Sunday, August 06, 2017

NYT Crossword 08/06/17 (Sun.)

Cruciverbalist: Patrick Berry
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 35:00

Puzzle uniqueness: "Anchors Away!"

Maritime puns. (Example: SEMITRAWLER Clue - "Fishing vessel that can pull only half a net behind it?")

Words I hadn't known until now: 0

Trivia I didn't know:

LOTUS - "Fruit mentioned in the 'Odyssey'" (Thought it was a flower, not a fruit)
BOORTZ - "Libertarian pundit Neal"

Junk Answers:

GPS - "Speaker on a car's dash"
RNA - "Messenger ___"
LSD - "Deadhead's hits?"
LPGA - "Women's Open org."
NEO - "Revival movement prefix"
OLE - "Cheer with an accent"
FDA - "Pharma watchdog"

Clever clues:

CURB - "Walk on the edge"
SEQUEL - "Second story?"
SUB - Under goer?"

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

SWIRLY - "Forming spiral patterns"

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