Editor: Will Shortz
Solving time: 32:28
Puzzle uniqueness:
Four squares that has "chicken" and "road" as a rebus (Multiple letters in one square). Ugh!
Words I hadn't known until now:
SEPTA - "BART : San Francisco :: _____ : Philadelphia"
ESL - "Subj. for a diplomat, maybe"
LINE - "'y = 2x,' e.g." (I don't even know WTF this means)
Trivia I didn't know:
ONES - "'Madness in great ____ must not unwatch'd go': 'Hamlet'"
NASSAU - "Island capital named for a European royal house"
ESTATE - "Subject of Chekov's 'The Cherry Orchard'"
DOR - "'Le Coq ___'"
URANIA - "Muse invoked in 'Paradise Lost'"
Junk Answers:
EST - "It's often rough: Abbr."
SNL - "Show with a record 200+ Emmy noms"
MSGS - "What blinks on a telephone may signify: Abbr,"
ESL - (See above)
Clever clues:
BALE - "Assemble in a field, say"
RENT - "Studio figure"
WHY - "Question raised by four squares in this puzzle?" (SEE "Puzzle uniqueness")
UNTUNED - "A bit sharp, maybe"
BAREXAM - "Legal hurdle?"
Obscure (i.e., really reaching) words: 0
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