Showing posts with label Mike Buckley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mike Buckley. Show all posts
Monday, October 5, 2015

Mario with the 1951 #1 hit "Be My Love" / MON 10-5-15 / Part of the eye / Mounts for cowboys / Lightest coins ever minted in the U.S., used in the 19th century / Greeting in Rio

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It's an Annabel Monday!!! Hooray!!! Constructor: Mike Buckley Relative difficulty: Easy THEME:  CHANGE IS GOOD  — Theme answ...
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Monday, June 15, 2015

German prelate who was first person to be canonized AD 993 / MON 6-15-15 / Relative of wood engraving / Google's image organizer / Kingston Trio hit that inspired CharlieCard for Boston commuters / Where Magna Carta was sealed / tropical grassland

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Constructor: Mike Buckley Relative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (**for a Monday**) (time: 3:09) THEME: MAGNA CARTA   (19A: Doc...
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Thursday, February 5, 2015

1953 hit for Julius La Rosa / THU 2-5-15 / Half-betazoid on Enterprise / Movie pizzeria where Radio Raheem ate until he got killed by police / Sheena Easton hit from Bond film / Madcap Martha / Online provider of popular study guides lesson plans

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Constructor: Mike Buckley Relative difficulty: Easiest Thursday I've Ever Done (give or take) THEME:  three songs Down, three...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Steel giant founded in 1899 / WED 5-21-14 / Friedrich units for short / Google co-founder Sergey

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Constructor: Mike Buckley Relative difficulty: Medium-Challenging THEME:  wacky homophones, I guess  — two-word phrases are reima...
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Unyielding Dr Seuss character / TUE 3-19-13 / Comic who sang I love to laugh in Mary Poppins / Multiple-company building to Brits / Eric who played villain in 2009's Star Trek / Ship with Mighty Stinger / Repeated Wayne's World cry / Vintage Jags

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Constructor: Mike Buckley Relative difficulty: Medium THEME:  "PARTY ON"  ( 40A: Repeated "Wayne's World" c...
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Thursday, March 14, 2013

2009 Star Trek villain / THU 3-14-13 / Showy bloom to flower enthusiasts / 1940s quartet with #1 hit Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall / Wood in Tolkien films / Cerium samarium are rare ones / Allegheny plum

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Constructor: Mike Buckley Relative difficulty: Easy THEME: quote from ALBERT / EINSTEIN  — " CREATIVITY / IS THE RESIDUE OF /...
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Thursday, January 31, 2013

Tec group in old France / THU 1-31-13 / Trumpet blares / Turkey chicken dish served cold / Threaded across down / Trademarked Intel chip / Toon/live action film of 1996 / Titan booster

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Constructor: Mike Buckley Relative difficulty: Medium-Challenging THEME: T-SHAPES  ( 23D: This puzzle's theme )— black squares...
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Start of thought by British journalist Miles Kington / WED 12-19-12 / Calculus familiarly / Conquistador's booty / Poet whose work inspired Cats / Onetime Dodge / JAG spinoff with Mark Harmon / Flower-shaped decoration / Falstaff's princely friend / Bamboo muncher

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Constructor: Mike Buckley Relative difficulty: Easy-Medium THEME:  17A: Start of a thought by British journalist Miles Kington  — ...
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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Astronaut Cooper informally / TUE 8-7-12 / Saturn's second-largest moon / Plotter against Cassio in "Othello" / Staple of IHOP booths

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Constructor: Mike Buckley Relative difficulty: Medium-Challenging THEME: punny quip —> 20A: With 38-Across, a complaint (...
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Pioneering jazz standard 1917 / WED 6-27-12 / Penniless in Pennington / Repeated Laura Petrie line on Dick Van Dyke show / 2011 Grammy-winning song by Jay-Z Kanye West / Its symbol is AA on New York Stock Exchange / Like areas where cattails thrive

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Constructor: Mike Buckley Relative difficulty: Medium THEME: PENTOMINOES  ( 37A: Complete set of 12 shapes formed by this puzzle...
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