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Crib for a doll / SAT 6-21-25 / "Ritorna vincitor" singer / Port WSW of...
Constructor: Christina Iverson and Doug PetersonRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: Two-Lane Blacktop (27D: Vehicles seen in the films "Dazed and Confused" and "Two-Lane Blacktop" =...
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Family elder in El Salvador / SUN 6-22-25 / Spread the word? / Febreze...
Constructor: Ruth Bloomfield Margolin and Hannah MargolinRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: Bringing a Plus One — Theme answers are wedding-related things with one letter added, clued wackilyTheme...
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Encrypted messaging software / MON 6-23-25 / Org. to which to report a phone...
Constructor: Zhouqin BurnikelRelative difficulty: Medium (solved Downs-only) (failed, though—one wrong square)THEME:"Shut up!"— all theme clues are synonyms for "Shut up!" and follow the pattern...
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Sing like Ella Fitzgerald / TUES 6-24-25 / Ouzo flavoring / Regular at the...
Hi, everyone! It’s Clare for the last Tuesday in June. Hope everyone is staying cool in the middle of this crazy heat wave — D.C. is currently horribly hot and humid. I’m writing this after attending...
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Opera with a baritone Iago / WED 6-25-2025 / Rite place at the rite time? /...
Constructor: Ben Zimmer and Zach SherwinRelative difficulty: Hard (21:46)THEME: CENTRAL AC — Eight answers in the grid (four across, four down) have their central two letters, AC, in their own boxTheme...
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Boat with broad, square ends / THU 6-26-25 / Accessory for Broadway's Phantom...
Constructor: Simeon SeigelRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: ___ OR ___— theme answers are familiar phrases where the first word follows the pattern _OR_; you must read the "OR" as a separate word in...
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It's not observed in Hawaii: Abbr. / FRI 6-27-25 / Scientist whose "number"...
Constructor: Carolyn Davies LynchRelative difficulty: Very, very easy (9:05)THEME: ThemelessWord of the Day: Automated external defibrillator (EMTS, clued as [Many A.E.D. users]) — An automated...
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Depictions of Arcadia / SAT 6-28-25 / State for "The Shawshank Redemption" /...
Constructor: Jesse GuzmanRelative difficulty: Pretty Easy, I think? (I sliced my thumb cooking dinner two nights ago, and thanks to the bandage, I'm basically solving one-handed on my phone)THEME:...
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Famed actress who portrayed Queen Christina in 1933's "Queen Christina" / SUN...
Constructor: Mike HobinRelative difficulty: Pretty EasyTHEME: All-In-Clue-sive— The theme answers contain circled letters, and are all clued as "Apt clue for the circled letters". The answers serve as...
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Counterpart of a dog lover / MON 6-30-25 / A milk drinker may have one / "I'm...
Constructor: Dena R. Verkuil and Andrea Carla MichaelsRelative difficulty: Easy-Medium (with one real stumper, for me, solving Downs-only)THEME:"YOU TALKIN' TO ME?" (36A: Classic Robert De Niro line in...
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"Dead serious" in modern lingo / TUE 7-1-25 / Little tuber used to make...
Constructor: Adam Aaronson and Michael GarbusRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: VEGETARIAN (28D: Like the foods that answer the starred clues, despite how their names start) — fruits/vegetables that have...
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Official currency of Ecuador and Guam: Abbr. / WED 7-2-2025 / Tube descender...
Constructor: Dan CapreraRelative difficulty: Easy (11:31, on paper)THEME: Did you know?! — Phrases about trivia that are re-parsed so that they are about trivia in a different wayTheme answers:[Did you...
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State park in the Santa Monica Mountains / THU 7-3-25 / Portuguese currency...
Constructor: Adam WagnerRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: BLINKERS (60A: Directional signals that flash on and off, as suggested by the circles in this puzzle) — the two circled squares in each theme...
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The "p" in Paddington Station? / FRI 7-4-25 / What comes before B? / Gossip,...
Constructor: Colin AdamsRelative difficulty: Easy THEME: none Word of the Day: CHIN (50D: Gossip, informally) — intransitive verbslang : to talk idly (merriam-webster.com)• • •Got off on the wrong foot...
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Record-keeping device made of strings and knots / SAT 7-5-25 / Glass...
Constructor: Tracy BennettRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: none Word of the Day: QUIPU (46D: Record-keeping device made of strings and knots) — Quipu (/ˈkiːpuː/ KEE-poo), also spelled khipu (Ayacucho...
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Popular chocolate biscuit from Down Under / SUN 7-6-25 / Mario's dinosaur...
Constructor: Zhou Zhang and Kevin CurryRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME:"Escape Room"— the puzzle is modeled on an escape room (I guess—I wouldn't know, never been in one); a four-letter answer...
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Flamenco guitarist ___ de Lucía / MON 7-7-25 / Mantra for many foodies /...
Constructor: Daniel RaymonRelative difficulty: Medium (i.e. normal Monday) (solved Downs-only)THEME: STILL ON THE TABLE (58A: Not yet decided ... or an "artful" description for the last words of 17-,...
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Rock out on stage? / TUE 7-8-25 / Place for a coin collection? / One of many...
Constructor: Jesse GuzmanRelative difficulty: Medium (normal Tuesday)THEME: A-PLUS WORK (54A: Outstanding effort ... or a feature of 16-, 21-, 34- and 46-Across) — circled squares in four answers...
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Famous misquote of a James Cagney line from the 1932 film "Taxi!" / WED...
Constructor: Desirée Penner and Jeff SinnockRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: Positional wordplay — answers around the edges of the grid have clues that playfully ("?"-style) indicate that...
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For real, to Gen Z / THU 7-10-25 / River through six Asian countries /...
Constructor: Emily Biegas and Sala WanetickRelative difficulty: Medium (easy theme, but the fill slowed me down a bunch)[skinny puzzle! 14x16 grid]THEME: face cards — face cards (the letter + the suit...
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Tales are related about them / FRI 7-11-2025 / Org. with the pioneering...
Constructor: James McCarronRelative difficulty: pretty straightforward, not terribly challengingWord of the Day: BENIHANA (Restaurant chain where chefs make onion volcanoes) — Benihana (Japanese: 紅花;...
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Classic Langston Hughes poem with a comma in its title / SAT 7-12-2025 /...
Constructor: Katie HoodyRelative difficulty: medium-ish, probably??Word of the Day: INFOBOX (Fixed-format summary of an article, as on Wikipedia) — An infobox is a digital or physical table used to...
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Electronic music genre / SUN 7-13-25 / Phrase cooed en español / Two-stringed...
Constructor: Brandon KoppyRelative difficulty: Easy THEME: Tunnel Vision — Okay, there's a lot to unpack here. The entries HOLES IN / THE WALL and BREAK THROUGH / TO THE OTHER SIDE serve as a kind of...
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We are family! / MON 7-14-25 / What streets and avenues often make,...
Constructor: Christina IversonRelative difficulty: Easy (6:28, solving on the train and my phone screen is broken)THEME: HARRY STYLES — English pop singer whose name sounds like a goofy hint to the...
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Heroine of Tennessee Williams's "Summer and Smoke" / TUE 7-15-25 /...
Constructor: Daniel BrittRelative difficulty: MediumTHEME: IMDB (i.e. "I'm D.B.") (73A: One place to find 18-, 28-, 49- and 64-Across ... or, parsed differently, how these people might introduce...
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