Tuesday, May 09, 2017

NYT Crossword 05/09/17 (Tuesday)

Cruciverbalist: Peter A. Collins
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 12:05

Puzzle uniqueness:

Six three-word rhyming phrases with "a" in the middle (Sneak a peak, etc.).

Words I hadn't known until now:

HARRIS - "______ tweed"

Trivia I didn't know:

OCALA - "City between Gainesville and Orlando"
TESH - "Radio host John" (Didn't know he had a radio show)
AEROS - "Nestle bars filled with tiny bubbles" (Huh?)
ETA - "Letter between zeta and theta" (Have no idea the progression of the Greek alphabet)

Junk Answers:

ISU - ""Terra Haute sch."
NHS - "Org. for top-notch H.S. students"
SSTAR - "Relatively cool red giant"
SYST - "The second "S" of MS-DOS: Abbr." (Microsoft - Disk Operating System)

Clever clues: 0

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