My time: 10:32, five minutes faster than average.
And now, AWAIT no longer — the information that I didn't know about beforehand! There honestly wasn't much.
The only character with the same name in "Rent" and "La Bohème"? MIMI. That's MIMI Marquez the junkie and stripper in "Rent," and just plain MIMI, the seamstress, in "La Bohème." The seamstress falls for Rodolfo, a poet; the stripper falls for Roger, a poet.
"Cost-of-living fig." is CPI, or Consumer Price Index, a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services.
I didn't know that Lizzo's birth name is Melissa Viviane Jefferson, but the AKA part was easy to guess.
German river the EDER is a 110-mile long river that begins in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia and passes in to Hesse, where it confluences with the River Fulda. None of that means anything to me. Not to be confused with the Eger River, properly called the Ohře.
"Pieces of pomegranate" is ARILS. An aril is a covering of seeds, especially a brightly-colored fleshy envelope, as in the case of the pomegranate.
"Omaha relative" is OTOE. I am familiar with the latter but didn't know that the Omaha was a tribe.
Japanese beer brand ASAHI showed up on September 29, 2017.
Clever clues: I figured out "what's before after, at the end?" right away (as in EVER after), but it's a fun wording. "Batting equipment?" is FAKE EYELASHES. I really thought "tree toppers" would end in stars but it's ANCESTORS.
These was a Fun Friday! The clues were mostly amusingly sly (like "B+ or A-" for BLOOD TYPE), and the fill boasts some little seen stuff like STAR POWER, FREE SHIPPING, LEATHER SEATING, and PINSTRIPE SUIT. I believe that these long entries are more easily guessed with a little fill than short ones, and make the solve easier.
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