NYT Crossword 04/15/17 (Saturday)

Cruciverbalist: Peter Wentz

Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 29:15

Words I hadn’t known until now: 0

Trivia I didn’t know:

• JAGR – “Hockey legend Jaromir”
• STPETER – “Metaphorical rock of Matthew 16:18
• ATEMPO – “Getting back to speed, musically”
• GRE – “Inits. on a master’s application”
• IAN - “Swimmer Thorpe with five Olympic gold medals”
• ESAISON – “1988 N.F.L. M.V.P. from the Cincinnati Bengals
• FAT – “Epithet for Louis VI, with ‘the’”

Junk answers:

• THORO – “Sweeping, for short”
• ATAD – “Slightly”
• YAYME – ”Man, I did good!”

Clever clues:

• THEJONESES – “Object of envious comparison”
• SPUD – “Chips, initially”
• PONYTAIL – “Women’s World Cup sight”
• DOTEDU – “School closing?”