This Everyman was harder for me than the run of the mill. Me or the puzzle? Not sure why: no “dictionary words” per se. Only one reference that I needed to look up (GRIMALDI). Perhaps I was preoccupied. Upon rereading, I think it was due to the somewhat uncharacteristic number of weak surfaces. BAD showed up in two answers (1A, 4D) with the same meaning, which was kind of surprising.

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