Editor: Will Shortz
Solving time: DNF
Puzzle uniqueness:
Second Thursday in a row a DNF. I've said in the past that I hate trick crosswords. I just want to solve basic words and clues. This one is a bit complicated to explain so I won't. Suffice it to say that by not being able to figure out the gimmick, there were two squares that I couldn't grok.
Words I hadn't known until now:
ADELIE - "Penguin species" (In a Thursday puzzle!)
SATORI - "Zen enlightenment"
QRBOXES - "Scannable black-and-white boxes"
Trivia I didn't know:
EVAN - "Actor Peters of 'American Horror Story'"
OBOE - "Letter before Peter in the Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet" (I was in the Navy and it was "Oscar," then "Papa.")
ENOCH - "Methuselah's father"
SLOAN - "Penn : Wharton :: M.I.T. : _____"
Junk Answers:
AGTS - "Hollywood V.I.P.s: Abbr."
TIC - "Little jerk"
PAWAT - "Handle roughly"
ATMS - "Security cam sites"
ESTD - "Abbr. before a year"
Clever clues:
TOYOTA - "Sequoia, e.g."
CAPITALQ - "MapQuest feature"
ETCHER - "Impressionist artist?"
FAST - "Word before food, paradoxically?"
Obscure (i.e., really reaching) words:
ADELIA - (See above)
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