NYT Crossword 09/22/17 (Fri.)

Cruciverbalist: David Steinberg
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 34:11

Puzzle uniqueness: 

Triple stack fourteen-letter answers.

Words I hadn't known until now: 

INHERES - "Exists naturally" (So THAT'S where "inherent" comes from!)
ATELIER - "Workshop" (I've heard of the word, just not really what it meant)

Trivia I didn't know:

ELI - "Man's name meaning 'my God'"
REI - "It might have a tent sale" (I assume this is a store of some type)
ROMANTICPERIOD - "Wordsworth, Coleridge and Byron wrote in it"
ESA - "Conductor ___-Pekka Salonen" (OK...this is REALLY reaching!)
SIGURD - "Brynhild's beloved, in Norse legend" (I'm sure we're all well versed in Norse mythology)
PHI - "Beta's preceder"
THETA - "Symbol for a plane angle, in geometry"

Junk Answers:

REI - (See above)
CTRL - "PC key"
DEL - "PC key"

Clever clues:

STAND - "It's taken in court"
DIODE - "Current director"
MAZE - "Setting for a rat race?"
CAREERCRIMINAL - "One who can't turn right?"
MIR - "It went around for 15 years"
DOCTOR - "One who's gotten the third degree?"
TIMEINC - "Life preserver?"
SHOP - "Chamber of commerce?"
MERCI - "Nice thanks"
ONE - "Small square"

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

INHERES - (See above)
HOMERIC - "Grand"
SIGURD - (See above)
THETA - (See above)
ATELIER - (See above)