Wednesday, November 01, 2017

NYT Crossword 10/31/17 (Tue.)

Cruciverbalist: Alex Eaton-Salners
Edited by: Will Shortz

Solving time: 08:48

Puzzle uniqueness: 

Tribute to the 500th anniversary of the "Ninety-Five Theses" written by MARTIN LUTHER (Which are both in the puzzle at the top and bottom).

Words I hadn't known until now: 0

Trivia I didn't know:

ALLSAINTSCHURCH - "Building where the 'Ninety-Five Theses' were posted"
INDULGENCES - "Practice condemned in the 'Ninety -Five Theses'"
WITTENBERG - "City where the 'Ninety-Five Theses' were written"
JLO - "Self-titled #1 pop album of 2001"
NHU - "Madame ___ of 1960s Vietnam"

Junk Answers: 

AER - "___ Lingus"
TKOS - "Boxing stats"
SCAD - "Whole bunch"
ESME - "J. D. Salinger title character"
AHISEE - "'It's all clear to me now'"
JLO - (See above)
BLT - "Three-layer sandwich, for short"
IDIG - "'That's cool with me!'"
NHU - "(See above)

Clever clues: 

TETE - "French bean?"
ATE - "Cleaned the dishes?"
CEREAL - "Post production?"

Obscure (i.e., really reaching) words: 0

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