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برج خليفة
Burj Khalifa (Arabic: برج خليفة, "Khalifa tower"), known as Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the tallest man-made structure in the world, at...
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Animal Wise — the Acrostic
Noah's Ark (1846), a painting by the American folk painter Edward Hicks————————Sunday, September 8, 2013ACROSTIC, Puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry RathvonEdited by Will ShortzThis Sunday’s challenging but...
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Bumper Cars
Sunday, September 8, 2013Puzzle by Pete Muller and Sue Keefer / Edited by Will ShortzSeven sets of three car models of various parent automobiles arranged “bumper to bumper” forming descriptions of...
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Play Ball!
Dover High School, Dover, Delaware, 1893 Football Team————————Monday, September 9, 2013Puzzle by Gary Cee / Edited by Will ShortzFor better or for worse, football is back with all of its 21st-century...
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Word Source
Tuesday, September 10, 2013Puzzle by Zhouqin Burnikel / Edited by Will ShortzCHINESE(71A. Language that’s the source of the words answered by this puzzle’s starred clues), KUMQUAT (1A. * Relative of an...
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Pique Condition
Jafar’s Genie, Walt Disney’s “Aladdin” 1A. “Aladdin” villain; 8D. Pique condition?————————Wednesday, September 11, 2013Puzzle by Patrick Blindauer / Edited by Will ShortzWARM, WARD, CARD, CORD and...
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It's Superman!
Thursday, September 12, 2013Puzzle by Ian Livengood / Edited by Will ShortzIT’S SUPERMAN is the last in a sequence of interrelated answers in this agreeable Thursday crossword preceded by SPARROW,...
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Crater Creator
Friday, September 13, 2013Puzzle by Patrick Berry / Edited by Will ShortzAcross — 1. Holding, CLASPING; 9. Way of looking at things, ANGLE; 14. Reading light for an audio book?, LASER BEAM; 16....
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09.14.13 — Walking on Water
Walking on water float design by Leonardo da Vinci, late 15th century————————Saturday, September 14, 2013Puzzle by Jeff Chen / Edited by Will ShortzAcross —1. Where a lot of dough gets thrown around,...
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09.15.13 — The Sunday Crossword
Sunday, September 15, 2013That Girl, Puzzle by Joe DiPietro / Edited by Will ShortzNine dreadful puns with non-clues dominate this unfriendly Sunday crossword:SEIZE HER SALAD(23A. Confiscate a chef’s...
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M'M! M'M! Monday
World War II United States 817th Bomb Squadron, 483rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force leather jacket patch showing a decal of Al Capp’s Mammy Yokum. She is sporting a corncob pipe and has just sent...
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09.17.13 — Date Movies
Young Couple Snuggling in Convertible as They Watch Large Screen Action at a Drive-In Movie Theater by J. R. Eyerman ————————Tuesday, September 17, 2013Puzzle by Peter A. Collins / Edited by Will...
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Tent
Wednesday, September 18, 2013Puzzle by Paul Hunsberger / Edited by Will ShortzTENT in five squares serving as part of five crossing answers constitutes the main feature of this Wednesday...
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CANDY
The Witch’s House. Set design for the Michael Myerberg film production of Hansel and Gretel, based on Engelbert Humperdinck’s opera, 1952.————————Thursday, September 19, 2013Puzzle by Michael Blake /...
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09.20.13 — The Friday Crossword
Ninja Jiraiya raising his sword to kill a python attacking a large toad.Woodblock print on paper.Kuniyoshi, c. 1843.————————Friday, September 20, 2013Puzzle by Mangesh Ghogre and Doug Peterson / Edited...
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09.21.13 — In a Word
Marie Antoinette de Lorraine-Hasbourgand Her Childrenby Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun (1787)Versailles, Musée national du Château et des TrianonsThe Queen is shown wearing a dress trimmed with Alençon...
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Light of Heart
The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16th October 1834, J. M. W. Turner, exhibited 1835 — Turner witnessed the burning of Parliament from a boat on the River Thames.————————Sunday,...
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Rameau's Niece — the Acrostic
Sunday, September 22, 2013ACROSTIC, Puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry RathvonThis Sunday’s difficult but ultimately delightful acrostic draws a quotation from Rameau’s Niece by Cathleen Schine.Although she...
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09.23.13 — ROLL
Monday, September 23, 2013Puzzle by Susan Gelfand / Edited by Will ShortzIT’S TIME TO ROLL(34A. “Let’s go!” … or a hint for the ends of 20-, 28-, 41- and 52-Across), SLICE AND DICE (20A. Food...
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E. T.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013Puzzle by Kevin Christian / Edited by Will ShortzTwo individually circled letters, E. and T., ties together the following in this very friendly Tuesday crossword:OUTER /...
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