Friday, November 17, 2017

NYT Crossword 11/17/17 (Fri.)

Cruciverbalist: Zhouqin Burnikel
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: DNF

Puzzle uniqueness: 0

Words I hadn't known until now: 

DUVET - "Replacement for a top sheet and blanket"

Trivia I didn't know:

CITIBIKES - "Wheel for rent in the Big Apple"
SKOR - "Hershey bar brand"
IMAN - "Model with the Global Chic fashion line"
TRIBECA - "New York Law School's neighborhood"
TOKYODOME - "Home stadium of Japan's Yomiuri Giants"
TINO - "Former Yankee Martinez"
LOWELL - "Pulitzer-winning poet of 1947 and 1974" (Never heard of him)

Junk Answers:

SKOR - (See above)
PRU - "Aetna rival, informally"
LAT - "Many legal terms are in it: Abbr."
ISOK - "Emerges unscathed"

Clever clues:

SHOED - "Had a stable job?"
FELON - "Cooler person?"
CADS - "Bad catches?" (Too clever by half, IMO)

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

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