Friday, September 08, 2017

NYT Crossword 09/08/17 (Fri.)

Cruciverbalist: Sam Trabucco
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 17:52

Puzzle uniqueness: A lot of scrabbly letters. Example: BUZZFEEDQUIZZES

Words I hadn't known until now: 

TAPASBAR - "Place to order sardinas and sangria" (Didn't know this was a thing)
CAKEPOP - "Dessert on a stick" (Didn't know this was a thing)

Trivia I didn't know:

ARTIE - "Whell chair-bound 'Glee' character" (Never watched the show)
ROSA - "'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' detective Diaz" (Never watched the show)
STARCRAFT - "Hit sci-fi video game set around the 26th century" (Never played the game)

Junk Answers:

SQIN - "Abbr. in many an area measure"
NIC - "Actor Cage, informally"
NOA - "___ thousand times..."
ALIA - "Inter ____"
FIDOS - "Cousins of Spots" (Plural, really?)

Clever clues:

FIREAXES - "Tools for escaping the heat?"
EWE - "Rams fan?"
ZAP - "Be a buzzkill?"

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

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