XOXOXOXO
Titania,1897 -- Frederick Howard Michael
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Puzzle by Brendan Emmett Quigley, edited by Will Shortz
This Friday crossword features non-words and/or multiple consonants -- XOXOXOXO; XIII; XAMOUNT; TSTRAP; TVCAMERA; ETSEQ, along with a good dose of double-wording -- CRATEUP; FITIN; KEPTIN; NEXTUP; ONEINTEN; ONEUP; SAIDIDO; SETOFFS.
Links: BALOO (30D. “The Jungle Book” bear); why is TITANIA (62A. Uranus’s largest moon) no longer clued via Shakespeare? DREAM (33A. It’s unreal); MAUNAKEA (39D. Literally, “white mountain”); PARAMUS (55A. New Jersey shopping mall); JOUSTS (44D. Old tournament events); HORUS(9D. Falcon-headed god).
FINITO (46D. Done, slangily).
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