Monday, May 29, 2017

NYT Crossword 05/29/17 (Monday)

Cruciverbalist: Jeff Chen and Seth Geltman
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 8:41

Puzzle uniqueness:

PRIMETIME - Four answers in which the second words are various time frames in descending order (Age, year, day and hour).

Words I hadn't known until now:

BEDHEAD - "Tousled look of the recently woken" (Huh?)

Trivia I didn't know:

BARAK - "Former Israeli P.M. Ehud"

Junk Answers:

HED - "If only ___ listened"
AVG - "Dow Jones stat."
SPEX - "X-ray ___ (Gag gift)"
DITS - "Counterparts of dahs in Morse code"
PRE - "___-K (early schooling)"
PCS - "Mac alternatives"

Clever clues: 0

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

SPEX - (See above)
BEDHEAD - (See above)

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