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05.02.15 — Vast Number
Saturday, May 2, 2015Puzzle by Barry C. Silk / Edited by Will ShortzThe pairing of GOOGLEPLEX (11D. Corporate headquarters in Mountain View) and GOOGOLPLEX(27D. Vast number) constitutes the main...
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Non-Starters
The Letter N by exekillan ———————— Sunday, May 3, 2015Puzzle by Dan Schoenholz / Edited by Will ShortzDropping the first letter "N"from familiar phrases and clueing the results to suit constitutes the...
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05.03.15 — The Inheritor's Powder — the Acrostic
Sunday, May 3, 2015ACROSTIC, Puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry RathvonEdited by Will ShortzThis Sunday’s intriguing acrostic draws a quotation from “The Inheritor’s Powder: A Tale of Arsenic, Murder, and...
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Stepmom
Stepmother, Disney’s “Cinderella”———————— Monday, May 4, 2015Puzzle by Zhouqin Burnikel / Edited by Will ShortzSTEP MOM (39A. Wicked relative of Cinderella … or what each set of circled letters...
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i.e.
Tuesday, May 5, 2015Puzzle by Michael Blake and Andrea Carla MichaelsEdited by Will ShortzAdding IE to familiar phrases to make a new phrase clued to suit, i.e., ADDIE (69A. Girl’s name that’s a two...
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Seasons
Wednesday, May 6, 2015Puzzle by Joe Krozel / Edited by Will ShortzSEASONS (35A. Noted quartet) and SUMMER, AUTUMN, WINTER and SPRING in circled letters constitutes the main feature of this Wednesday...
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Going Green
Thursday, May 7, 2015Puzzle by Tracy Gray / Edited by Will ShortzGOING GREEN(59A. Reducing one’s carbon footprint … or a hint to this puzzle’s theme), along with ECO in seven squares constitutes the...
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The Friday Crossword
Eros, 1820, Joseph Paelinck ———————— Friday, May 8, 2015Puzzle by Ian Livengood / Edited by Will ShortzOf interest — ANIMAL and ELK(18A. See 48-Across; 48A. Official 18-Across of Utah),; ANKLE MONITOR...
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The Saturday Crossword
Saturday, May 9, 2015Puzzle by Kristian House / Edited by Will ShortzOf interest — ANISETTE (13D. Flavorer for an espresso shot); AS IF I CARE (17A. “Whatever”); BATARANG (12D. Weapon for the Caped...
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The Mother's Day Crossword
Sunday, May 10, 2015 — Mother’s Day "Literary Circles" — Puzzle by Jacob Stulberg / Edited by Will ShortzTHE LOCUST TREE IN FLOWER and WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS(3D. 1935 poem with one word per line … as...
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ALL of...
The Course of Empire Destruction, 1836, Thomas Cole ———————— Monday, May 11, 2015Puzzle by Joe DiPietro / Edited by Will ShortzCALL, BALL, HALL and FALL at the beginnings of four entries constitutes...
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Snap
Tuesday, May 12, 2015Puzzle by Paul Hunsberger / Edited by Will ShortzELASTIC BAND (56A. Office item suggested visually by this puzzle), along with BAND in three sets of circled letters, two stretched,...
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Orson Welles
Orson Welles, 1938, Too Much Johnson ———————— Wednesday, May 13, 2015 Puzzle by Jeffrey Wechsler / Edited by Will ShortzORSON WELLES (61A. Noted director/actor born in May 1915) is the main subject of...
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Burst Out Laughing
AH HA Letters 8 m4miller w mich educ————————Tuesday, May 14, 2015Puzzle by Kameron Austin Collins / Edited by Will ShortzBURST OUT LAUGHING (30A. With 37-Across, lose it … or what 12 answers in this...
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The Friday Crossword
Crossword Puzzles, Milliande Demetriou ———————— Friday, May 15, 2015Puzzle by David Phillips / Edited by Will ShortzOf interest — AD-AWARE(39D. Computer program that blocks viruses); ADD TO CART (19A....
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Saturday Moon
Saturday,May 16, 2015Puzzle by Byron Walden / Edited by Will ShortzOf interest — BEATS ME (8A. “I haven’t the foggiest”); BONESMAN (32D. Secret society brother to George W. Bush and John Kerry); BULLY...
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An Astronaut's Guide — the Acrostic
Hadfield spacewalking during the STS-100 mission ———————— Sunday, May 17, 2015ACROSTIC, Puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry RathvonEdited by Will ShortzThis Sunday’s acrostic draws a quotation from the...
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To-Do
A Picture Paints a Thousand Words by Sofie Couch © 2012———————— Sunday, May 17, 2015To-Do List (Abridged), Puzzle by Joe KrozelEdited by Will ShortzSix sets of overlapping phrases constitutes the main...
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Swiftly
Monday, May 18, 2015Puzzle by Gene Newman / Edited by Will ShortzFour Tom Swifties constitute the main feature of this Monday crossword:18A. “You forgot to water the plants,” Tom said WITHERINGLY”28D....
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The Devil You Say!
The Fall of Lucifer, “Paradise Lost”, 1866, Gustave Doré———————— Tuesday, May 19, 2015Puzzle by Allan E. Parrish / Edited by Will ShortzAnagrams of ANGEL constitutes the main feature of this Tuesday...
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