Monday, July 17, 2017

NYT Crossword 07/17/17 (Mon.)

Cruciverbalist: Tom McCoy
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 8:54 (A well-placed typo cost me two minutes)

Puzzle uniqueness:

Answer ODDSANDENDS describes five phrases ending in an odd number (Example: AIRFORCEONE)

Words I hadn't known until now: 0

Trivia I didn't know:

SAOTOME - "Principe's sister island"

Junk Answers:

CDS - "Some bank offerings, for short"
RAS - "Dorm figs."
ALA - "In the manner of"

Clever clues:

SPEEDO - "Swim meet coverage?"

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

UNSNAG - "Release from being caught on a nail, say"
RUNIC - "Like some ancient characters"

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