Editor: Will Shortz
Solving time: 24:18 (Southwest corner gave me fits)
Puzzle uniqueness:
Two answers, CORNER and OFFICE, are clues to the fact the each corner of the puzzle is a rebus (More than one letter in a square) with a word that precedes OFFICE. Example: 1-across BOXCAR with the clue "Transporter with sliding doors" across and 1-down BOXSEATS with the clue "Luxuries for theatergoers." Hence, "box office."
Words I hadn't known until now:
YAKITORI - "Japanese style of chicken"
Trivia I didn't know:
MAMIE - "First lady with a popular recipe for 'million -dollar fudge'" (Eisenhower)
BRANDI - "Soccer star Chastain with two Olympic gold medals"
DIANE - "Rehm of public radio"
FUNHOME - "Alison Bechdel memoir made into a hit 2015 Broadway musical"
ALONSO - "King in 'The Tempest'"
NAS - "Rapper who famously feuded with Jay-Z"
Junk answers:
IMET - "'How ____ Your Mother'"
INC - "Business add-on?"
REN - "Kylo ___ of 'The Force Awakens'"
NAS - (See above)
NCO - "Base fig."
ENO - "'Music for Airports' composer"
GASOVEN - "Pilot's surroundings"
FDAAPPROVAL - "Need for drugs" (One of the corner rebuses, OVAL)
Obscure (i.e., really reaching) words:
MAMIE - (See above)
NONET - "Odd group of musician's?"
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