Editor: Will Shortz
Solving time: 38:56
Puzzle uniqueness: "Size Matters"
Adding the sound "Sy" to a familiar phrase. Example: STATICCYCLING
Words I hadn't known until now:
ONEONTA - "City with one of the SUNY schools"
YLEM - "Primordial universe matter"
AVOIR - "French 101 verb"
LADOGA - "Europe's largest lake"
GAI - "War su ___ (boneless chicken dish)"
SAMOSA - "Indian appetizer"
CELIAC - "Relating to the abdominal cavity"
Trivia I didn't know:
JULIA - "Comic Sweeney"
SKYTEL - "Wireless data and messaging company"
WESSEX - "Prince Edward's earldom"
ESTES - "Photorealist painter Richard"
IRENE - "Chemistry Nobelist Joliot-Curie"
JAYZ - "Rapper with the music streaming service Tidal"
IDYLIST - "Pastoral poet" (And I thought it would have two "L's")
Junk Answers:
YOO - "'___-hoo!'"
MMES - "Little women: Abbr."
GAI - (See above)
IMA - "''___ a little confused'"
UIE - "It may be pulled after a wrong turn"
ACH - "German lament"
OKD - "Green-lit"
III - "Due east on an old clock dial"
ORS - "Surgical locales"
STA - "Greyhound stop: Abbr."
INST - "Think tank, e.g.: Abbr."
NON - "Smoking or ___"
AME - "Black church inits."
ALAI - "Jai ____"
MAI - "French month"
Clever clues:
BAREXAMS - "Pre-practice tests?"
WINO - "Lush's favorite radio station?"
METHLABS - "Workplaces with a need for speed?"
Obscure (i.e., really reaching) words:
YLEM - (See above)
CELIAC - (See above)
UNCASE - "Take out, as wine bottles"
IDYLIST - (See above)
NAYSAYS - "Denies"
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