Thursday, July 06, 2017

NYT Crossword 07/06/17 (Thursday)

Cruciverbalist: Erik Agard
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 22:40

Puzzle uniqueness:

Two birds with one stone. Too complicated to explain.

Words I hadn't known until now:

BAE - "Hon. modern style"

Trivia I didn't know:

EBAY - "It uses clicks in lieu of paddles"
PIBB - "____ Xtra (soda)
EWE - "Source of Manchego cheese"
ETA - "Second letter before iota"
SONYXPERIA - "Line of Japanese smartphones"
KAHLO - "'The Two Fridas' artist" (Never heard of him/her)
BAMBOOPALM - "Tropical houseplant"

Junk Answers:

UPCS - "Scannable symbols on store items, for short"
ARRS - "Some airport times: Abbr."
BAE - (See above)
TPS - "Decorates with some rolls, for short"
PST - "S.F. winter clock setting"
ARGH - "Frustrated exclamation"
KOR - "Two-nation peninsula: Abbr."

Clever clues:

SNOWANGEL - "Figure whose wings melt in the sun"

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

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