NYT Crossword 07/05/17 (Wedneday)

Cruciverbalist: Jake Halperin
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 17:27

Puzzle uniqueness:

Four answer with the same clue: "Travel edition of classic board games?" (Example: FLIGHTRISK)

Words I hadn't known until now: 0

Trivia I didn't know:

AIMEE - "Singer Mann"
OLEG - "____ Burov, K.G.B. officer on 'The Americans'"
ELSA - "Mrs. Albert Einstein"

Junk Answers:

SRI - "Honorific that becomes another honorific if you reverse the last two letters"
UFOS - "Subjects of a Roswell museum"
FAM - "One's nearest and dearest, informally"
CDC - "Atlanta-based health org."
FINI - "Done, in Verdun"
DEF - "It might appear after an entym."
VAR. - "Not the usual spelling: Abbr."
OEUF - "One of a dozen un frigidaire"

Clever clues:

ENS - "Channel 2?" (Two "ens" in the word "channel")

Obscure (i.e., really reaching) words:

ANTISLIP - "Providing a better grip"