Editor: Will Shortz
Solving time: 13:33
Puzzle uniqueness:
Another 75th anniversary puzzle having a famous person co-construct the puzzle; this time the former president. This played very easy for me. Lots of answers in my wheelhouse. Three horizontal answers were a line from Don't Stop by Fleewood Mac, a "fight" song for the Clinton campaign. (DONTSTOP; THINKINGABOUT; TOMORROW)
Words I hadn't known until now:
TERR - "Apt. amenity, perhaps"
BOHEME - "Unconventional sort, en francais" (I've heard of "La Boheme," so that helped)
CANTABS - "Residents of Cambridge, England" (This corner added to my solving time)
Trivia I didn't know:
SHEP - "Record producer Pettibone"
SEOUL - "Capital on the Han River" (Didn't know it was on a river)
Junk Answers:
HUR - "Ben-___"
COS - "I.R.S. Form 1120 filers: Abbr."
TERR - (See above)
AER - "What the Irish breathe" ("Aer Lingus" got me this one)
DRAWEE - "Bank from which a check is paid" (Rarely used word)
Clever clues:
ANEMIA - "Heavy metal shortage?
USMINT - "A real moneymaker"
MRI - "Inside look?"
ADULTS - "They're never minor"
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