Editor: Will Shortz
Solving time: 52:19
Puzzle uniqueness: "Cropped"
A rebus puzzle: Putting two or more letters in a single square. The clue is the answer VEGETABLESHORTENING. Six vegetables in which their letters are in squares by two thus shortening the number of squares used for the vegetables. (Example: COSMOKRAMER, where OK and RA are in two adjoining squares instead of the normal four.
Words I hadn't known until now:
SYMPTOMATOLOGY - "MCAT subject"
ISOPRENE - "Petroleum byproduct used to make synthetic rubber"
Trivia I didn't know:
ILYA - "Three-time N.H.L. All-Star Kovalchuk"
NALA - "Lion in 'The Lion King'"
HAAS - "Tennis great Tommy"
TREKKIE - "Many a character on 'The Big Bang Theory'" (Never seen the show)
LOON - "Minnesota's state bird"
OSAKA - "Where Sanyo and Panasonic are headquartered"
RENE - "Former Haitian president Preval"
BRANDON - "Brenda's twin on 'Beverly Hills 90210'" (Never seen the show)
ACHT - "German digit"
CRETE - "Island south of the Cyclades"
ELK - "Animal on Michigan's flag"
Junk Answers:
SRS - "Yearbook sect."
PCS - "Some notebooks, in brief"
TSA - "Gatekeeping org.?"
STS - "GPS display: Abbr."
ALC - "Vodka or gin: Abbr."
BIO - "Science class, informally"
ACHT - (See above)
Clever clues:
TERM - "Life is bad one"
IDO - "Personal commitment?"
Obscure (i.e., really reaching) words:
SYMPTOMATOLOGY - (See above)
ISOPRENE - (See above)
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