Saturday, June 17, 2017

NYT Crossword 06/17/17 (Saturday)

Cruciverbalist: Ryan McCarty
Editor: Will Smith

Solving time: DNF (Too many answers I'd never heard of crossing each other)

Puzzle uniqueness: 0

Words I hadn't known until now:

TILERS- "Ones putting down quadrels" (I've never heard of "quadrels")
SEMIBREVE - "Whole note, to a Brit"
OTARU - "Port on Ishikari Bay" (I had "Osaka" for the longest time, really hung me up)
SCHUYLERSISTERS - "Sibling trio in 'Hamilton'" (Haven't seen it yet)
QUINTE - "Fifth of eight parrying positions in fencing"
PASTIS - "French anise-flavored liqueur"
SUM - "Kakuro calculation" (I've never heard of "Kakuro")
TETRAHEDRA - "Some pyramids, though not the ones at Giza"

Trivia I didn't know:

ANTOINE - "Fats Domino's real first name"
IRAN - "Shiraz setting"
EDERLE - "Channel swimmer Gertrude"
HOMO - "____ floresiensis (extinct 'hobbit')"
DANES - "Builders of the original Legoland"
SILVERARROW - "Early Mercedes-Benz racing car"

Junk Answers:

DRS - "Practice composition: Abbr.?"
IQS - "They're high at M.I.T. and Stanford"
ENE - "Memphis-to-Nashville dir."

Clever clues:

PESTLE - "Meal maker?"
DRS - (See above)

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

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