Wednesday, April 26, 2017

NYT Crossword 04/26/17 (Wednesday)

Cruciverbalist: Trenton Charlson
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 11:04

Puzzle uniqueness:

"XX" anwers with "DOSEQUIS" being the hint (Dos Equis is a Spanish beer meaning two X's)

Words I hadn't known until now:

AGGRO - "Hostility, in British slang"
AMARNA - "Cuneiform discovery site"
NOHO - "Manhattan neighborhood next to the East Village" (Another New York answer? WTF?)

Trivia I didn't know:

FRESNO - "California city, whose name is Spanish for 'ash tree'"

Junk Answers:

AGGRO - (See above)
ORU - "Sch. in Tulsa"

Clever clues:

YESSIR - "General reply?"

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