Sunday, December 7, 2025

Future birthplace of Captain Kirk / SUN 12-7-25 / Sister to Lex Luthor / Arabic greeting and farewell / One chain x one furlong / A urinal, according to Duchamp / Solos at a party / Crazy Horse and fellow tribespeople / Russian crepes / Personification of England, Scotland and Wales / Trees commonly confused with birches / Bit of letter-shaped hardware / Farm-share program, for short / Alter, as a T-shirt for a Phish concert, say / It's often rapped but never spoken

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Constructor: Kate Jensen Relative difficulty:  Medium THEME: "Original Thinkers" — puns describing inventors or discoverers of...
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Saturday, December 6, 2025

Side effect after a BBQ meal, informally / SAT 12-6-25 / Having a good aura, in slang / Classic arcade game with a pyramid / Ratty is one in "The Wind in the Willows" / Portrayer of Glinda in 2024's "Wicked," to fans / Singer with the top 10 albums "Crash" and "Brat" / Warning preceding some "madness" during March Madness / Source of rhythm in electronic music / Title film character with a "lucky fin" / Chinese surname transliterating "Zuo"

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Constructor: Marshal Herrmann Relative difficulty: Easy THEME: none   Word of the Day: RENÉ Coty  ( 20D: Former French president ___ C...
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Friday, December 5, 2025

1944 Pacific battle site / FRI 12-5-25 / Home to Kotoka International Airport / Age at which you just learned something you should have realized before, facetiously / Mohamed ___, Egyptian soccer star / Subject of the Bouguereau painting "The Abduction of Pscyhe" / Image that's just over a foot, informally / Where much of "Brokeback Mountain" was filmed /

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Constructor: James McCarron Relative difficulty: Easy THEME: none   Word of the Day: LEYTE  ( 53A: 1944 Pacific battle site ) — Leyte ...
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Thursday, December 4, 2025

Onetime Volvo competitor / THU 12-4-25 / Tourist hot spot in Uttar Pradesh / Also + Frozen water / Precocious literary resident of the Plaza Hotel / Clutch producer / Letters on Ivan Drago's tracksuit in "Rocky IV" / When tripled, a 1962 Elvis movie title / Traditional roofing material for a Cape Cod-style house

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Constructor: Stephan Prock and Jeff Chen Relative difficulty: Easy-Medium (themers were the only tricky part) THEME: Connections — two ...
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