Showing posts with label Joe DiPietro. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Joe DiPietro. Show all posts
Thursday, January 22, 2026

Cognac label letters / THU 1-22-26 / Sporting flats, say / Pestering type / Mark’s successor / Kick butt, so to speak / Channel with the longtime slogan “We Know Drama” / Goddess depicted with cow’s horns / Prefix meaning “heavens,” as the name of a planet suggests / Band with the 2008 platinum single “Electric Feel” / Result of missing the boat / Tools requiring two people

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Constructor:  Joe DiPietro Relative difficulty:  Easy-Medium THEME: TRAFFIC / SIGNALS ( 11D: With 42-Down, they tell you when to stop and ...
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Thursday, May 9, 2024

Fishing basket / THU 5-9-24 / Pigeon dish / Bloodroot produces an orange one / Like the smell of a pub / Body part where a sock might go? / Product identifier similar to a U.P.C.

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Constructor: Joe DiPietro Relative difficulty: Easy THEME: in old Rome? — the letter strings "ONE," "TWO," "FO...
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Sunday, June 18, 2023

11th-century founder of Scholasticism / SUN 6-18-23 / Red snapper on a sushi menu / Secondary characters, in gamespeak / Easton singer with 2009 #1 country hit A Little More Country Than That / Glinda's reassurance to Dorothy on whether her dog can also return to Kansas / Controversial org. that filed for bankruptcy in 2021 / Financial institution that lends its name to a Boston arena / Curve cutter for carpenters / Scooping since 1928 sloganeer

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Constructor: Joe DiPietro Relative difficulty: Easy-Medium THEME: "My Two Cents" — familiar two-word phrases where second wor...
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Saturday, April 30, 2022

31-syllable Japanese poem / SAT 4-30-22 / 1977 Sex Pistols song written after a record-contract termination / Delectable made with grass / Olds that was once in the news / Claudio or Gio father and son players for the US men's national soccer team / String of typographical symbols, like @%$&!, to represent an obscenity

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Constructor: Joe DiPietro Relative difficulty: Medium-Challenging THEME: none   Word of the Day: TANKA  ( 25A: 31-syllable Japanese po...
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Friday, December 10, 2021

Mandrake the Magician's sidekick / FRI 12-10-21 / 2019 rap hit whose title follows the lyric "How much money you got?" / Suffix with acetyl / Period at the beginning of the Stone Age / 1968 Peace Nobelist Cassin / Company that helped launch TMZ / Ensemble purchase that includes sheets and pillowcases / Largest sorority by enrollment (380,000+ members)

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Constructor: Joe DiPietro Relative difficulty: Medium-Challenging THEME: none   Word of the Day: CHIRASHI  ( 48A: Japanese dish of raw...
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Sunday, May 16, 2021

Loud thudding sound / SUN 5-16-21 / Two-legged stand / Highly resistant elastomer / Breakfast drink sans creamer / Nickname for the Wildcats of the Pac-12 / Fore-and-aft-rigged sailboat with two masts / Innovation in push-ups / Johnson Sirleaf Africa's first elected female head of state

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Constructor: Joe DiPietro Relative difficulty: Challenging (roughly 2x last week's time) THEME: "A Shot in the Dark" — in...
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