Sunday, July 02, 2017

NYT Crossword 07/02/17 (Sunday)

Cruciverbalist: Patrick Blindauer
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 35:22

Puzzle uniqueness: "The Long and Winding Road"

Beatles tribute. Beatles songs in the answers plus certain black squares are utilized as letters which spell out "Drive My Car," another Beatles song.

Words I hadn't known until now:

ORGANIS - "Living thing"

Trivia I didn't know:

RAHAL - "Indy 500 winner Bobby"

Junk Answers:

XER - "Gen ___"
FEH - "'Yuck!'"
LIC - "Bus. need that most lemonade stands don't have"
MTA - "It might help you get to Carnegie Hall, for short"
ENG - "Grade school subj."
ELE - "Spanish letter between ka and eme"
GDS - "Merchandise: Abbr."OTS - "Fifth qtrs."
LTRS - "Contents of some envelopes: Abbr."
TIP - "Cape Horn, for one" (Junk clue, IMO.)

Clever clues:

NRA - "Piece org.?"
HEM - "End of a shift"
TSP - "Kitchen shortening"

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

ORGANIS - (See above)

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