Wednesday, December 3, 2025

One of a trio encountered by Ricitos de Oro/ WED 12-3-25 / Drug featured in "How to Change Your Mind" / Award with a "Best Record-Breaking Performance" category

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Constructor: Victor Barocas Relative difficulty: Hard (14:40, but felt like longer) THEME:  YODA  — Wise counselor of sci-fi who might no...
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Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Number of U.S. states with a single-syllable name / TUE 12-2-25 / Blue Moon, for one / Scandinavian city that's home to a bunch of Munch / Bible figure invoked by O. Henry / Subject of the Tenth Commandment

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Constructor: JONATHAN BAUDE Relative difficulty: Easy-Medium THEME: RAISING CAPITAL (7D: With 43-Down, seeking funding from investors ....
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Monday, December 1, 2025

Actress Noblezada of "Hadestown" / MON 12-1-25 / Emu relative / Supercomputer precursor / Country where sticky rice is a staple / "Remedy" for a riled-up person / Hip person, in old slang / Third-smallest country in the world (eight square miles) / "You should come foraging with me, because I'm a ___" (bad pun)

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Constructor: Hannah Binney Relative difficulty: Medium (solved Downs-only) THEME: COLD FRONT (64A: Cause of some wintry weather ... or a...
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Sunday, November 30, 2025

First Eurodance hit in the U.S. / SUN 11-30-25 / Gay rights activist Marsha P. Johnson, for one / Noodling in a jazz tune / Anti-mob law acronym / John who painted “Backyards, Greenwich Village" / Mantou or bao, in Chinese cuisine / Noodling in a jazz tune / Diamonds can sometimes be found in them / 2022 sequel to "Knives Out" / Former Portuguese colony on the Malabar Coast / Historical Dutch settler / Ancient drinker of the fermented beverage chicha / 1999 Ron Howard film about a reality show

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Constructor: Natan Last Relative difficulty: Easy-Medium THEME: "Hog Wild" — the grid illustrates the biblical idiom PEARLS B...
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Saturday, November 29, 2025

What sfouf is, in Lebanese cuisine / SAT 11-29-25 / Axolotl lookalikes / Nickelodeon series whose episode titles all start with the same letter as the show itself / One of 32 in the country of Kiribati / Musical production that might include grunts, groans, thwops, snorts and barks / The number 4 and the gift of a clock, in Chinese culture / Biblical figure said to have fathered Kenan at age 90

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Constructor: Adrian Johnson Relative difficulty: Medium THEME: none   Word of the Day: Goblin sharks  ( 23D: Prominent features of gob...
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