Saturday, September 02, 2017

NYT Crossword 09/02/17 (Sat.)

Cruciverbalist: Erik Agard
Editor: Will Smith

Solving time: 31:55

Puzzle uniqueness: 0

Words I hadn't known until now: 

ETAGERES - "Pieces of furniture with many shelves"
AQUILA - "Eagle constellation"

Trivia I didn't know:

LAUREN - "Actress London of TV's 'The Game'"
QUEENSUGAR - "Oprah Winfrey Network show about a family farm"
UNITAS - Winning QB in the first N.F.L. playoff game to go into sudden-death overtime"
PATBENATAR - "Female singer with the second video ever shown on MTV" (I defy anyone to truthfully admit to having known this off the top of their head)

Junk Answers:

RPG - "Dungeons & Dragons or Final Fantasy, for short'
CTR - "Focal point: Abbr."
LLD - "Deg. for a jurist"
SOTU - "President's annual delivery to Cong.
SDSU - "Calif. school near the Mexican border" (San Diego State University)

Clever clues:

CAST - "Movie lot?"
THESTONES - "Band that really rocks, appropriately?"
BEDS - "Their heads and feet are usually the same distance from the ground"
ADDRESSES - "Points of contact?"
SON - "This is an issue"
AIRTAXIS - "They might be used in making hops"
DEICED - "Cleared for landing?" (Shouldn't this be "Cleared for takeoff?")
TED - "Big name in talks"
CHESSSET - "32 men are found in it"
SANANTONIO - "Home to shooting Stars"
WIG - "Removable locks"
PUERTO - "P.R. piece?" (Puerto Rico)

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

OUTRO - "Closing bit of music"
ETAGERES - (See above)
AQUILA - (See above)

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