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                                                            Produce Results Our constructor today is Chris Gross, alias Chairman Maux, alias Chairman Moe Chris invites us today to to play a scrambled word game with 3 themers embedded in larger fill, indicated by their letter positions, and revealed by clue 62A.  When unscramble each of them are a type of produce resulting in the following  18A. Popular shared snack (In this answer, unscramble letters 1-7): CHIPS AN D DIP .  SPINACH 27A. Arrive onshore (... letters 2-5): M AKE L A ND FALL                                               KALE 47A. Pass rusher, at times (... letters 7-12): DEFENS IVE END .                ...
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LA Times Tuesday 4/22/2025 Catherine Cetta Themed puzzle -- see reveal at 58A Across: 1. Swimmer's unit: LAP . 4. "Safe!" or "Strike!": CALL . 8. Pesto herb: BASIL . 13. Part of some sports drink names: ADE . 14. California/Nevada resort lake: TAHOE . 15. Bacteria that may cause gastroenteritis: ECOLI . 16. Type: ILK . 17. "Everyone knows that!": ITS NO SE CRET . 19. Spanish wine region: RIOJA . 21. Main dish: ENTREE . 22. Mountain hiker's protection: B EAR S PRAY . 25. Snow pusher: PLOW . 28. "Elder" or "Younger" figure of ancient Rome: CATO . 29. Put in the attic, perhaps: STORE . 30. Ben Affleck Best Picture winner set in Iran: ARGO . 33. Cow's milk cheese from an Alpine region of Italy: ASIAGO . 37. Plant, as seeds: SOW . 38. "I haven't decided": MAYB E YES MAYBE NO . 41. PC pioneer: IBM . 42. Military programs intended to influence attitudes: PSYOPS . 43. Remove wr...
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  LA Times Monday, May 12, 2025. This is a themed puzzle -- see "reveal" clue at 40D ... Across: 1. U.S. president who wrestled at Yale: TAFT . 5. Reject: SPURN . 10. "How does that __ you?": GRAB . 14. Beaut: LULU . 15. Hebrew prophet: HOSEA . 16. Traditional tales: LORE . 17. "Nerts!": DRAT . 18. Go with the flow: ADAPT . 19. "The Brutalist" actress Laird: EMMA . 20. Not for children: RATED R . 22. "No problem!": I SURE CAN . 24. Paging device: BEEPER . 26. Dee Dee of punk rock: RAMONE . 27. Spike Lee's employer: Abbr.: NYU . 29. __ Bach: fictional "forgotten son" of classical music: PDQ . 30. Droop: SAG . 31. Mediocre, in Gen Z slang: MID . 32. The "T" of SAT: TEST . 34. Stole steers: RUSTLED . 37. "So funny!": HA HA . 38. Lotus-__: EATER . 39. Shopping cart unit: ITEM . 43. Fashion magazine that went digital-only in 2022: IN STYLE . 45. Home of Tulane ...
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Thursday, March 27, 2025, Joe Rodini

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  Numbers   Fibonnaci Sequence Nautilus shell cross section Smithsonian Institution The polymath Carl Friedrich Gauss once said that "Mathematics is the queen of sciences and number theory is the queen of mathematics".  Veteran Joe Rodini 's theme today is about numbers, but a slightly different kind of number, that is musical numbers -- but as the ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras discovered there is a close relationship between mathematics and music .  Let's look at Joe's themers, which are all song titles ... 18A. One-hit-wonder by the New Zealand band OMC:  HOW BIZARRE .  OMC , or Otara Millionaires Club , was a New Zealand music group best known for the 1996 hit How Bizarre , named one of the greatest New Zealander songs of all time by the Australasian Performing Right Association. The full name of the band is a tongue-in-cheek reference to Ōtara's status as one of th...
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Thursday, March 20, 2025, Ricky J. Sirois

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Osterizers     Today's constructor, veteran Ricky J. Sirois , presents us with four themers for another scrambled word game ... 17A. *Noisy yard implement:  LEAF BLOWER .  We have a lot of trees on our yard, and we use a LEAF BLOWER to collect them and blow them onto a tarp, which we drag to the back of our lot for composting.  We use a RYOBI leaf blower.  This looks like a better one ...  24A. *Like a skier without goggles, perhaps:  SNOW BLIND .  You can buy a pair of these for $55 from REI ... 51A. *Hobnob (with):  RUB ELBOWS .  Yep -- the pigeons agree ... 40A. *Path through Oz:  YELLOW BRICK ROAD .  The road that Dorothy and Toto follow to meet the wonderful  Wizard ... 64. Kitchen prep essential, and what can be found in the answer to each starred clue:  MIXING BOWL .  Here's an assortment of bowls that we use for kitchen prep ... Here's the grid ... Here's the rest ... Across: 1. Carousel riders...
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