Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 25, 2019

Verde desert tree / WED 12-25-19 / Nebraska county named for indigenous people / Weather map lines relating to temperature / Rhyming question of attractiveness

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Constructor: Bruce Haight Relative difficulty: Medium (4:15) THEME: Santa chortling all over the place  — phrases with "HO...
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Friday, December 25, 2015

Gen Pershing's grp in WWI / FRI 12-25-15 / Middle of three-part maxim / High Priest of Shiloh / Performer of Green Hornet theme in 1960s TV / Literary character on whom Captain Hook is based

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Constructor: Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen Relative difficulty: Easy-Medium THEME: CANDY CANES ( 29D: Four things represented ...
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Thursday, December 25, 2014

Startling newsmaker of 10/4/1957 / THU 12-25-14 / Cassava lookalike / Backdrop for Chamonix / Duck Hunt console for short / Aquarium giant / Samosa topping /

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Constructor: Xan Vongsathorn Relative difficulty: Medium-Challenging? Does that sound right? I was live-tweeting and drinking, so I have...
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Sunday, December 21, 2014

Actress Strahovski of 2000s TV / SUN 12-21-14 / Computerdom informally / Roy Rogers's real last name / Risky chess move / Zion National park material / Tree whose pods have sweet pulp

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Constructor: Joel Fagliano Relative difficulty: Medium THEME: "Season's Greetings" — add "HO" sound for...
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Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Ancient Mideast language / WED 12-25-13 / Aa pahoehoe / Rebellious region of Caucasus / Via main street of ancient Rome / Perino George W Bush's last press secretary / Anything 1994 Nick Nolte Albert Brooks film / Second-highest peak in Cascades

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Constructor: Jacob Stulberg Relative difficulty: Medium-Challenging THEME: FIVE GOLDEN RINGS  ( 41A: One set of gifts in "Th...
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Saturday, December 25, 2010

1970s first mother / SAT 12-25-10 / Twentieth century producer / Perfection under fire product / Corrosion-resistant plating

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Constructor: Stanley Newman Relative difficulty: Easy-Medium THEME: Santa ___ — names of famous places that start with SANTA 19A: Santa ...
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Friday, December 25, 2009

Ertegun who co-founded Atlantic Records — FRIDAY, Dec. 25 2009 — 1843 work in five staves / Tannenbaum topper / Iconic flamers

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Constructor: Paula Gamache Relative difficulty: Easy-Medium THEME: "A CHRISTMAS CAROL" (10D: 1843 work in five "staves")...
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008

THURSDAY, Dec. 25, 2008 - Eric Tentarelli (Cousin of a treecreeper / Star of Broadway's "QED," 2001-02 / Family name suffix in taxonomy)

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Relative difficulty: Easy-Medium THEME: Football teams - wacky clues whose answers are made up of three NFL football team names (in the sin...
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