Friday, July 21, 2017

NYT Crossword 07/21/17 (Fri.)

Cruciverbalist: Paolo Pasco
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 13:50

Puzzle uniqueness: 0

Words I hadn't known until now: 0

Trivia I didn't know:

ERIECANAL - "Waterway whose construction began in Rome"
BEL - "'___-Ami' (Guy de Maupassant novel)"
TIL - "Lady Gaga's '___ It Happens to You'"
BIGGIESMALLS - "'Mo Money Mo Problems' rapper"
ARYAN - "Early Indus Valley settler"
ZAYN - "One-named singer with the 2016 #1 hit 'Pillowtalk'"
NAENAE - "Faddish dance move doe to the 2015 hit 'Watch Me'"
MALEGAZE - "Topic in feminist film criticism"
GALOP - "Polka forerunner"

Junk Answers:

MBAS - "Many consultants, for short"
REMS - "Sleep phenomena"
BEL - (See above)
BIP - "Marcel Marceau persona"
RAS - "Dorm V.I.P.s"
ELLS - "Lawful ends?"
TEEN - "This puzzle's constructor, for one" (What, we need to know constructors' bios now?)

Clever clues:

FLOATS - "They might be wished for at fountain"

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

ENSEAL - "Formally approve, as a document"
NAENAE- (See above)
GALOP - (See above)
EVITES - "Modern requests for participation"

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