Thursday, June 15, 2017

NYT Crossword 06/15/17 (Thursday)

Cruciverbalist: Richard F. Mausser
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 11:15 (New record for a Thursday)

Puzzle uniqueness:

Tribute to 50th anniversary of THEDIRTYDOZEN movie release by having twelve one-word answers which require the word "dirty" to complete the phrase. (Example: HARRY - as in "Dirty Harry")

Words I hadn't known until now:

SZELL - "Former Cleveland Orchestra conductor George"

Trivia I didn't know:

SZELL - (See above)

Junk Answers:

RIRE - "To laugh, in Lyon"
STRO - "Minute Maid Park player, for short"
OPP - "Versus: Abbr."
HEHE - "Giggle" (Usually "Heehee")
RRS - "B&O and others,: Abbr."

Clever clues: 0

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

SZELL - (See above)
RIRE - (See above)

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