Editor: Will Shortz
Solving time: 16:50
Puzzle uniqueness:
Verb modified by a body part in this format: _____ (Body part) to (body part) (Example: SMILE EAR TO EAR)
Words I hadn't known until now:
EILAT- "Israeli resort city"
TIDAL - "Like some colossal bores" (Never heard of a tidal bore)
Trivia I didn't know:
SHOGI - "Japanese chess"
OBADIAH - "Book of the Bible after Amos"
OWEN - "John Irving's 'A Prayer for ____ Meany'"
Junk Answers:
NAE - "Typical Scottish Brexit vote"
SYD - "Children's author Hoff"
Clever clues:
HAZES- "Initiates badly?"
SIGH - "Heaved 'ho'?"
Obscure (i.e., really reaching) words:
OUTDOORSY - "Fond of hiking, camping, etc."
EILAT - (See Above)
OBADIAH - (See above)
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