Editor: Will Shortz
Solving time: 29:42
Puzzle uniqueness: "S-Q's Me!"
Taking phrases beginning with a "w" sound and replacing them with "sq." Example: SQUANDERLUST with the clue "Prodigality?".
Words I hadn't known until now:
DYNODE - "Vacuum tube component"
EDILE - "Early title for Julius Caesar"
Trivia I didn't know:
HASBRO - "Trouble maker"
TAMPA - "Cigar City, so-called on account of a former major industry"
AMHERST - "Birthplace of Emily Dickenson"
SCOTTO - "Soprano Renata"
ELBARTO - "Alter ego on 'The Simpsons'"
ALVIN - "Choreographer Ailey"
FEU - "Pot-au-___ (French stew)"
RIGEL - "Brightest star in Orion"
REDROSE - "Flower colored by Aphrodite's blood, in myth"
ADAIR - "Gilbert who wrote 'Love and Death on Long Island'"
NILEDELTA - "Rosetta Stone discovery"
REYS - "Co-authors Margret and H.A."
IDA - "Polish movie named Best Foreign Language Film of 2014"
LANI - "Civil rights activist Guinier"
Junk Answers:
RANDD - "Corp. budget item"
MRI - "Radiologist's tool, for short"
EER - "Suffix with market"
BTU - "A/C stat"
GIS - "Ones in a mess, informally"
INQ - "Question: Abbr."
FEU - (See above)
CTN - "Cardboard container: Abbr."
SEQ - "Et ___ (Footnote abbr.)"
REQ - "Not an elective: Abbr."
CRU - "Vineyard designation"
Clever clues: 0
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