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Customization Is Key: 'Star Wars: Battlefront' Makes Space For Gamers Of All Stripes

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Customization Is Key: 'Star Wars: Battlefront' Makes Space For Gamers Of All Stripes

In the video game Star Wars: Battlefront, players can customize characters according to gender, race and age. Producer Sigurlina Ingvarsdottir says inclusivity was a priority "from the get-go."

Customization Is Key: 'Star Wars: Battlefront' Makes Space For Gamers Of All Stripes

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Between Alphabetizing And Best Guesses, Can You Find This Week's Answers?

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Sunday Puzzle

Between Alphabetizing And Best Guesses, Can You Find This Week's Answers?

Given a category, and a thing in the category that closely follows the name of the category alphabetically, answer with the only other item in the category that fits between them alphabetically.

Between Alphabetizing And Best Guesses, Can You Find This Week's Answers?

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Sunday

High-Level Puzzlers Will Have Figured Out This Headline By Now

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High-Level Puzzlers Will Have Figured Out This Headline By Now

In this week's Sunday Puzzle, each sentence contains two words that have homophones that are opposites. For each sentence given, find the homophone opposites.

High-Level Puzzlers Will Have Figured Out This Headline By Now

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Saturday

Not My Job: Physics Professor Lisa Randall Gets Quizzed On Phys Ed
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Not My Job: Physics Professor Lisa Randall Gets Quizzed On Phys Ed

Randall is a theoretical physicist and professor at Harvard. In 2007 she was named one of the 100 most influential people by Time. She's recently written a book called Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs.

Not My Job: Physics Professor Lisa Randall Gets Quizzed On Phys Ed

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Sunday

Thank Heavens For The Thesaurus. You'll Need One For This Puzzle

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Thank Heavens For The Thesaurus. You'll Need One For This Puzzle

In this week's Sunday Puzzle, for each word given, think of a synonym whose first and second letters, in order, are the second and third letters, respectively, of the given word.

Thank Heavens For The Thesaurus. You'll Need One For This Puzzle

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Saturday

Not My Job: We Ask Actor June Squibb About Squids
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Not My Job: We Ask Actor June Squibb About Squids

Squibb was a professional actor for 60 years before landing her first Oscar nomination — at the age of 84 — for her role in the movie Nebraska. Her latest film is Love the Coopers.

Not My Job: We Ask Actor June Squibb About Squids

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Thursday

Ask Me Another

Meet The Expert: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Meet the Expert is Ask Me Another's new segment! Executive producer of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Amy Kule, joins us onstage to lead a game based on this iconic holiday event.

Meet The Expert: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

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Tuesday