Editor: Will Shortz
Solving time: 17:50
Puzzle uniqueness:
Three answers using famous names in lieu of actual words of the five W's. (Example: WATTSTHEPROBLEM)
Words I hadn't known until now: 0
Trivia I didn't know:
BERTIE - "Edward VII, familiarly" (AYFKM?)
ALBANIA - "Nation whose flag has a black eagle on a solid red background" (Wow!)
ONO - "Middle name of Sean Lennon" (Duh!)
OLEOOIL - "Extract of beef fat" (Really stupid!)
ISAAC - "Shorthand system inventor Pitman"
TIS - "Sequel to 'Angela's Ashes'"
EHLE - "Jennifer of 'Pride and Prejudice,' 1995"
Junk answers:
EXEDOUT - "Edited, in way"
OSU - "Big Ten powerhouse, for short"
AMS - "Half-days, for short"
OLEOOIL - (See above)
REWARM - "Nuke, maybe" (Come on! It's "reheat"!)
EDT - "Setting for an O's game"
COSA - "Mexican thing"
CANTOO - "Response to a discouraging comment"
CUTTO - "Screenplay directive"
EHLE - (See above)
ILONA - "Massey of old movies" (I actually knew this one, being an old movie buff!)
OPIATES - "Real downers"
TREE - "Genealogist's work"
TRYST - "Cheating meeting?"
AMI - "Brest friend"
PUGNOSE - "What's turned up on someone's face?"
EMU - "It'll never get off the ground"
TUB - "It may have a ring to it"
ACE - "Big heart?"
TEETIMES - "Driving schedule?"
TSETSE - "Fly over the Equator"
Obscure (i.e., really reaching) words:
EXEDOUT - (See above)
BERTIE - (See above)
REWARM - (See above)
EGGY - "Like custard"
LOBAR - "Lung-related"
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