Editor: Will Shortz
Solving time: 50:44
Puzzle uniqueness: "Places, Everyone!"
Circled answers have to include a first word geographically depending on the location of the answer within the puzzle. (Examples: (Top BANANAS; Left BEHIND; etc.)
Words I hadn't known until now:
SAUK - "Fox neighbor" (Apparently, these are Indian tribes)
CHASSE - "Gliding step, in ballet"
Trivia I didn't know:
SKA - "Prince Buster's genre" (Never heard of him)
GIL - "___ Gunderson, sad sack on 'The Simpsons'"
ODAY - "Singer/reality TV personality Aubrey" (I HATE reality TV!)
ALDA - "Vinick's portrayer on 'The West Wing'"
EDINA - "Suburb of Minneapolis"
ALIBABA - "Fictional woodcutter"
DRAKE - "Rapper with the 4x platinum album 'Views"
TRISTE - "Sibelius's 'Valse ______'"
ANDREI - "Russian film director Tarkovsky"
Junk Answers:
NEER - "Contraction lacking just a 'v'"
ITIS- "Sinus suffix"
ONEL - "First-year law student"
CDV - "405, to Flavius"
Clever clues:
BALDSPOT - "It lacks locks"
FENCE - "Theft preventer ... or theft encourager"
GASMAIN - "Line to a pilot?"
Obscure (i.e., really reaching) words:
PLANER - "Power machine in woodworking"
OLMECS - "Colossal head sculptors"
SPITED - "Treated with malice"
PUPATE - "Transform, as larvae"
ASHINE - "Glowing"
PRIDING - "Indulging (oneself) in self-satisfaction"
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