Friday, June 23, 2017

NYT Crossword 06/23/17 (Friday)

Cruciverbalists: James Mulhern and Ashton Anderson
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 30:16

Puzzle uniqueness: 0

Words I hadn't known until now:

PEPITA - "Edible seed of a pumpkin or squash"

Trivia I didn't know:

APO - "Part of an embassy address, for short"
ANTIPOPE - "Benedict X,  but not IX or XI"
THEROOTS - "'Tonight Show' house band"
EWELAMB - "Baby animal in a parable in II Samuel"
CAAN - "Co-star of Ferrell in 2003's 'Elf'"
ATTILA - "Verdi opera in the fifth century"

Junk Answers:

APO - (See above)
GRE - "Kaplan book subj."
ALA - "Like"

Clever clues:

AMMO - "They may make the rounds"
CANADA - "'O' follower"
STEVE - "Jobs in tech"
COVE - "Arm that's tucked away"
SHOE - "One going everywhere on foot?"

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

PEPITA - (See above)
EWELAMB - (See above)
SKYATLAS - "Book of celestial maps"

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