51A. [Levels in a ring, for short] has nothing to do with “Dante’s Inferno” or jewelry. The leveling is being done in a ...

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19A. This clue includes two qualifiers, not one. The [Northernmost city in North America with over one million people] is ...

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In this puzzle’s case, “a complete set” is 10, an extravagant amount for a Sunday grid. This bounty helps the solve hustle along once you know what’s up, but Mr. Ezersky has never given his audience a ...

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1A. [Early electric lights] are ARC LAMPS, which were used to illuminate streets a surprisingly long time ago, as far back as the early 19th century.

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