Tuesday, June 27, 2017

NYT Crossword 06/27/17 (Tuesday)

Cruciverbalist: John Guzzetta
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 7:15

Puzzle uniqueness:

GODOWNSWINGING answer refers to three other multi-word answers with a synonym for "swing" as a baseball term within the phrase.

Words I hadn't known until now: 0

Trivia I didn't know:
 0

Junk Answers:

CPAS - "I.R.S. experts"
ETAL - "And others, for short"
EMO - "Broody rock genre"
RBIS - "Hitters' stats"
WBA - "Org. for which Mike Tyson twice held the heavyweight title"
NOLE - "Florida State athlete, slangily"
AMICI - "_____ curiae (friends of the court)"
GYRE - "Circular or spiral motion"

Clever clues:  0

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

AMICI - (See above)

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