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Go Away
Runner by,Grubbs Artist ————————Wednesday, March 19, 2014Puzzle by Samuel A. Donaldson / Edited by Will Shortz“Go away” within the clues for RUN ALONG, BEAT IT, TAKE A HIKE, BUZZ OFF, AMSCRAY and MAKE...
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Get!
Galanthus ————————Thursday, March 20, 2014 — Vernal Equinox Puzzle by Victor Barocas / Edited by Will ShortzGET, convoluted, within four answers constitutes the main feature of this first-day-of-spring...
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03.21.14 — The Friday Crossword
Marcel Duchamp, 1912, Bride————————Friday, March 21, 2014Puzzle by Brendan Emmett Quigley / Edited by Will ShortzAcross — 1. Spa supplies, TOWELS; 7. Sir Henry BESSEMER, pioneer in steelmaking; 15....
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03.22.14 — The Saturday Crossword
Cougars at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden’s Cat Canyon Exhibit ————————Saturday, March 22, 2014Puzzle by Greg Johnson / Edited by Will ShortzAcross —1. Passed in a blur, say, FLEW BY; 7....
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Bright Ideas
Original carbon-filament bulb from Thomas Edison’s shop in Menlo Park————————Sunday, March 23, 2014“Bright Ideas”— Puzzle by Ian LivengoodEdited by Will ShortzI HAVE NOT FAILED; I’VE JUST / FOUND TEN...
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03.23.14 — The Global Soul — the Acrostic
Sunday, March 23, 2014ACROSTIC, Puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry RathvonEdited by Will ShortzThis Sunday’s acrostic draws a quotation from The Global Soul: Jet Lag, Shopping Malls, and the Search for Home...
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Dirty Words
Detail, Time Magazine cover, May 7, 1990————————Monday,March 24, 2014Puzzle by Tom Pepper / Edited by Will ShortzDIRTY WORDS (60A. Curses … or the starts of 17-, 27- and 44-Across), FILTHY RICH (17A....
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It Ain't Over Until the Fat Lady Sings
Tuesday, March 25, 2014Puzzle by David Woolf / Edited by Will ShortzIT AIN’T OVER UNTIL / THE FAT LADY SINGS(17A. With 57-Across, a die-hard’s statement), along withWALK-OFF HOMER (27A. Hit that proves...
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Atomic Number
Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev created a periodic table of the elements that ordered them numerically by atomic weight, yet occasionally used chemical properties in contradiction to weight. Image,...
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Full Circle
Thursday, March 27, 2014Puzzle by Jean O’Conor / Edited by Will ShortzFULL / CIRCLE (10A. With 66-Across, back to the beginning … or a description of 21- and 48-Down?), along with[PI] R [SQUARED] (21D....
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Hijackers
Friday, March 28, 2014Puzzle by David J. Kahn / Edited by Will ShortzFive fifteen-letter across answers constitutes the main group of this Friday crossword, along with SOMALI PIRATES(16-Down -...
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Sphinx
Oedipus listening to the riddle of the Sphinx. Kylix, 467 BC, Vatican Museum————————Saturday, March 29, 2014Puzzle by Barry C. Silk / Edited by Will ShortzAcross — 1. It’s made from an ear and put in...
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Musical Interpretation
Sunday, March 30, 2014Musical Interpretation, Puzzle by Peter A. CollinsEdited by Will ShortzSix song titles are featured in an unconventional manner in this amiable Sunday crossword:R O C K [around]...
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Rural Couple
L‘Angelus, 1858, Jean-François Millet ————————Monday, March 31, 2014Puzzle by Robert Cirillo / Edited by Will ShortzMA AND PA (35A. Rural couple … or what the respective halves of the answers to the...
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Heads or Tails
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 — April Fools' Day Puzzle by Andrew Reynolds / Edited by Will Shortz[H/T][E/A][A/I][D/L]S, e.g., HEADS or TAILS(37A. Winner of the wager in 17-/56-Across, depending on how you...
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Anagrams
Anagrams or Words Alive game, 1920 ———————— Wednesday, April 2, 2014Puzzle by David Levinson Wilk / Edited by Will ShortzFive anagrams comprises the main feature of this Wednesday crossword:SWORD HILT...
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Changes
Monarch hatching, Butterfly Life Cycle ~ National Geographic ———————— Thursday, April 3, 2014Puzzle by David Benkof and Jeff ChenEdited by Will ShortzCH-CH-CH-CH-CHANGES(58A. Chorus starter in a 1972...
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The Friday Crossword
Sacrificial LambGhent Altarpiece by Jan van Eyck, 1432————————Friday, April 4, 2014Puzzle by Martin Ashwood-Smith and Joe KrozelEdited by Will ShortzEight 15-letter answers constitutes the main feature...
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Two Wonders
Fragmentary horse from the colossal four-horses chariot group which topped the podium of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassos———————— Saturday, April 5, 2014Puzzle by Ashton Anderson and James MulhernEdited...
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At Times...
Sunday, April 6, 2014“At Times” — Puzzle by Patrick BerryEdited by Will ShortzNine redefined otherwise-common phrases constitutes the interrelated group of this Sunday crossword:MEDICINE DROPPER(23A....
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