Sunday, May 28, 2017

NYT Crossword 05/28/17 (Sunday)

Cruciverbalist: Andrew Zhou
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 27:13

Puzzle uniqueness: "Bad Taste"

ARECIPRFORDISASTER gotten to via "Stir," Mix," Beat," Pour," "Cut" and Serve" downbeat phrases. (Example: BEATADEADHORSE)

Words I hadn't known until now:

BONOBO - "Chimpanzee variety"

Trivia I didn't know:

COSECANT - "Reciprocal in trigonometry"
ALTA - "Resort in the Wasatch Mountains"
URBANII - "Pope who initiated the First Crusade"

Junk Answers:

CTS - "Numbers after a decimal point: Abbr."
XTRA -  'More, in ads"
WOP -  "Doo-___"
SIMS - "Family in a computer game"
DIDO -  'Character with the aria 'When I am laid in earth'"
ISAW  - "'Vidi'"
PSAS - "Ad Council output, for short"
DLIST - "Like minor celebrities"
RAES - "Pulitzer winner Armantrout and others"

Clever clues:

VANE - "Pointer for a weather person?"
SIR - "One who's been tapped on the shoulder"
UMPED - "Made some calls"

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

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