Saturday, July 29, 2017

NYT Crossword 07/29/17 (Sat.)

Cruciverbalist: Erik Agard
Editor: Will Smith

Solving time: DNF (Four squares, a rap artist and clever clue undid me)

Puzzle uniqueness: 0

Words I hadn't known until now: 

TWEEST - "Most affectedly dainty, to a Brit"
HOURANGLE - "Measurement in a celestial coordinate system"

Trivia I didn't know:

CANILIVE - "'Jeez, why don't you just mind your own business?!" (WTF?)
TUNIS - "_____-Carthage Airport"
ASAPROCKY - "Rapper with a role in the 2015 film 'Dope'" (WTF?)
VENALLY - "Through bribery" (Was not aware of this definition)

Junk Answers:

OOO - "Setting after resetting"
MCI - "Verizon purchase of 2006"
EENY - "Recess rhyme starter"
NYG - "Eli Manning team, on scoreboards"

Clever clues:

YAM - "Orange side" (This one defeated me)
DAYSAILS - "Eschews overnight shipping?" (Didn't know this was a "thing," per se)
SENS - "Political century: Abbr."
DISCOBALL - "One lighting up the dance floor"
TIME - "It can crawl or fly, but not walk" (This one tripped me up as well)
LOZENGES - "Hackers' helpers"
INITIAL - "C.S. Lewis piece?"
EYELET - "Hole near a tongue"

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

TWEEST - (See above)
HOURANGLE - (See above)

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