Tuesday, May 23, 2017

NYT Crossword 05/23/17 (Tuesday)

Cruciverbalist: Zhouqin Burnikel
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 12:58

Puzzle uniqueness:

PAIRS - Four Across/Down words that are identical and in the plural form constitute pairs (Example: TONG: Interconnecting both across and down = A pair of tongs)

Words I hadn't known until now: 0

Trivia I didn't know:

TONGAN - "Friendly Islands native"

Junk Answers:

NONPC - "Potentially offensive"
EOE - "Fair-hiring letters"
EME - "Suffix with morph-"
AIWA - "Onetime giant in consumer electronics"
KAL - "Penn of 'Harold & Kumar' films"
NEUT - "Neither fem. nor masc."
RWY - "Train system: Abbr."
OHOK - "'Well, alright then'"
MAA - "Nanny goat's cry"
TOI - "You, in tours"

Clever clues:

ADORE - "Dig deeply"
MAT - "Silent 'Welcome' giver"

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

IMINAWE - ""Wow, unbelievable!"
SATINON - "Audited, as a class"
IDOIDO - "Enthusiastic assent"
IBEENHAD - "Informal cry from someone who is duped"

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