Thursday, May 25, 2017

NYT Crossword 05/25/17 (Thursday)

Cruciverbalist: Erik Agard
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 14:04

Puzzle uniqueness:

ILLGOFIRST: Second word of phrase puts "I" within word in the front of the word to make a silly phrase (Example: FRENCHIGUANA)

Words I hadn't known until now:

FANART - "Some derivative drawings"

Trivia I didn't know:

EURO - "Symbol gotten by typing Ctrl+Alt+E, in Microsoft Word"
MCA - "___ Nashville (major country label)"

Junk Answers:

SPF - "Letters on a bottle at the beach"
MDI - "Year that Michelangelo started 'David'"
FWD - "Start of many a chain mail"
ENDO - "Prefix meaning 'internal'"
RCA - "Record label for Usher, Pitbull and Pink"
MLB - "Org. with Card Games"
PAS - "Faux ___"

Clever clues: 0

Obscure (i.e., really reaching) words: 0

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