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A Grain of Coal
Coastal exposure of the Point Aconi Seam exposed at Point Aconi, Nova Scotia. 16 May 2006. M. C. Rygel————————Saturday, January 4, 2014Puzzle by Kyle Dolan / Edited by Will ShortzAcross —1. Like cork...
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Clued In
Sunday, January 5, 2014“Clued In”— Puzzle by Alan Derkazarian / Edited by Will ShortzEverything for which one might dislike a crossword is contained in this obnoxious Sunday crossword puzzle. Divided...
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MMXIV
Monday, January 6, 2014Puzzle by Zhouqin Burnikel / Edited by Will Shortz2014 in ROMAN numerals (what the initial letters of the answers to the five starred clues all are), e.g., MMXIV, is the main...
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Good
Margaret Hamilton as The Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz. Photograph: Ronald Grand Archive————————Tuesday, January 7, 2014Puzzle by Mark Bickham / Edited by Will ShortzIS THIS GOOD (62A....
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SpongeBob SquarePants
Wednesday,January 8, 2014Puzzle by Sam Ezersky and Victor Fleming / Edited by Will ShortzNICKELODEON (36A. Channel for the character named by the ends of 18-, 24-, 52- and 59-Across), e.g., SPONGEBOB...
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San Andreas Fault
San Andreas FaultDragon's Back (Elkhorn Scarp) in the Carrizo Plain———————— Thursday, January 9, 2014 Puzzle by Caleb Emmons / Edited by Will ShortzSAN ANDREAS FAULT(7D. Site of slippage … both...
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The Friday Crossword
A Murder of Crows by Jeremy Wallace ————————Friday, January 10, 2014Puzzle by Patrick Berry / Edited by Will ShortzAcross —1. Attaché feature, ACCENT; 7. Lawrence KASDAN who co-wrote “The Empire...
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01.11.14 — The Saturday Crossword
Saturday, January 11, 2014Puzzle by Martin Ashwood-Smith / Edited by Will ShortzEight 15-letter answers constitutes the main feature of this Saturday crossword:CANADA BLUE GRASS (1A. It has a close...
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The Vowel "A"
Capital Letter A, James Tissot, Brooklyn Museum ————————Sunday, January 12, 2014It’s Only ‘A’ Game, Puzzle by Andrew Chaikin / Edited by Will ShortzFourteen overwrought clues with mundane answers...
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01.12.14 — Electrodynamics — the Acrostic
Solar electrodynamics in far ultraviolet —arcades of solar plasma filaments in the lower corona of the Sun are revealed in far ultraviolet light by TRACE instruments, courtesy The TRACE Picturebook,...
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One and All
Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome Carnival parade. Foto: REUTERS ———————— Monday, January 13, 2014Puzzle by Lynn Lempel / Edited by Will ShortzONE AND ALL (58A. Everybody … or part of the contents of 18-,...
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Nonsense
A Singerie With Monkeys Smoking At A Table And A Jester Below, David The Younger Teniers————————Tuesday,January 14, 2014Puzzle by Tim Croce / Edited by Will ShortzNonsense is the clue for sixteen...
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Alphabetically Yours
Longtime crossword constructor Bernice Gordon born on Jan. 11, 1914, poses for a portrait at her home, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013, in Philadelphia. The New York Times is publishing one of her puzzles...
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Dot
Earth as a dot nestled in the top left hand corner of Saturn’s rings.————————Thursday, January 16, 2014Puzzle by Elizabeth A. Long / Edited by Will ShortzDOTTED I(36A. Lowercase letter illustrated six...
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TGI Flying
Illustration of Aladdin Flying Away with Two People from the Arabian Nights, 1900————————Note from The New York Times: Because of a production error, the crossword that was published in Friday’s print...
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The Other Friday Crossword
Isis (seated right) welcoming the Greek heroine Io as she is borne into Egypt on the shoulders of the personified Nile, as depicted in a Roman wall painting from Pompeii.————————Friday 17, 2014...
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Facepalm
Caïn by Henri Vidal, Tuileries Garden, Paris, 1896A facepalm is the physical gesture of placing one's hand flat across one's face or lowering one's face into one's hand or hands. The gesture is found...
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Olden Goldies
Sunday, January 19, 2014Puzzle by Dan Schoenholz / Edited by Will ShortzSeven spoonerized titles of “golden oldie” songs accompanied by justifying clues constitutes the interrelated group of this...
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Lincoln MemorialWashington, D.C., 1963————————Monday, January 20, 2014 — Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. Puzzle by Elizabeth C. Gorski / Edited by Will ShortzMLK...
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Word Loop
Encounter by M. C. Escher, 1944————————Tuesday, January 21, 2014Puzzle by Todd Gross / Edited by Will ShortzWORD / LOOP (1A. With 72-Across, what the answers on this puzzle’s perimeter form), e.g.,...
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