Cruciverbalist: Alan Arbesfeld
Editor: Will Shortz
Solving time: 14:59
Puzzle uniqueness:
Bumping up adjectives in film titles. Example: SPECIALPEOPLE (From "Ordinary People," 1980)
Words I hadn't known until now: 0
Trivia I didn't know:
ADLAI - "'Madly for _____' (1952 campaign slogan)" (I knew the answer, just never knew the slogan)
IONA - "The Gaels of the N.C.A.A."
ERNO - "Puzzlemaker Rubik" (I never can remember this)
AGEE - "Jon who wrote and illustrated 'Palindromania!'"
NAS - "'Hip Hop Is Dead' rapper"
SEURAT - "Artist who went Dotty?"
Junk answers:
LTDS - "Bygone Fords"
TMAN - "Prohibition enforcer, informally"
TRALA - "Carefree syllables"
INR - "About"
POS - "> 0: Abbr."
Clever clues:
BEAN - "Think piece?"
Obscure (i.e., really reaching) words: 0
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