Saturday, May 20, 2017

NYT Crossword 05/20/17 (Saturday)

Cruciverbalist: Paolo Pasco and David Steinberg
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 31:45

Puzzle uniqueness: 0

Words I hadn't known until now:

DAB - "Celebratory move popularized by Cam Newton"
SAZERAC - "New Orleans cocktail"
CAD - "Player, perhaps"
FACESWAP - "Snapchat feature that alters one's features"

Trivia I didn't know:

RYE - "Marble ___"
AZIZ - "Actor Ansari"
BAHIA - "Brazil's fourth-largest state by population"
SULU - "The Philippines' ___ Archipelago"
ALICEWALKER - "'Meridian' and 'The Temple of My Familiar' novelist"
SOREL - "Political cartoonist Edward"
STOWE - "Ski town near Mount Mansfield"
RATBERT - "Gullible rodent in a Scott Adams comic"

Junk Answers:

VJS - "Onetime MTV figures"
ERG - "Bit of work"
ILS - "French pronoun"

Clever clues:

ZONEDEFENSE - "Regional coverage plan?"
CSHARP - "Optometrist's favorite musical note?"
COOP - "Place to pick up chicks"
DUSTMOP - "Bunny picker-upper?"
IVORIES - "They can't stay quiet when tickled"
JOYRIDE - "Driving the wrong way?"
AIRACES - "Some shooting stars"

Obscure (i.e., really reaching) words:

Bahia - (See above)

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