Monday, August 21, 2017

NYT Crossword 08/1/17 (Mon.)

Cruciverbalist: Tom McCoy
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 07:06

Puzzle uniqueness:

Breaking up a word in familiar phrases into two words and having a wacky clue. Example: Clue - "Feet in the city?" Answer - URBANLEGENDS (Urban leg ends).

Words I hadn't known until now: 0


Trivia I didn't know:
0


Junk Answers:

ECO - "___-friendly"
GIS - "Audience member for a U.S.O. show"
ONT - "Toronto's province: Abbr."
OFA - "'Son ___ gun!'"
ITGUY - "Computer-savvy office fellow"
SSS - "Air-escaping-from-a-tire sound"
PSST - "'Hey, you!"

Clever clues: 0

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

TOULON - "City in Southern France"

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