Editor: Will Shortz
Solving time: 11:36
Puzzle uniqueness:
Answer BELTLOOP clue to three answers which have types of belts within the answers and also wrap the puzzle from east to west. (Example: WOOLYMAMMOTHS has "Ammo" in the answer (ammo belt) and "MOTHS' is on the west side of the puzzle, the bulk of the answer on the east side.)
Words I hadn't known until now: 0
Trivia I didn't know:
KRISHNA - "Deity often depicted with blue skin"
LIBYA - "Modern home of ancient Tripolitania"
JACOB - "Patriarch with 12 sons"
Junk answers:
AKA - "Otherwise called"
ASKNO - "_____ quarter (refuse mercy)"
ETS - "Figures in the 2016 film 'Arrival,' for short"
CCS - "Also keeps in the know, in a way"
TLC - "'Cake Boss' channel"
STIGMA - "Tough to remove stain"
OMERTA - "Code broken by rats"
LODE - "Lucky strike?"
LIEGE - "One working for the lord"
ART - "Works in a salon"
SOD - "What might make up for lost ground?"
DUEL - "Drawing contest?"
VINYL - "Like records that are easily broken?"
MOOED - "Made field calls?"
Obscure (i.e., really reaching) words:
SKYY - "Grey Goose competitor"
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