My time: 5:59, just 42 seconds slower than my record!
Theme: PAPER TRAIL. Each of the grey themed answers are clued as if they were preceded by the word paper. So, for example, "kitchen item on a roll" is [paper] TOWEL. "Minor injury for an office clerk" is [paper] CUT. And so on.
Thing to learn today: the number printed on a yarn skein's label is the DYE LOT, an important consideration when crocheting.
Three songs, all starting with the same word: "ONLY Sixteen" was a 1959 hit by Sam Cooke. "ONLY Time" is a 2000 song by Enya. "ONLY You" is the title of lots of songs, but the 1955 Platters song is the best.
This one's new to me: MEZE, also spelled mezze or mazza, is a selection of small dishes served as appetizers in parts of the Middle East, the Balkans, Greece, and North Africa.
We've had the rial a few times, but today it's the RIEL, currency of Cambodia since 1953. The dollar is also in wide use there. Currently, one Cambodian riel equals 0.00024 United States Dollar.
"University of New Mexico mascot" LOBO last showed up on May 18, 2018. Maybe one day I'll remember.
Clever clue: "Tongue ties?" is LACES.
This was pretty easy for a Wednesday. The theme wasn't tricky, and there were a lot of very straightforward definition clues, like "focal point of an earthquake" for EPICENTER. So it went quickly. I might have broken my record if I hadn't put *OAT instead of NUT for "granola bit" and stuck with it. Of course, I'M NOT complaining.
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