Thursday, May 04, 2017

NYT Crossword 05/04/17 (Thursday)

Cruciverbalist: Loren Muse Smith and Tracy Gray
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 20:02

Puzzle uniqueness:

Four black squares utilized as the word "ICE" to connect words on either side of the squares.

Words I hadn't known until now:

HOLLA - "Shouted casual greeting"
ESSA - "She, in Italian"
CATARACT - "Waterfall"
AIWA - "Audio equipment brand"

Trivia I didn't know:

NEGEV - "Beersheba's region"
OREO - "Jell-O pudding flavor"
LENA - "Russian river to the Arctic Ocean"
LILABNER - "Comics character who was perpetually 19" (Didn't know that was his actual age!)
JOAN - "'Mad Men' femme fatal" (Never seen the show)

Junk Answers:

HOLLA - (See above)
SNO - "___-Caps (Nestle brand)"
YSHAPE - "What a dowsing rod or a slingshot has"

Clever clues: 0

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