Friday, June 30, 2017

NYT Crossword 06/30/17 (Friday)

Cruciverbalist: Damon Gulczynski
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 44:22

Puzzle uniqueness: 0

Words I hadn't known until now:

FOMO - "Feeling that everyone's having fun without you, in modern lingo"

Trivia I didn't know:

ANNASUI - "Designer behind the Dolly Girl perfume"
OLDNAVY - "H&M competitor" (Never heard of H&M)
HANOI - "Tower of _____ (classic math puzzle)" (Have no clue what this is)
SEACALF - "Harbor seal"
DEI - "___ gratia"
NADIA - "Tennis's Petrova"
ILO - "1969 Peace Prize agcy."
TUMMIES - "Food processors, informally"
ESME - "Titular Salinger girl"
NYSE - "Where Molson Coors is TAP"

Junk Answers:

NON - "Only word spoken in Mel Brook's 'Silent Movie'"

Clever clues:

HAYMAKER - "Strong connection?"
FLUSH - "One may be straight"
MENDS - "Tapes, maybe"
CSPAN - "House shower"
BIKINIS - "Providers of limited coverage?"
FRO - "Back again"
SLIVER - "Dieter's piece of cake?"
ZOOKEEPER - "One involved in monkey business?"

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

ANNASUI - (See above)
TUMMIES - (See above)

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