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LA Times Crossword 31 Oct 23, Tuesday

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Advertisement Constructed by: Hoang-Kim Vu & Jessica Zetzman Edited by: Patti Varol Today’s Reveal Answer: Haunted House Happy Halloween, everyone! Themed answers are all potential parts of a HAUNTED HOUSE: 48A Halloween attraction, or what 19-, 27-/32-, and 42-Across all might be a part of? : HAUNTED HOUSE 19A Restaurant that operates within another restaurant : GHOST KITCHEN 27A With 32-Across, embarrassing secret : SKELETON … 32A See 27-Across : … IN THE CLOSET 42A Emmy-nominated TV series based on a Hilary Mantel novel : WOLF HALL Read on, or jump to … … a complete list of answers Want to discuss the puzzle? Then … … leave a comment Bill’s time: 7m 43s Bill’s errors: 0 Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across 1 Hip-hop duo __ & Rakim : ERIC B Eric B. & Rakim are a hip hop duo comprising DJ Eric B. and rapper Rakim. The pair started performing together in 1986, but split up in the early 1990s following a legal dispute. The du

1031-23 NY Times Crossword 31 Oct 23, Tuesday

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Constructed by: Kathy Lowden & Erik Piepenburg Edited by: Will Shortz Not your puzzle? Try today’s … … syndicated NY Times crossword Today’s Theme (according to Bill): A Happy Halloween (Movie), Everyone! 17A Horror film franchise named after a holiday : HALLOWEEN 24A 2018 slasher set at a remote lake house : HE’S OUT THERE 34A Horror franchise with the antagonist Ghostface : SCREAM 41A 2017 horror film that won Best Original Screenplay : GET OUT 47A 1973 horror film starring Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland : DON’T LOOK NOW 60A 2011 dark-comedy slasher film that takes place during a family reunion : YOU’RE NEXT Read on, or jump to … … a complete list of answers Want to discuss the puzzle? Then … … leave a comment Bill’s time: 6m 59s Bill’s errors: 0 Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across 5 “___ Don’t Lie” (#1 Shakira hit) : HIPS Shakira’s 2006 song “Hips Don’t Lie” broke a record soon after it was released. It became the most-play

LA Times Crossword 30 Oct 23, Monday

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Advertisement Constructed by: Glenn Cook Edited by: Patti Varol Today’s Reveal Answer: Samin Nosrat Themed answers each start with one of “SALT FAT ACID HEAT”, which is the name of a cookbook by SAMIN NOSRAT: 33A Chef and cookbook writer whose four elements of cooking are the first words of the answers to 16-, 23-, 48-, and 56-Across : SAMIN NOSRAT 16A “Push It” hip-hop trio : SALT -N-PEPA 23A Mardi Gras : FAT TUESDAY 48A Inclination to use biting sarcasm : ACID TONGUE 56A “Feels like” figure that combines temperature and humidity : HEAT INDEX Read on, or jump to … … a complete list of answers Want to discuss the puzzle? Then … … leave a comment Bill’s time: 5m 31s Bill’s errors: 0 Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across 1 Fancy alternative to a classic necktie : ASCOT An ascot is a wide tie that narrows at the neck, which these days is only really worn at weddings or part of a dress uniform. The tie takes its name from the Royal Ascot

1030-23 NY Times Crossword 30 Oct 23, Monday

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Constructed by: Kenneth Cortes Edited by: Will Shortz Not your puzzle? Try today’s … … syndicated NY Times crossword Today’s Reveal Answer: Bright Idea Today’s grid is “dark”, except for the BRIGHT “IDEA” hidden in four answers: 56A Stroke of genius … or the theme of this puzzle : BRIGHT IDEA 18A Not difficult at all, in slang : STUP ID EA SY 26A Seeing Eye dog, e.g. : GU IDE A NIMAL 44A Game in which one might shout “Ready or not, here I come!” : H IDE A ND SEEK Read on, or jump to … … a complete list of answers Want to discuss the puzzle? Then … … leave a comment Bill’s time: 5m 03s Bill’s errors: 0 Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across 1 Soul singer Redding : OTIS Otis Redding is often referred to as the “King of Soul”, and what a voice he had. Like so many of the greats in the world of popular music it seems, Redding was killed in a plane crash, in 1967 when he was just 26 years old. Just three days earlier he had recorded what was t

LA Times Crossword 29 Oct 23, Sunday

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Advertisement Constructed by: Kelly Richardson & Katie Hale Edited by: Patti Varol Today’s Theme: Relatively Speaking Themed answers are three-word phrases. Those phrases are parsed in two different ways to match the two parts of the corresponding clue: 22A Date night, or a midgame show starring BeyoncĂ© instead of the coach’s nephew’s garage band? : BETTER-HALF TIME or BETTER HALFTIME 39A Giving up a lazy Saturday to clean up a beach at sunrise, or waking up to pancakes instead of gruel? : GREATER-GOOD MORNING or GREATER GOOD MORNING 56A A chic gray bob and cat eye bifocals, or sleeping until noon and dancing until dawn? : LATER-LIFE STYLES or LATER LIFESTYLES 80A Cardstock instead of newsprint, or the work of a wordy student? : LONGER-TERM PAPER or LONGER TERM PAPER 93A “The copy editor says this needs a capital letter,” or a judge saying “Not enough evidence” in a bass-baritone? : LOWERCASE DISMISSED or LOWER CASE DISMISSED 116A God’s rest on the seve