Editor: Will Shortz
Solving time: DNF
Puzzle uniqueness: 0
Words I hadn't known until now:
GIGECONOMY - "Labor market short on long-term work"
BIGA - "N.Y.C. racetrack, informally" (Have no idea what this represents, grew up in the southwest)
SHIM - "Level" (I know a shim levels, but didn't know these were synonymous)
Trivia I didn't know:
SCOTT - "White Cloud competitor"
LINA - "Chinese tennis star who has won both the French and Australian Opens"
PRATT - "Brooklyn art institute"
AILEY - "The _____ School (Manhattan dance institution)"
ARMANI - "Fendi rival" (Never heard of Fendi)
RONNY - "'The Daily Show' correspondent Chieng"
Junk Answers:
BSS - "Some undergrad degs."
ISH - "'Sorta'"
PRE - "Nova Scotia's Grand ___ National Historic Site"
TVPG - "'Modern Family' rating"
EXEC - "C.F.O., e.g."
ODON - "Go crazy with, in a way"
XOXO - "Love letters"
DCAREA - "The N.I.H. is based in it"
ISSO - "Playground rejoinder"
Clever clues:
VERB - "What fish or chicken can be, but not turkey"
Obscure (i.e., really reaching) words:
PERESTROIKA - "Historic 'restructuring'"
PERESTROIKA - "Historic 'restructuring'"
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