According To The NYT Crossword Puzzles…

…the most popular cites in America are Ames, Iowa, and Enid, Oklahoma.

(And the two top world capitols are Oslo and Riga.)

…Tito is the most popular Jackson.

…Eva Peron is more significant than her Generalissimo husband.

…anise is the most popular flavoring.

…’var.’ just means misspelled.

… the only class in medical school worth mentioning is anat(omy.)

…there are only two native American tribes – the Utes and the Otoes.

…we have three seabirds – terns, erns and kerns.

…and they live in an aerie. Or an aerey (var.)

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