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1A. This clue is a perfect pet pun: [Lab evidence, perhaps] solves to PAW PRINTS. It refers to the toe beans and paw pads of ...

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16A. This is an evocative clue! [Blissful stretch] makes me think of a happy cat. The “stretch” in question is a span of time that lasts a while, if you’re lucky: It’s the HONEYMOON PERIOD.

Of all the battleground states, Wisconsin has had the most idiosyncratic political geography: Rural areas have voted ...

By Sam Corbin Jump to: Today’s Theme | Tricky Clues MONDAY PUZZLE — Today’s New York Times Crossword is a debut for Dana Edwards, so I won’t presume to describe his constructing style just ...

At 23A, for example, [ Title for a tutorial on musical composition?] is KNOWING THE SCORE, a common idiom that describes someone who understands the situation, whatever it might be. The “score” in the ...

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I’ve never felt like this before’. In Greece, team-mates, colleagues and friends of George Baldock struggle to come to terms ...