Thursday, May 11, 2017

NYT Crossword 05/11/17 (Thursday)

Cruciverbalist: Timothy Polin
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 19:32

Puzzle uniqueness:

Three answers that are phonetic commands to another three answers. Example: VEGETABLEGARDEN; HOMEY

Words I hadn't known until now: 0

Trivia I didn't know:

NAOMI - "Biblical wife of Elimelech" (WHO????)
SONYA  "Raskolnikov's lover in 'Crime and Punishment'"

Junk Answers:

ICK - "That tastes awful!"

Clever clues:

SCAM - "Rook or gull"
AXEL - "Spin out on the ice?"
PAR - "Something to shoot for"
CAMEO - "It might be just a line or two"
ROSS - "Sewer of note"
ALPHA - "Leading man?"
ESTATETAX - "Dead reckoning?"

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