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Black Sea port to locals / TUE 5-21-13 / Fictional member of Potawatomi tribe / Antsy premeal question / Right on german compass / media-friendly quot... 21 May 2013 | 12:09 pm
Constructor: Patrick McIntyre Relative difficulty: Medium THEME: THE FIVE Ws ( 67A: Journalism staple ) — five theme answers begin with each of the five Ws, respectively: Theme answers: 14A: Defiant...
One-named author of Dog of Flanders / MON 5-20-13 / So-called crime dog of public service ads / Stereotypical airhead of old / 1960s chess champ Mikha... 20 May 2013 | 05:00 am
Constructor: Tim Croce Relative difficulty: Medium-Challenging THEME: AMA (68A: Professional org. ending eight answers in this puzzle) — just what the clue says Theme answers: 18A: Caribbean resort is...
Ghostbuster Spengler / SUN 5-19-13 / NASA spacewalks in brief / Taverna offering / One of three Canadian aboriginal groups / Ristorante menu suffix / ... 19 May 2013 | 05:00 am
Constructor: Jean O'Conor Relative difficulty: Easy-Medium THEME: "Befitting" — V-sounds are changed to B-sounds in common phrases, resulting in wacky phrases, which are clued "?"-style Theme answers:...
Hohenberg's river / SAT 5-18-13 / Language related to Wyandot / Heffalump's creator / Title gambler in 1943 Cary Grant film / Inspector General star 1... 18 May 2013 | 02:21 pm
Constructor: Martin Ashwood-Smith Relative difficulty: Challenging THEME: none Word of the Day: Thomas H. INCE ( 61D: Thomas H. ___, the Father of the Western ) — Thomas H. Ince was an American sile...
Antares Proxima Centauri / FRI 5-17-13 / NYC 22 replaced it in 2012 / Tree with large seedpods on its trunk / Style of New York's Sony Building / 60s ... 17 May 2013 | 05:00 am
Constructor: Josh Knapp Relative difficulty: Medium-Challenging THEME: none Word of the Day: Jacob ZUMA ( 4D: Jacob ___, South African president beginning in 2009 ) — Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma GCB (...
Thin sheet metal / THU 5-16-13 / Baseball Hall-of-Famer nicknamed Knucksie / Funny Tracey / Broadway musical that opens with Maybe / Mammal that hums ... 16 May 2013 | 05:00 am
Constructor: Brendan Emmett Quigley and Liz Donovan Relative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (unless you read the new "hint" feature at the NYT puzzle website, in which case it must've been Really %&!#...
2006 Jay-Z single / WED 5-15-13 / English comedian Mayall / Iditarod terminus / Pitcher Dennis in Cooperstown for short / Film character based on Hear... 15 May 2013 | 01:59 pm
Constructor: David Sullivan Relative difficulty: Easy-Medium THEME: sounding opposite — two-word phrases where the words sound like opposites of one another (when actually one of them is just a homoph...
Amateur detective in 1967's Clue in Crossword Cipher / TUE 5-14-13 / 1983 Duran Duran hit / Abnormal part of Voldemort's visage 14 May 2013 | 05:00 am
Constructor: John Lieb Relative difficulty: Very Easy THEME: NAME-DROPPER ( 12D: Status-seeking sort ... or a solver of this puzzle, initially? ) — three theme answers are names ("dropping" Down) with...
Rag Mop hitmakers 1950 / MON 5-13-13 / QB Steve who won Payton Award / 1986 Tom Cruise/Val Kilmer action film / Metal-joining technique / Small Indian... 13 May 2013 | 05:00 am
Constructor: Allan E. Parrish Relative difficulty: Easy-Medium THEME: MEAS. — four theme answers start with words made from letters M, E, A, and S Theme answers: 20A: Chicago Cubs spring training site...
Journalist Marvin Bernard / SUN 5-12-13 / Blackmore title girl / Automaker since 1899 / Slave whom Amneris was jealous of / Hindu epic hero / Subject ... 12 May 2013 | 04:54 pm
Constructor: David J. Kahn Relative difficulty: Easy THEME: "Simply Put" — a long, convoluted quote about the importance of thinking ahead runs through multiple Across answers ( 29A: With 44-, 63-, 77...
