Monday, September 11, 2017

NYT Crossword 09/11/17 (Mon.)

Cruciverbalist: Erik Agard and Paolo Pasco
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 07:37

Puzzle uniqueness:

Two answers, LALA/LAND, are hints to phrases which have circled squares filled in with "LA," two per answer. Example: TORTILLAFLAT

Words I hadn't known until now: 

AFROED - "Sporting a natural" (Didn't know this word existed)

Trivia I didn't know: 

DAWES - "Dominique _____, 1996 Olympic gymnastics gold medalist"
RAE - "Issa who stars on HBO's 'Insecure'"
SALAAM - "Deep bow" (Never knew this was what was meant by the word)

Junk Answers:

PSI - "Pitch-forked letter"
LPS - "Vinyl albums, for short"
RAE - (See above)

Clever clues: 

IGLOO - "Ice pad?"

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

AFROED - (See above)

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