Wednesday, June 21, 2017

NYT Crossword 06/21/17 (Wednesday)

Cruciverbalist: Bruce Haight
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 10:08

Puzzle uniqueness:

BUTTERFLY is the center answer which has to be appended to the four corner answers "to make sense." (Example: SOCIAL)

Words I hadn't known until now:

IBOS - "Some native Nigerians"

Trivia I didn't know:

GREG - "Eldest of the Brady Boys" (Never seen it)

Junk Answers:

ITGUY - "PC problem solver"
CDS - "Wares on a band's merch table"
IBOS - (See above)
MBAS - "Degrees for C.F.O.s"
UHS - "Sounds of hesitation"
SIMI - "____ Valley (Reagan Library locale)
CDT - "OK summer hrs."

Clever clues:

TOYS - "Pole workers' creations"

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

IHAVEIT - "'Here's the solution!'" (I think "I've got it" is more common)
ATONEGO - "In a single attempt"
ENDWAYS - "Lengthwise"

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