / Profession of...
Constructor: Nina SloanRelative difficulty: EasyishTHEME: Candy names that can also be insults Theme answers:GOOBERS (23A: Candy with an insulting name #1)AIRHEADS (29A: Candy with an insulting name...
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Big online site for uploading photos and memes / WED 5-5-21 / Wyoming town...
Constructor: Bryce Hwang and Rahul Sridhar and Akshay RavikumarRelative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: NUMBERS (40A: This puzzle's theme) — sigh ... so the theme is *types* of numbers, where each...
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Traffic go-ahead that should be followed four times in this puzzle / THU...
Constructor: Ed SessaRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: RIGHT ON RED (63A: Traffic go-ahead that should be followed four times in this puzzle) — four "RED" rebus squares, at each of which the answer veers...
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Activist Copeny known as Little Miss Flint / FRI 5-7-21 / Caleb represents...
Constructor: Brooke HusicRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: MARI Copeny (14A: Activist Copeny known as "Little Miss Flint") — Amariyanna "Mari" Copeny (born July 6, 2007), also...
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Celebrity portmanteau beginning in 2012 / SAT 5-8-21 / Irish name that's a...
Constructor: David SteinbergRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: no, but ...Word of the Day: BONHOMIE (36D: Easy friendliness) — : good-natured easy friendliness an undying bonhomie radiated from her— Jean...
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Country singer McKenna / SUN 5-8-21 / Went sniggling / Actress in eight Bond...
Constructor: Brad WiegmannRelative difficulty: Easy (very) (7:42 ... if that's not my record Sunday time, it's close)THEME:"Mother's Day Concert" — songs clued as if they had to do with giving birth....
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Salad base similar to Swiss chard / MON 5-10-21 / NASCAR champion Hamlin / TV...
Constructor: Zhouqin BurnikelRelative difficulty: Medium (normalish Monday time) (3:05)THEME: food coloring— last words of four themes are all plural noun colors:Theme answers:MANDARIN ORANGES (17A:...
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