Wednesday, May 10, 2017

NYT Crossword 05/10/17 (Wedsneday)

Cruciverbalist: Ned White
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 10:50

Puzzle uniqueness:

BADMINTONNET down the center with "birdie" answers left and right (back and forth) down the puzzle, four answers on top and bottom referencing the game of badminton.

Words I hadn't known until now:

NISI - "Unless, in law"
RISD - "Providence art inst."

Trivia I didn't know:

TIMEINC - "Publisher of People"
UVA - "Sch. founded by Thomas Jefferson"

Junk Answers:

PES - "Foot, in anatomy"
UVA - (See above)
RISD - (See above)
CTA - "'L' train overseer"
ONA - "Lead-in to lark or dare"
OSE - "Suffix for sugars"
LBO - "Certain Wall St. takeover" (This was an unknown to me just a couple of days ago)
REN - "'Footloose' hero ___ McCormack"
ODED - "Took too much, briefly"

Clever clues: 0

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