Friday, August 04, 2017

NYT Crossword 08/04/17 (Fri.)

Cruciverbalist: Damon Gulczynski
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: DNF

Puzzle uniqueness: 0

Words I hadn't known until now: 

GIGECONOMY - "Labor market short on long-term work"
BIGA - "N.Y.C. racetrack, informally" (Have no idea what this represents, grew up in the southwest)
SHIM - "Level" (I know a shim levels, but didn't know these were synonymous)

Trivia I didn't know:

SCOTT - "White Cloud competitor"
LINA - "Chinese tennis star who has won both the French and Australian Opens"
PRATT - "Brooklyn art institute"
AILEY - "The _____ School  (Manhattan dance institution)"
ARMANI - "Fendi rival" (Never heard of Fendi)
RONNY - "'The Daily Show' correspondent Chieng"

Junk Answers:

BSS - "Some undergrad degs."
ISH - "'Sorta'"
PRE - "Nova Scotia's Grand ___ National Historic Site"
TVPG - "'Modern Family' rating"
EXEC - "C.F.O., e.g."
ODON - "Go crazy with, in a way"
XOXO - "Love letters"
DCAREA - "The N.I.H. is based in it"
ISSO - "Playground rejoinder"

Clever clues:

VERB - "What fish or chicken can be, but not turkey"

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

PERESTROIKA - "Historic 'restructuring'"

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