Thursday, June 29, 2017

NYT Crossword 06/29/17 (Thursday)

Cruciverbalist: Rich Proulx
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 14:26

Puzzle uniqueness:

Puns using names of countries. (Example: KENYAGIVEMEAHAND)

Words I hadn't known until now: 0

Trivia I didn't know:

LEEDS - "'Traffic Crossing _____ Bridge' (Pioneering 1888 moving picture)" (WTF!?!)
ALEX - "Three-time N.H.L. M.V.P. Ovechkin"
AEGIS - "Shield of Athena"
ALMAY - "Cosmetics brand owned by Revlon"
GIGI - "Supermodel Hadid" 

Junk Answers:

EXEC - "Suit"
ITE - "Resident's suffix"
IRR - "Sale tag abbr."
SSA - "It has its benefits: Abbr."
IMO - "'I think,' in texts"
EPS - "Short albums, for short"

Clever clues: 0

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

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