Editor: Will Shortz
Solving time: 6:31
Puzzle uniqueness:
Circled O's underneath car answers representing tires.
Odd abutments of down answers EFFIGY, NOOSE and TROPE.
Words I hadn't known until now:
CANIO - "Tragic clown in 'Pagliacci'" (Odd answer for a Monday puzzle)
Trivia I didn't know:
CANIO - (See above)
AIDA - "Elton John/Tim Rice Broadway musical"
Junk Answers:
ESS - "Letter after 'ar'"
CII - "102, in ancient Rome"
EEC - "Common Market letters"
UPI - "Longtime news inits."
ELO - ""'Xanadu' band, for short"
TSK - "'Shame on you!"
Clever clues: 0
Obscure (i.e., really reaching) words:
CANIO - (See above)
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