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Actress Headey of Game of Thrones / FRI 12-23-16 / Rama's wife in Hinduism /...
Constructor:Robyn WeintraubRelative difficulty:ChallengingTHEME: none Word of the Day:SITA(29D: Rama's wife, in Hinduism) — Sita (also spelled Sîta, Seeta or Seetha[ˈsiː taː], listen (help·info)...
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Slacker's opposite in modern lingo / SAT 12-24-16 / Attractive young woman in...
Constructor:David SteinbergRelative difficulty:Easy-MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day:CARY, NC(30D: City of 150,000+ between Raleigh and Durham) — Cary/ˈkæri/ is the seventh largest municipality in...
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Swedish lake that's largest in European Union / SUN 12-25-16 / Coin...
Constructor:Kevin G. DerRelative difficulty:MediumTHEME:"Married Couples"— themers are all two parts, where first and last parts are yoked (married) by a pair of letters (circled squares that represent...
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TV warrior princess / MON 12-26-16 / Flexible Flyers / Scrubbed as NASA...
Constructor:Jules P. MarkeyRelative difficulty:Easy side of averageTHEME:BOXING DAY (37A: Present time in England? ... or a hint to each set of circled squares)— December 26 is both the present time,...
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Partial rainbow near horizon / TUE 12-27-16 / Controversial novel of 1955 /...
Constructor:Herre SchouwerwouRelative difficulty:Medium-Challenging (high 3s)THEME: DOUBLE TAKE (60A: Surprised reaction ... or a hint to what can preced both halves of the answers to the starred...
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Nickname for baseball manager Terry Francona / WED 12-28-16 / Playfully...
Constructor:Brendan Emmett QuigleyRelative difficulty:Easy-MediumTHEME: THE CARPENTERS (35A: Pop group suggested by 17-, 25-, 47- and 58-Across)— theme answers have tools related to carpentry in...
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Stepmom of Mitchell Claire on Modern Family / THU 12-29-16 / Narrow estuaries...
Constructor:Kevan ChosetRelative difficulty:EasyTHEME: Prince CHARLES— All clues are "titles for this puzzle's subject," who is "spelled in order by the circled letters"Theme answers:EARL OF...
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Richard who won Tony for playing Don Quixote / FRI 12-30-16 / Market town in...
Constructor:Patrick BerryRelative difficulty:EasyTHEME: none Word of the Day:Ralph ABERNATHY(9D: King's collaborator) — Ralph David Abernathy, Sr. (March 11, 1926 – April 17, 1990) was a leader of the...
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Manatee's order whose name comes from Greek myth / SAT 12-31-16 / Noble...
Constructor:Jeff ChenRelative difficulty:ChallengingTHEME: none Word of the Day:UNOBTAINIUM(35A: Hypothetical miracle material) — In fiction, engineering, and thought experiments, unobtainium is any...
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Players last produced in July 2016 / 1-1-17 / Pope with longest reign between...
Constructor:Matthew SewellRelative difficulty:MediumTHEME:"Rolling in the Aisles"— theme answers are places that have aisles, and those aisles are represented visually by a space (circled square, in...
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Indiana/Illinois separator / MON 1-2-17 / Invaded in large numbers / "I...
Hi Puzzlers!!! It may be a new year but it's the same old Annabel you get on the first Monday of every mouth! My new year's resolution is to not accidentally type "mouth" instead of "month" like I just...
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Czech-made auto that's part of Volkswagen Group / TUE 1-3-16 / Pope said to...
Constructor:Michael ShteymanRelative difficulty:Challenging (mid-4s)THEME: ATANDT (44D: Communications giant ... or a possible title of this puzzle)— themers are two-word phrases where first word...
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Congo ape / WED 1-4-16 / Albanian currency / Plum used to flavor gin
Constructor:Samuel A. DonaldsonRelative difficulty:Easy-MediumTHEME: dentist humor—familiar phrases clued as if they had something to do with the dentist:Theme answers:FIRST IMPRESSION (17A: The new...
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Half of Wall Street firm since 1882 / THU 1-5-16 / Tesfaye aka R&B's The...
Constructor:Ed SessaRelative difficulty:Medium (leaning toward Medium-Challenging for me)THEME: Jack-in-the (BLACK) -box— words or phrase parts that require you to imagine JACK is in a...
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Aladdin character who's transformed into elephant / FRI 1-6-16 / Targets of...
Constructor:Jacob StulbergRelative difficulty:Medium-Challenging (the NE alone took it into "Challenging" territory for me)THEME: none Word of the Day:LEE ANN Womack(38A: Singer Womack with the 2000...
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1990s caught on tape series / SAT 1-7-16 / Synthetic dye compound /...
Constructor:Roland HugetRelative difficulty:MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day:"REAL TV"(31A: 1990s "caught on tape" series) — Real TV (commonly known as America's Best Caught on Tape) is a reality...
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Old bandleader with Egyptian inspired name / SUN 1-8-17 / Entourage of 1990s...
Constructor:Peter Broda and Erik AgardRelative difficulty:Easy-MediumTHEME:"The Downsizing of Nathaniel Ames"— familiar multi-word phrases where first word is reimagined as if it were first initial +...
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Republican pol Haley from South Carolina / MON 1-9-17 / Black covert doings /...
Constructor:Neville FogartyRelative difficulty:Easy-MediumTHEME: BED HEAD (39A: Result of failure to comb the hair after sleep, maybe ... or a feature of 17-, 25-, 49- or 61-Across)— theme answers all...
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Rules in force in England before Norman Conquest / TUE 1-10-17 /...
Constructor:David PooleRelative difficulty:Challenging (solid minute over my normal time)THEME: OTHELLO (23A: Disc-flipping board game hinted at by a word ladder formed by the answers to the nine...
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Port city at one terminus of Appian Way / WED 1-11-17 / Farmworker in Millet...
Constructor:Peter A. CollinsRelative difficulty:MediumTHEME:DNA— a single (?) strand of repeated letters "DNA" runs in a vaguely helical shape down the middle of the grid. Theme answers:WATSON (47D:...
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