Editor: Will Shortz
Solving time: 12:13
Puzzle uniqueness:
Stairs answers with black squares resembling escalator
Words I hadn't known until now:
CHALLAH - "Braided Jewish bread"
STAIRCASEWIT - "Cleverness thought of too late to use"
SCRY - "Foretell the future by using a crystal ball"
Trivia I didn't know:
TNN - "Former initials for Spike TV"
TURIN - "City NW of Genoa"
Junk Answers:
TNN - (See above)
ECO - "Prefix with tourism"
BTW - "'As an aside...,' in a text"
ATTA - "Lead-in to boy or girl"
Clever clues:
BANK - "Place to find a pen and teller"
ICECUBETRAYS - "Freeze frame?"
DEW - "Overnight delivery?"
Obscure (i.e., really reaching) words:
TRICORN - "Colonial-era headgear"
REUNES - "Gets back together, as a class"
ASYLA - "Shelters"
ANTEHALL - "Entrance room where guests wait"
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