Sunday, May 21, 2017

NYT Crossword 05/21/17 (Sunday)

Cruciverbalist: Randolph Ross
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 47:16

Puzzle uniqueness: "Misquoting Scripture"

Making puns out of famous scripture lines (Example: "ANAYEFORANAYE"

Words I hadn't known until now: 0

Trivia I didn't know:

STE - "___-Foy, Que."
HOAD - "Two-time Wimbledon winner Lew"
NYACK - "New York town on the Hudson"
ASE - "'Peer Gynt' character"
THETA - "Symbol in trigonometry"
VOGEL - "Political writer Kenneth"
NIN - "'Children of the Albatross' author"
YVETTE - "Mrs. Michael Jordan"

Junk Answers: Many...here are a few

STK - "Purchase via Charles Schwab: Abbr."
TRA - "Part of a chorus line?"
LII - "Number of weeks per annum?"
NFLER - "Buc or Bronco"
LDL - "Blood work report abbr."
ILIE -"Would ____?"
ADDA - "Start of many recipe steps"
ESL - "Night school subj." (English as a Second Language)
FGS - "OT enders, sometimes"

Clever clues:

ADSALE - "Commercial success?"
ERODING - "Losing ground?"
AVIATOR - "Skilled banker?"

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

SAFARIED - "Went on an African hunting expedition"
KEYOFE - "Setting for spring in Vivaldi's 'The Four Seasons'"
SOFTA - "Vowel sound in 'hard' and 'start'"
NYACK - (See above)
UNU - "Burma's first P.M."

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