Saturday, August 12, 2017

NYT Crossword 08/12/17 (Sat.)

Cruciverbalist: Kameron Austin Collins
Editor: Will Smith

Solving time: DNF

Puzzle uniqueness: 0

Words I hadn't known until now: 

CANTAB - "Cambridge student, informally"
TOPONYM - "Champagne is one"
LATKE - "Applesauce-topped nosh"
LEGARMOT - "Greaves, e.g." (Never heard of "greaves")
BAYBERRY - "Candle scent popular at Christmas"

Trivia I didn't know:

LILIAN - "Mystery writer ______ Jackson Braun"
BARNEYS - "_______ New York (upscale department store chain)"
EMORY - "Prestigious research university"
BRAINPLASTICITY - "Ability to learn and adapt neurologically"
DRESS - "Habiliments" (Never heard of the clue)
CATT - "Suffragist Carrie Chapman ____"
ATLI - "Gudrun's victim, in Norse myth"
CELA - "That, in France"
EPISTLES - "Mass readings"
WYNNE - "Arthur _____, inventor of the crossword puzzle"

Junk Answers:

HRS - "Billing units: Abbr."
CATT - (See above)
ATLI - (See above)
ORK - "Sitcom world"
CELA - (See above)
MOC - "Cozy footwear, for short"

Clever clues:

ARI - "TV Gold?"
SILLS - "Places to cool it?" (I assume this is clever, but I don't understand it)

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

CANTAB - (See above)

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