Editor: Will Shortz
Solving time: DNF
Puzzle uniqueness: "United Kingdom"
Answer ANIMALMAGNETISM signifies phrases in which two animals butting up against each other are within the phrases. Example: INTERNETROUTER contains "erne" and "trout" abutting.
Words I hadn't known until now:
ORRERY - "Solar system model"
ALEA - "'____ iacta est' ('The die is cast")"
SHAMS - "Pillow covers"
Trivia I didn't know:
LEILA - "'Don Juan' girl"
ARA - "Constellation next to Corona Australis"
NINJALOANS - "Low-quality bank offerings whose acronym suggest stealthiness"
PALAU - "Island nation hat was once part of the Spanish East Indies"
KAHLUA - "One-third of a B-52 cocktail" (Don't know the other 2/3s)
REI - "Big seller of outdoor gear"
RIC - "Ocasek of The Cars"
SWAROVSKI - "Crystal jewelry company with a swan in its logo"
DUMAS - "'Lady of the Camellias' author, 1848"
ALEUT - "Fox Islands dweller"
RENEE - "_____ Elise Goldsberry, 37-Across winner for 'Hamilton'"
SEGOS - "Plants with bell-shaped blooms"
Junk Answers:
INAPET - "Peevish" (This should be permanently retired)
TNT - ""TV's NBA on ___"
AROD - "Onetime Yankee nickname"
CAV - "Cleveland athlete, familiarly"
ILO - "U.N. Worker's grp."
DCI - "Early seventh-century year"
TAE - "___ Bo (workout system)"
LBJ - "War on Poverty prez"
TKT - "B'way buy"
REI - (See above)
RIC - (See above)
NRA - "Publisher of the magazine America's 1st Freedom, for short"
Clever clues:
SPARE - Happy event after a split?"
ARCHIVE - "Record collection?"
STRAW - "Little sucker?"
SEED - "One put in bed?"
BATON - "You might pass one in a race"
ELOPE - "Tie up quickly?"
ARIES - First sign of spring"
Obscure (i.e., really reaching) words:
OSMOSE - "Seep through"
OSMOSE - "Seep through"
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