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Scrabble
Thursday, December 4, 2014Puzzle by Kacey Walker and David QuarfootEdited by Will ShortzSCRABBLE(7A. Game with its own dictionary); ANAGRAMS(63A. What the three possible answers to each of 26-, 36- and...
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The Friday Crossword
Succubus, Young-june Choi, South Korea ————————Friday, December 5, 2014Puzzle by Tim Croce / Edited by Will ShortzAcross — 1. “Perish the thought!”, GOD I HOPE NOT; 12. Many a delivery participant,...
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12.06.14 — The Saturday Crossword
FUA Krew mural (detail) at the B-Boy BBQ in Rochester, N.Y., photo by Juliana Muniz ————————Saturday, December 6, 2014Puzzle by Josh Knapp / Edited by Will ShortzAcross — 1. Site of a 1789 rebellion,...
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12.07.14 — Holdup Man
Atlas and the Hesperides, John Singer Sargent, 1925 ————————Sunday, December 7, 2014Puzzle by Jeff Chen / Edited by Will ShortzATLAS(102D. Mythological figure hinted at by the answers to the eight...
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Monkey Business
Monday,December 8, 2014Puzzle by Kevin Christian and Andrea Carla MichaelsEdited by Will ShortzA vowel progression, SAY, SEE, SCI, SO, SIOUX (phonically A, E, I, O, U) is the main feature of this...
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Shoes
Gum Shoe… by Kyluvlee, deviant art ————————Tuesday,December 9, 2014Puzzle by Paul Hunsberger / Edited by Will ShortzSHOE(67A. Item depicted by this puzzle’s circled letters), along with SOLE, ARCH,...
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Elementary
Wednesday, December 10, 2014Puzzle by Tom McCoy / Edited by Will ShortzIn this witty Wednesday crossword, writers known by their first and middle initials and, of course, their last names, have their...
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Passing Through
Thursday, December 11, 2014Puzzle by Joe DiPietro / Edited by Will ShortzFour clever cross-referenced entries that ask the solver to supply the word THROUGH constitutes the main feature of this...
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The Friday Crossword
Macaulay Culkin, “Home Alone”, 1990————————Friday, December 12, 2014Puzzle by Erin Bornholm / Edited by Will ShortzObscurity and cutesy clues dominate this unfriendly Friday crossword:Across — 1....
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Saturday with Swee' Pea
Saturday, December 13, 2014Puzzle by James Mulhern and Ashton AndersonEdited by Will ShortzOf interest — ANTONIA (43D. Title girl in literature’s “Prairie Trilogy”); ANTS ON A LOG (9D. Celery topped...
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Gee
Capital Letter G, James Tissot, Brooklyn Museum ————————Sunday,December 14, 2014“Well, Golly!“ — Puzzle by Jim Peredo / Edited by Will ShortzThe sound of “Gee” in seven entries changing the meaning of...
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12.14.14 — Musgrave Ritual — the Acrostic
Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes———————— Sunday, December 14, 2014ACROSTIC, Puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry RathvonEdited by Will ShortzThis Sunday’s intriguing acrostic draws a quotation from“The...
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S to P
Monday, December 15, 2014Puzzle by Zhouqin Burnikel and Dennis RyallEdited by Will ShortzSTOP[S to P](69A. “Freeze!” … or, when broken into three parts, how the answer for each of the six starred clues...
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The Bee Gees
Tuesday, December 16, 2014Puzzle by Joel D. Lafargue / Edited by Will ShortzTHE BEE GEES(60A. Trio whose members start 17-, 26- and 44-Across), GIBB(66A. Last name of 60-Across), along with BARRY,...
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Figures of Speech
Wednesday, December 17, 2014Puzzle by Stu Ockman / Edited by Will ShortzA hyperbole, an oxymoron, a litotes and a simile,, different examples oflinguistic tropes, constitute the interrelated group of...
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Pig Latin
Thursday, December 18, 2014Puzzle by Timothy Polin / Edited by Will ShortzFive asterisked clues, X-ray, Ashtray, eBay, Airway, along with PIG LATIN (62A. Hinto to interpreting the five starred clues)...
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More Is Less
John Howard Davies as Oliver Twistin the 1948 film by David Lean————————Friday, December 19, 2014Puzzle by Brad Wilbur and Doug PetersonEdited by Will ShortzAcross — 1. There’s the rub!, SPA; 4. Novel...
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12.20.14 — The Saturday Crossword
Reggie Rockstone ... pioneer of hiplife,Africa's homemade take on hip-hop————————Saturday, December 20, 2014Puzzle by Kevin G. Der and Ian LivengoodEdited by Will ShortzAcross — 1. Where much grass...
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Season's Greetings
“Santa Claus” by William Holbrook Beard ————————Sunday, December 21, 2014 — Winter Solstice Season’s Greetings — Puzzle by Joel Fagliano / Edited by Will ShortzSeven common phrases changed by the...
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Monday, December 22, 2014Puzzle by Lynn Lempel / Edited by Will ShortzPED XING(39A. Something often seen on a street corner, briefly … or, literally something seen in each corner of this puzzle) along...
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