02.03.15 — Acronyms

Typography Jumble (inverted), dreamstime 

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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Puzzle by Joe Krozel / Edited by Will Shortz

This annoying Tuesday crossword features acronyms with one star (or asterisk) to indicate a missing letter in all of the across clues (and subsequently representing its word in the answer).

Of interest — TEARDROPS (20D. Things “on my guitar” in a 2008 Taylor Swift hit).

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