0301-12: New York Times Crossword Answers 1 Mar 12, Thursday

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CROSSWORD SETTER: Steven E. Atwood
THEME: AFFIX onto Word Stems … each of the theme answers is combination of two words, with the word stem overlapping. The first part of the clue indicates a prefix with the word stem, and the second the word stem with a suffix. The result is an invented portmanteau word:

1A. Add-on to the start or end of a word stem (as in 17-, 25-, 35-, 49- and 57-Across) : AFFIX
17A. Unnecessary words cluttering wise sayings? : PRO(VERB)IAGE
25A. Threat in "Armageddon"? : DIS(ASTER)OID
35A. Good place for a picnic? : RE(PAST)URE
49A. Like a tenacious sibling? : PER(SIST)ERLY
57A. "We've taken the city, but can we defend it?"? : CON(QUEST)ION

COMPLETION TIME: 19m 23s
ANSWERS I MISSED: 3 … PHOEBES (thoebes!), SAO (Cao!), APPEASE (at peace).

0229-12: New York Times Crossword Answers 29 Feb 12, Wednesday

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CROSSWORD SETTER: Kevan Choset
THEME: Broadway Musical … each of the theme answers is a common, two-word expression that begins with the name of a Broadway musical:

17A. Security desk at a Broadway theater? : RENT CONTROL
23A. Simian on a Broadway set? : GREASE MONKEY
37A. Understudy in a Broadway show? : HAIR REPLACEMENT
48A. Pessimistic Broadway investors? : CHICAGO BEARS
59A. Nighttime Broadway wardrobe? : CAT’S PAJAMAS

COMPLETION TIME: 13m 23s
ANSWERS I MISSED: 0

0228-12: New York Times Crossword Answers 28 Feb 12, Tuesday

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CROSSWORD SETTER: Randall J. Hartman
THEME: THIRTEEN LETTERS … the wording of each and every clue int he puzzle is limited to just thirteen letters, and we are in formed of this fact in three answers in the grid itself:

20A. Hint - first part : EVERY SINGLE CLUE
41A. Hint's next part : IN THIS PUZZLE HAS
56A. Last of the hint : THIRTEEN LETTERS

COMPLETION TIME: 7m 33s
ANSWERS I MISSED: 0

0227-12: New York Times Crossword Answers 27 Feb 12, Monday

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CROSSWORD SETTER: Bill Thompson
THEME: TALL to TULL … we have a vowel progression theme today. Each of the theme answers ends with a word in the format T*LL, with the second letter changing from the first vowel (A) through to the last (U), ignoring the “sometimes Y”:

17A. Exhibits pride : STANDS TALL
25A. Betray a lover's confidences : KISS AND TELL
37A. Symbol of embezzlement : HAND IN THE TILL
50A. E-ZPass pays it : HIGHWAY TOLL
60A. Group with the 1971 3x platinum album "Aqualung" : JETHRO TULL

COMPLETION TIME: 6m 13s
ANSWERS I MISSED: 0

0226-12: New York Times Crossword Answers 26 Feb 12, Sunday

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CROSSWORD SETTER: Daniel A. Finan
THEME: Back to the Start … in order to make sense of each theme answer you have to take the first three letters of that answer and add them to the end:

23A. Aide for a V.I.P. customer : PERSONAL SHOP(PER)
25A. Multiple Grammy winner who was a contestant on "Dancing With the Stars" : TONI BRAX(TON)
35A. Prozac, for one : ANTI-DEPRESS(ANT)
59A. Freudian concept : PLEASURE PRINCI(PLE)
78A. Mountains, rivers, plains, etc. : PHYSICAL GEOGRA(PHY)
99A. Fancy salad ingredient : ARTICHOKE HE(ART)
117A. London transportation : UNDERGRO(UND)
119A. Marlon Brando film : ON THE WATERFR(ONT)

COMPLETION TIME: 33m 07s
ANSWERS I MISSED: 3 … TONI BRAX-TON (Lori Brax-lor!), GET (gel), BENET (beret)

0225-12: New York Times Crossword Answers 25 Feb 12, Saturday

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CROSSWORD SETTER: Barry C. Silk
THEME: None
COMPLETION TIME: 42m 34s
ANSWERS I MISSED: 0

0224-12: New York Times Crossword Answers 24 Feb 12, Friday

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CROSSWORD SETTER: Patrick Berry
THEME: None
COMPLETION TIME: 32m 11s
ANSWERS I MISSED: 0