Editor: Will Shortz
Solving time: 7:21 (Personal best for a Wed. puzzle)
Puzzle uniqueness:
Two-word answers in which the second word can hook up with the first word of the next answer. (Example: COURT(CASE, CLOSED)CIRCUIT)
Words I hadn't known until now:
EHOW - "Website for D.I.Y.ers"
Trivia I didn't know:
MIXALOT - :'Baby Got Back' Grammy winner Sir _______"
Junk Answers:
SSN - "Fig. on an W-9"
CFL - "Grid org. with a 110-yard field"
MOS - "Crooks' patterns, to cops"
Clever clues: 0
Obscure (i.e., really reaching) words:
ECRUS - "Hosiery shades" (Plural, really?)
MIMEO - "Obsolete repro machine"
INPEN - "How confident solvers may solve" ("In ink" is the common usage)
SADIES - "Ncknames for 41-acrosses (SARAH)"
ECOTAX - "Levy on polluters, e.g."
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