Thursday, August 24, 2017

NYT Crossword 08/24/17 (Thu.)

Cruciverbalists: Neil Patrick Harris and David Steinberg
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: DNF

Puzzle uniqueness:

Another goofy puzzle that I hate. Tribute to HARRYHOUDINI. That's all I want to say about this.

Words I hadn't known until now: 

ADORBS - "Like, so cute!" (WTF?)

Trivia I didn't know: 

ANNA - "Elsa's sister in 'Frozen'"
AMYS - "All-vegetarian frozen food brand"
TAXCO - "Mexican silver city"
EDWINA - "Lily Tomlin's role in 'All of Me'" (WTF?)

Junk answers:

EEK - "Apt rhyme of 'squeak'"
INS - "Tip-___ (easy baskets)"
SCI - "51-Across (ECOL), e.g."
ECOL - "Paris accord subj."
WWI - "'A Farewell to Arms' setting, briefly"
PAU - "___ Gasol, six-time N.B.A. All-Star"
EMI - "Classic record label"
NIC - "Actor Cage, informally"
ETS - "A.P. exam inits."

Clever clues:

APP - "Purchase that can be deleted"
NAPS - "Goes out for a while?"

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

PHREAK - "Old-style hacker"

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