Editor: Will Shortz
Solving time: 42:56
Puzzle uniqueness: 0
Almost gave up on this one. About half way through, I hit a wall and just couldn't get a firm grip. Fortunately everything started falling in place one little piece at a time, and I finished it.
Words I hadn't known until now: 0
Trivia I didn't know:
BUSONI - "'Doktor Faust' composer" (I've never heard of the guy)
IRA - "'___ Sleeps Over' (classic children's book)" (Never heard of it)
BIGS - "With 51-Across (THE), two steps away from AA, informally"
ENDO - "Prefix with -genous" ("Endogenous"? What the heck is that?)
KAY - "Eloise creator Thompson"
ALBERTA - "1988 Olympics locale"
LILKIM - "Rapper with the debut album 'Hard Core'"
GAZASTRIP - "Intifada locale"
RCADOME - "Former home of the Colts"
Junk clues:
EDT - "Setting for Red Sox games: Abbr."
BEL - "Acoustics unit"
ENDO - (See above)
EROO - "Old switch ending"
Clever clues:
ACNE - "Breakout of a sort"
LAP - "It disappears after rising"
DOE - "John in a suit?"
SOLI - "They're not complex numbers"
CRANKCALLER - "One asking for Ahmed Adoudi, say" (If you don't get it, try saying it out loud)
PART - "It may just be a bit"
SCAMARTIST - "One who's gotten good marks?"
OREGANO - "Herb of PBS's 'Ciao Italia'"
DOT - "Feature of only two letters"
LIRA - "Italian bread that's become toast?"
INN - "Overnight letter?"
MAS - "What's more in Madrid?"
SON - "Start of a sequel sometimes"
BEERKEG - "Center of a blowout, maybe"
OARS - "Sticks in the water?"
SEXT - "Suggestive transmission"
PETTAXI - "Urban lab transporter, maybe"
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