Editor: Will Shortz
Solving time: 24:38
Puzzle uniqueness:
Last word of phrase is backwards so the final word of the phrase is "back." Example: Clue is "Words of retraction," and the answer is ITAKETAHT. Ergo, "I take that (back)."
Words I hadn't known until now:
SYRAH - "Variety of dark-skinned grape"
Trivia I didn't know:
INGRAM - "James or Luther of R&B"
CICERO - "Orator who declared 'Laws are silent in times of war'"
DUMAS - "'The Black Tulip' author"
IONA - "Hebrides isle"
RIVOLI - "Battle of ______ (1979 Napoleon victory)"
KENNYG - "Musician with the 1987 instrumental hit 'Songbird'"
MORDECAI - "He adopted Esther in the Book of Esther"
Junk answers:
PSY - "Liberal arts dept. (Liberal arts?)
UBS - "Credit Suisse rival"
YSL - "Fashion inits."
NIA - "Long in Hollywood"
NOL - "Cambodia's Lon ___"
UTA - "Actress Hagen"
OER - "Poetic contraction"
Clever clues:
AORTA - "Powerful bloodline?"
SOLARCAR - "Vehicle that gets cell service?"
Obscure (i.e., really reaching) words: 0
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