Editor: Will Shortz
Solving time: 12:58
Puzzle uniqueness:
PAIRS - Four Across/Down words that are identical and in the plural form constitute pairs (Example: TONG: Interconnecting both across and down = A pair of tongs)
Words I hadn't known until now: 0
Trivia I didn't know:
TONGAN - "Friendly Islands native"
Junk Answers:
NONPC - "Potentially offensive"
EOE - "Fair-hiring letters"
EME - "Suffix with morph-"
AIWA - "Onetime giant in consumer electronics"
KAL - "Penn of 'Harold & Kumar' films"
NEUT - "Neither fem. nor masc."
RWY - "Train system: Abbr."
OHOK - "'Well, alright then'"
MAA - "Nanny goat's cry"
TOI - "You, in tours"
Clever clues:
ADORE - "Dig deeply"
MAT - "Silent 'Welcome' giver"
Obscure (i.e., really reaching) words:
IMINAWE - ""Wow, unbelievable!"
SATINON - "Audited, as a class"
IDOIDO - "Enthusiastic assent"
IBEENHAD - "Informal cry from someone who is duped"
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