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
Constructor: Alan Arbesfeld Relative difficulty: Challenging (for a Monday solved Downs-only) THEME: going up — all the themers are Downs that have to be inverted in order to make sense ...
https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2024/04/start-behaving-more-responsibly.html
Constructor: Spencer Leach Relative difficulty: Medium THEME: "Turns of Phrase" — familiar phrases (following a "___ THE ___" pattern) have their first and last parts switched *and* (mos...
https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2024/03/sound-unit-found-in-many-asian.html
Constructor: Blake Slonecker Relative difficulty: Medium-Challenging THEME: none Word of the Day: GILL NET (1A: TACKLE ITEM HUNG FROM FLOATERS) — > GILLNETTING is a fishin...
https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2024/03/tackle-item-hung-from-floaters-sat-3-30.html
Constructor: Jake Bunch Relative difficulty: Medium THEME: none Word of the Day: ARHAT (2D: ENLIGHTENED BUDDHIST) — > In Buddhism , > an ARHAT (Sanskrit : > अर्�...
https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2024/03/hunks-of-plastic-fri-3-29-24.html
Constructor: Dominic Grillo Relative difficulty: Medium-Challenging THEME: POTATO / HEAD (1D: With 58-Down, classic toy that dropped gendered titles in 2021) — circled squares contain t...
https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2024/03/nirvana-achiever-thu-3-28-24-shade.html
Constructor: Rich Katz Relative difficulty: Easy-Medium THEME: Instructions for turning SCREWDRIVERS (54A: Toolbox tools): RIGHTY TIGHTY / LEFTY LOOSEY (19A: With 36-Across, mnemonic devi...
https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2024/03/naval-threats-according-to-old-saying.html
Hi, everyone! It’s Clare, back for the last Tuesday in March. I’m coming off of a third-place finish in trivia, which I’ll accept given that it was our first time back in a while. This mont...
https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2024/03/fairy-tale-monster-tues-3-26-24.html