Sunday, August 13, 2017

NYT Crossword 08/13/17 (Sun.)

Cruciverbalist: Eric Berlin
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 41:19

Puzzle uniqueness: "The Magic Show"

Magic terms utilized within the puzzle. (Example: CHANGINGCARD answer represents changing another answer from "Peking" to peace," i.e., the "king" is changed into an "ace.")

Words I hadn't known until now: 

RAGA - "Bit of a Bollywood soundtrack"
TRIOLETS - "Eight-line poems"
AGFA - "Name on some boxes of film"
CONTIES - "Furs from rabbits"
TITI - "South American monkey"
DICTU - "'Mirabile _____!' ('Wonderful to state!')

Trivia I didn't know:

MALTOSE - "Sugar found in beer"
YWCA - "Female org. since the 1850s"
ORFF - "'Carmina Burana' composer Carl"
NINE - "Musical based on Fellini's '8 1/2'"
EDWARD - "Part of P.E.I."
NAUTICA - "J. Crew competitor"
KATT - "Stand-up comic Williams"
DOLAN - "New York archbishop Timothy"

Junk Answers:

AGFA - (See above)
DYS - "Bad: Prefix"
MASC - "Like the Spanish nouns 'gato' (cat) and 'perro' (dog): Abbr."
YOWEE - "Shout of pain" (Spelling sucks)
ANTH - "Literary collection: Abbr."
LAH - "___ di-dah"
INFRA - "Prefix with structure"
MANI - "___-pedi"

Clever clues:

FORD - "Escape maker"

Obscure (i.e., really reaching) words: 0

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