Editor: Will Shortz
Solving time: 10:33
Puzzle uniqueness:
Answer BRITISHISMS is clue to five phrases which have common British words in them. Example: FLATRATE ("Flat" being an apartment one lives in).
Words I hadn't known until now:
COSEC - "Sine reciprocal, briefly" (Not a math whiz)
Trivia I didn't know:
KAHLO - "Frida who was portrayed in film by Salma Hayek"
Junk Answers:
SSNS - "Taxpayers' IDs"
ACTII - "Follower of the first intermission"
NNW - "90° from ENE"
ILE - "Spot in la mer"
PSST - "Furtive 'Hey, you!'"
ISM - "Suffix with sex"
Clever clues:
COPS - "Beat people?" (Though this is somewhat inappropriate if taken the wrong way)
Obscure (i.e., really reaching) words:
KAHLO - (See above)
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