Editor: Will Shortz
Solving time: 35:22
Puzzle uniqueness: "The Long and Winding Road"
Beatles tribute. Beatles songs in the answers plus certain black squares are utilized as letters which spell out "Drive My Car," another Beatles song.
Words I hadn't known until now:
ORGANIS - "Living thing"
Trivia I didn't know:
RAHAL - "Indy 500 winner Bobby"
Junk Answers:
XER - "Gen ___"
FEH - "'Yuck!'"
LIC - "Bus. need that most lemonade stands don't have"
MTA - "It might help you get to Carnegie Hall, for short"
ENG - "Grade school subj."
ELE - "Spanish letter between ka and eme"
GDS - "Merchandise: Abbr."OTS - "Fifth qtrs."
LTRS - "Contents of some envelopes: Abbr."
TIP - "Cape Horn, for one" (Junk clue, IMO.)
Clever clues:
NRA - "Piece org.?"
HEM - "End of a shift"
TSP - "Kitchen shortening"
Obscure (i.e., really reaching) words:
ORGANIS - (See above)
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