Wednesday, September 06, 2017

NYT Crossword 09/06/17 (Wed.)

Cruciverbalist: Daniel Raymon
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 16:17 (Center gave me fits)

Puzzle uniqueness:

Taking known phrases and turning them into a wacky "y" sound within the phrase. Example: FJORDEXPLORER

Words I hadn't known until now: 0

Trivia I didn't know: 


SARA - "Grammy and Tony nominee Bareilles"
TIMOR - "_____ Sea (body north of Australia)"
ROBYN - "One-named Swedish singer with the 1997 hit 'Show Me Love'"

Junk Answers:

IMHOT - "'It's boiling in here!"
III - "Senior's grandson"
SMS - "Texting format, in brief"
ENO - "Rock's Brian"
MONT - "France's Pic de Rochebrune, e.g."
LORES- "Like early computer graphics"
EZIO - "Pinza of 'South Pacific'"
URB - "Metro area"

Clever clues:

EDIT - "Pare a phrase" ("Paraphrase...get it?)

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

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