Sunday, May 07, 2017

NYT Crossword 05/07/17 (Sunday)

Cruciverbalist: Natan Last, Finn Vigeland and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 24:06

Puzzle uniqueness: "Duality Quality"

Two words in each theme answer that are spelled the same except for the first letter and each word is pronounced differently like the them title. (J.A.S.A. is the Jewish Association Serving the Aging)

Words I hadn't known until now:

LBOS - "Some Wall St. deals" (Leverage Buy Outs)
MOOC - "Acronym for a class taught over the Internet" (Massive Open Online Courses)
GHEE - "Butter in South Asian cuisines"

Trivia I didn't know:

BORN - "Lady Gaga's '____ This Way'"
LUX - "'___ et veritas'"
ANSEL - "Actor Elgort of 'The Fault in Our Stars'"
OTRO - "'Al ____ Lado del Rio' (2004 Oscar-winning song)"
ODES - "____ of Solomon"
ALIX - "'The Adventures of ___' (European comics series)"
IBIS - "Animal avatar of Thoth"
XIAN - "Chinese city known for its terra-cotta warriors"

Junk clues:

LBOS - (See Above)
MOOC - (See above)

Clever clues: 0

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