Saturday, August 05, 2017

NYT Crossword 08/05/17 (Sat.)

Cruciverbalist: David Phillips
Editor: Will Smith

Solving time: 24:48

Puzzle uniqueness: 0

Words I hadn't known until now: 

ENOKI - "Mushroom added to udon soup"
PANTO - "Silent dramatic performance, to Brits" (There is a bit of a controversy over this clue)

Trivia I didn't know:

ANA - "Actress Ortiz"
ENOKI - (See above)
NIGER - "Third-longest river in Africa" (Really?)
ELEVEN - "Number of sides on a loonie" (Don't know what this is)
SEEKER - "Position in Quidditch"
NERO - "Enemy captain in 2009's 'Star Trek' film"
NOE - "San Francisco's ___ Valley"
CRU - "Word on une bouteille de vin"

Junk Answers:

AVE - "Colosseum greeting"
URE - "Cult follower?"
SRA - "Title for Queen Isabella: Abbr."
NOE - (See above)
CRU - (See above)

Clever clues:

PEACESIGN - "Double-digit figure?"
MORPH - "Reform?"
TECH - "Apple field"
SANSSERIF - "Unembellished type"
BITES - "On-line jerks?"
OXEN - "Draft picks?"
ESP - "Picking things up?"
PINATA - "Party animal?"

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

PANTO - (See above)
GENESES - "Beginnings" (Rarely used in plural)

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