Tuesday, August 22, 2017

NYT Crossword 08/22/17 (Tue.)

Cruciverbalist: Timothy Polin
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 09:24

Puzzle uniqueness:

Cities whose state abbreviations are within the spelling. Example: ASTORIA has the Oregon abbreviation within it (OR).

Words I hadn't known until now: 0


Trivia I didn't know: 

LLB - "Undergraduate law degree"
CHAKRA - "Spiritual center, in yoga"

Junk Answers: 

LLB - (See above)
PAC - "___-Man"
IMSET - "'Nothing for me, thanks'"
SKA - "Calypso-influenced genre"
SEC - "1/60 of a min."

Clever clues:

IGLOO - "House that's cool to live in?"

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

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