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worldofcrosswords:
Plus, since this is the LA Times, one would expect more than the usual number of entertainment related entries...

Marya

magus:
Actually as a woodworker I make ogee moldings with a router and, of all things, an ogee bit!

I agree with you about obscurity.  J.J. Abrams as you have shown is not obscure in the sense that it should not be in a Xword puzzle.   I'm certain I don't know a quarter of the names in Who's Who or a tenth of places in a gazetteer.  So it's all grist for the mill.  (And, as in the case of Eloi, crossword jargon has popularized the  "obscure" by frequent use in puzzles.)  Of course, just what is obscure tends to be subjective, as with ogee.

My Who Knew? section is about my nescience, not whether an entry is too obscure for use.  (Philosophically, nescience is lack of knowledge one would not be expected to have; ignorance is lack of knowledge one should have.)

worldofcrosswords:
I didn't know the word nescience, thanks!

Marya

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