Friday, April 28, 2017

NYT Crossword 04/28/17 (Friday)

Cruciverbalist: David Steinberg
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 27:51

Puzzle uniqueness: N/A

Words I hadn't known until now:

TIC - "Part of XXX" (Don't have a clue what that means)
SUTRA - "Hindu aphorisms" (Didn't know "sutra" meant this)
FENDI - "Prada competitor"
CAIMAN - "Relative of an alligator"

Trivia I didn't know:

ZAK - "Drummer Starkey"
SEXYANDIKNOWIT - "2012 #1 hit by LMFAO" (I am horrible at current or recent pop culture)
AMARYLLIS - "Producer of red-and-white blooms"
SARTRE - "'The Flies' playwright"

Junk Answers:

BRR - "Sound that might be made while rubbing the arms"
ENTR - "Intermission starter?"
SSN - "Application fig."

Clever clues:

LET - "Court ruling"
PALATE - Oenophile's pride"
CODER - "Bug exterminator?"
HULL - "Bottom of the sea?"

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