Showing posts with label Ian Livengood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ian Livengood. Show all posts
Monday, February 16, 2026

Textile city NNE of Paris / MON 2-16-26 / Dull-witted sort / One giving support during childbirth / One of the Leeward Island in the Caribbean / Longtime comic strip set in a medieval kingdom / Possible cybercrime, informally / New wave band with the hit "Whip It" / Chicago's ___ Planetarium / Mike who voiced Shrek in "Shrek" / Computer operating system developed by Bell Labs

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Constructor: Ian Livengood Relative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (***solved Downs-only***) THEME: Four kinds of ID — the letters ...
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Thursday, September 15, 2016

Anoint in western pacific / THU 9-15-16 / Isabel of mathetmatics fame / Squire message / Manila alternative in guessing game / Clan from ocean / Gaiter locales for short / Wand representer in myth / Croat who won academy award in 1999

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Constructor: Ian Livengood Relative difficulty: Challenging (hilariously so) THEME: ANAGRAM THE / FIRST WORD / IN EACH CLUE —j...
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Sunday, August 14, 2016

Focus of onomastics / SUN 8-14-16 / One-eyed female on Futurama / Enough to Roman / Durkheim so-called Father of Sociology / Product possibly named after real physician / Like settings of typical Grant Wood paintings / Frost-covered biochemical solid / Thick-skinned grazer / Southwestern cliff dwellers

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Constructor: Ian Livengood Relative difficulty: Medium THEME: "Moral Thinking" — "-al" sound added to famil...
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Friday, March 25, 2016

Mellow R&B track / FRI 3-25-16 / Acid alcohol compound / French border region / 500-pound bird hunted to extinction / Lost tapes rapper / Echos French daily / W competitor

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Constructor: Ian Livengood Relative difficulty: Medium-Challenging THEME: none Word of the Day: RENÉ Préval ( 52A: ___ Préva...
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Monday, January 25, 2016

Finnish-based telecom / MON 1-25-16 / Barrier outside popular nightclub / shish kebab holders

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Constructor: Ian Livengood Relative difficulty: Easy THEME: CHE W TOY ( 39A: Puppy amuser ... or the end of the answer to each ...
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Monday, November 30, 2015

Longtime Syrian strongman / MON 11-30-15 / Stereotypical parrot's name / Body of water between France Switzerland / Tibetan watchdogs

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Constructor: Ian Livengood Relative difficulty: Easy THEME: MID -A s TOUCH ( 64A: Moneymaking skill ... or, when read as three ...
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Friday, November 6, 2015

Old townhouse feature / FRI 11-6-15 / Myers 24 character / Stable character of old TV / Weighted weapon used by Inca army / Leader of battle of Alesia / Word derived from another that has related meaning like wisdom from wise

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Constructor: Ian Livengood Relative difficulty: Ea sy ( P A RONYM nearly raised it to Easy-Medium, but not quite) THEME: none ...
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Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Onetime Coors alcopop / WED 8-26-15 / Sculptor who pioneered Dadaism / Canadian airline with directional name / Israeli novelist Perfect Peace / Hoops legend with statue in Philadelphia / Religion founded in 19th-century Persia / Image in Timberland logo / Black hues in Shakespeare /

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Constructor: Ian Livengood Relative difficulty: Easy-Medium THEME: HUMP DAY ( 53A: Middle of the week ... or an appropriate tit...
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Popular sheepskin boots / WED 6-24-15 / Region known for its black tea / Monch Eiger for two / BC animal that goes ZOT / Classic Langston Hughes poem

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Constructor: Ian Livengood and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class Relative difficulty: Medium THEME: FIVE STARS  ( 56A: What 17-, 23-, 33- ...
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Friday, May 8, 2015

Instagram alternative / FRI 5-8-15 / 1960 Pirates World Series hero familiarly / Participant in Battle of Saratoga 1777 / Gentlemen this is vodka sloganeer / Masago at sushi bar / Melter on winter sidewalks / Space in paper available for journalism instead of ads / Japanese import set in kitchen

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Constructor: Ian Livengood Relative difficulty: Easy THEME: none Word of the Day: HALITE  ( 16A: Melter on winter sidewalks )...
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Monday, March 16, 2015

Hatrack piece / MON 3-16-15 / Sunday liquor prohibition / Every West Point graduate until 1980 / Big-mouthed pitchers / Venomous Nile dwellers / 1995 crime caper based on Elmore Leonard novel

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Constructor: Ian Livengood Relative difficulty:  Medium-Challenging (**for a Monday**) (completion time: 3:01) THEME:  SMALL TALK ...
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