Editor: Will Shortz
Solving time: 27:13
Puzzle uniqueness: "Bad Taste"
ARECIPRFORDISASTER gotten to via "Stir," Mix," Beat," Pour," "Cut" and Serve" downbeat phrases. (Example: BEATADEADHORSE)
Words I hadn't known until now:
BONOBO - "Chimpanzee variety"
Trivia I didn't know:
COSECANT - "Reciprocal in trigonometry"
ALTA - "Resort in the Wasatch Mountains"
URBANII - "Pope who initiated the First Crusade"
Junk Answers:
CTS - "Numbers after a decimal point: Abbr."
XTRA - 'More, in ads"
WOP - "Doo-___"
SIMS - "Family in a computer game"
DIDO - 'Character with the aria 'When I am laid in earth'"
ISAW - "'Vidi'"
PSAS - "Ad Council output, for short"
DLIST - "Like minor celebrities"
RAES - "Pulitzer winner Armantrout and others"
Clever clues:
VANE - "Pointer for a weather person?"
SIR - "One who's been tapped on the shoulder"
UMPED - "Made some calls"
Obscure (i.e., really reaching) words: 0
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