NYT Crossword 08/23/17 (Wed.)

Cruciverbalist: Joe Kidd
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 08:14

Puzzle uniqueness:

"El" inserted between the last letter "s" and the penultimate letter. Example: SECURITYCAMELS where the clue is "Dromedaries on patrol?"

Words I hadn't known until now: 

MOSH - "Slam-dance"

Trivia I didn't know: 

HOSEA - "Book between Daniel and Joel" (I didn't know "Joel" was a book)

EMAJ - "Key with four sharps: Abbr." (I used to play trombone in band, too long ago for me to remember this)

Junk Answers:

NOMAYO - "Sandwich shop request"
AHME - "Sighed words"
TBA - "'Still open,' on a sched."
EMAJ - (See above)
UEY - "One-eighty"
COM - "Common URL ending"

Clever clues: 

ORES - "What you might take your lead from?"

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

HOSEA - (See above)