Constructor: Matthew Stock and Christina Iverson Relative difficulty: Medium THEME: none Word of the Day: MINA Kimes (4D: SPORTS ANALYST KIMES) — > MINA MUGIL KIMES (bo...
https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2024/04/sports-analyst-kimes-fri-4-26-24-some.html
Constructor: Hanh Huynh Relative difficulty: Easy (after you get the trick) THEME: HOLY COW (61A: "Wow!" ... or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme) — the letter string "COW" appears...
https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2024/04/novel-parodied-by-umberto-ecos-granita.html
Constructor: Jeffrey Martinovic Relative difficulty: Medium THEME: LATERAL SYMMETRY (62A: Feature of this puzzle's grid and the answers to the six starred clues) — both the grid and the...
https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2024/04/furniture-retailer-with-arboreal-name.html
Constructor: Judy Bowers Relative difficulty: Easy-Medium (Easy in general, but parsing a couple of those theme answers was tricky) THEME: TWO (54D: Number of letters in every word of the ...
https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2024/04/ending-with-screen-in-modern.html
Constructor: David J. Kahn Relative difficulty: Very easy (Downs-only) THEME: From COAL to WIND — for Earth Day ... a word ladder, with a few extra climate change-related theme answers ...
https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2024/04/spilling-tea-so-to-speak-mon-4-22-24.html
Constructor: Michael Schlossberg Relative difficulty: Medium-Challenging Instructions: BEFORE you follow the instructions... And AFTER THEME: "Get Cracking" — see instruction...
https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2024/04/former-name-of-electron-sun-4-21-24.html
Constructor: Garrett Chalfin and Andrew Kingsley Relative difficulty: Medium for the most part, but Challenging in one particular area THEME: none Word of the Day: NAZCA LINES (30D: MY...
https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2024/04/mysterious-ancient-geoglyphs-in.html
Constructor: Kate Hawkins Relative difficulty: Medium-Challenging THEME: none Word of the Day: OMNI (38A: ONETIME MAGAZINE THAT COVERED SCIENCE FICTION) — > OMNI was a scie...
https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2024/04/dystopian-sci-fi-film-of-1997-fri-4-19.html
Constructor: David Kwong Relative difficulty: Medium THEME: A STAR IS BORN (A STAR IS "B" OR "N") (63A: Thrice-remade movie ... or, when parsed as six words, a hint to the theme clues i...
https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2024/04/thrice-remade-movie-thu-4-18-24-saber.html
Constructor: Joseph Gangi Relative difficulty: Medium? Medium-Challenging? Probably depends on your familiarity with the story... THEME: ONE EYE (73A: Feature of 20-Across ... and, when s...
https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2024/04/cave-dweller-of-greek-myth-wed-4-17-24.html
Constructor: Adam Vincent Relative difficulty: Easy (very) THEME: MANBABY (39A: Certain immature adult ... with a hint to both halves of the answers to each starred clue) — men whose las...
https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2024/04/essie-competitor-tue-4-16-24-pigment.html
Constructor: Amanda Winters Relative difficulty: Medium (normal Monday) (solved Downs-only) THEME: AS ABOVE / SO BELOW (39A: with 41-Across, philosophical principle in which Earth mirrors ...
https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2024/04/signature-hats-for-indiana-jones-mon-4.html
Constructor: John Rippe and Jeff Chen Relative difficulty: Easy THEME: "Savings Plan" — we get to watch various animals GO EXTINCT (fun!) (104A: DISAPPEAR ... LIKE THE CIRCLED CREATURE...
https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2024/04/greek-heroine-tempted-by-golden-apples.html
Constructor: Jess Rucks Relative difficulty: Easy-Medium (Easy + PADIDDLE) (?!) THEME: none Word of the Day: PADIDDLE (1D: GAME PLAYED ON A ROAD TRIP) — > An exclamation shouted...
https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2024/04/jasons-pet-in-foxtrot-sat-4-13-24.html
Constructor: Evan Kalish Relative difficulty: Easy THEME: none Word of the Day: ANVIL (44A: BLOCK WITH A HORN) — > An ANVIL is > a metalworking tool > consisting of a�...
https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2024/04/block-with-horn-fri-4-12-24-give.html
Constructor: Dan Caprera Relative difficulty: Medium THEME: SECRET / PASSAGES (44A: With 46-Across, some areas in Clue ... or a hint to the first, fourth, twelfth and fifteenth rows of thi...
https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2024/04/suddenly-go-silent-in-modern-dating.html
Constructor: Bill Thompson Relative difficulty: Medium THEME: broken spells — words meaning (roughly) "spell" are "broken" inside longer answers (i.e. they are split into two parts that ...
https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2024/04/1965-film-starring-george-segal-that.html
Constructor: Caroline Sommers and Freddie Cheng Relative difficulty: Easy THEME: You Name It! — famous names ending -ET or -ETT are reimagined as " + IT" phrases directed at the people w...
https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2024/04/noted-spanish-muralist-tue-4-9-24-some.html
Constructor: Peter Gordon Relative difficulty: Easy (solved Downs-only) THEME: TOTAL ECLIPSE (46A) — three songs that would be "apt" to play during a TOTAL ECLIPSE: Theme answers: "MOO...
https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2024/04/archnemesis-of-avengers-mon-4-8-24-tube.html
Constructor: Tracy Gray Relative difficulty: EE-E THEME: "Double Duty" — double letters stand in for words in the theme answers (the letters are just letters in the Downs): Theme answ...
https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2024/04/backless-stool-sun-4-7-24-angle.html
Constructor: Byron Walden Relative difficulty: Medium THEME: none Word of the Day: Azimuth (50D: AZIMUTH, E.G. => ARC) — > An AZIMUTH (/ˈæzəməθ/ > from Arabic > : ا...
https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2024/04/cinderellas-calling-card-sat-4-6-24_6.html
Constructor: Rebecca Goldstein Relative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (much more like a Saturday than a Friday) THEME: none Word of the Day: ANNO mundi (18A: ___ MUNDI) — > > ...
https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2024/04/cousin-of-machete-fri-4-5-24-chaise.html
Constructor: Kevin Curry Relative difficulty: Medium (Easy, but then, in the southeast, suddenly hard) THEME: MARTINI (57A: Subject of this puzzle) — black squares form the shape of a co...
https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2024/04/chuckwalla-relative-thu-4-4-24-gave-red.html
Constructor: Alex Eaton-Salners Relative difficulty: Easy/Medium (9:49) THEME: Missing letters / homophones — Letters that are missing from clues appear in entries Theme answers: fo...
https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2024/04/acid-essential-component-of-vinegar-wed.html
Constructor: Billy Bratton Relative difficulty: Easy (oversized at 16x, so solving times may not be faster than avg.) THEME: "HOLD IT!" (39A: "Stop right there!" ... or a hint to the first...
https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2024/04/tv-drama-about-anarchist-hackers-tue-4.html