Editor: Will Shortz
Solving time: 11:35 (Personal best for a Friday)
Puzzle uniqueness: 0
Words I hadn't known until now: 0
Trivia I didn't know:
DAMASK - "Reversible fabric"
GERANIUM - "Flower with five petals"
LEN - "___ Lesser, player of Uncle Leo on 'Seinfeld'"
TORTONI - "Ice cream treat"
OYL - "Castor ___ of old comics" (Though pretty intuitive)
SON - "Grand Duke vis-à-vis a czar" (How 'bout that!)
EULER - "18th century pioneer in graph theory"
MOSUL - "Major city on the Tigris"
TENOR - "Wagner's Siegfried, for one" (Now I feel better!)
Junk Answers:
ADT - "Big name in home security systems"
COR - "Heart: Lat."
CRUS - "French vineyards"
GOP - "Letters leaning to the right?"
OYL - (See above)
RIS - "'___ for Rocket' (2004 best seller)"
Clever clues:
TIE - "Evening result?"
RUNS - "Heads up"
TIPS - "Things worth waiting for?"
BARTAB - "A screwdriver might be added to it"
TACH - "Dash part"
SIPS - "Opposite of downs"
Obscure (i.e., really reaching) words:
DAMASK (See above)
DAMASK (See above)
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