Tuesday, September 05, 2017

NYT Crossword 09/05/17 (Tue.)

Cruciverbalist: Michelle Kenney and Jeff Chen
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 08:54

Puzzle uniqueness:

Answer INTERMISSION clue to four phrases in which play titles are split. Example: GREEKVASE has the play "Grease" split.

Words I hadn't known until now: 

GINKGO - "Tree whose leaves appear in many Chinese fossils"

Trivia I didn't know: 0

Junk Answers: 

AMPM - "Clock setting for an alarm"
CFOS - "Corp. money managers"
DDE - "Ike's monogram"
ITD - "___ be my pleasure"
GOA - "___ long way"
ABCTV - "'Fresh Off the Boat' network"
CID - "El ___ Spanish hero"

Clever clues: 0

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

GINGKO - (See above)

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