Thursday, September 28, 2017

NYT Crossword 09/28/17 (Thu.)

Cruciverbalist: Joe Krozel
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 10:51

Puzzle uniqueness:

Black squares are in the shape of a piñata hanging, CANDY in the center representing the letters "C" and "Y" do not appear in the puzzle.

Words I hadn't known until now: 

ASIAGO - "Hard, pungent cheese"

Trivia I didn't know: 

ANSELM - "New Hampshire's Saint ______ College"
ITEN - "Cross-country route, informally"
TIMS - "Popular beige work boots, colloquially"

Junk answers:

INS - "Cave-___ (mining hazards)"
ODS - "Consumes too much, informally"
ETRE - "French 101 verb"
TSE - "Lao-___"
OEDS - "Library references, briefly"
EMT - "Defib user"
QUO - "Where: Lat."
ITEN - (See above)

Clever clues: 

LIFT - "Connector of English stories"

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

TONKAS - "Some toy trucks"
ANSELM - (See above)
ENTENTE - "Agreement"
LELAND - "University founder ______ Stanford"
ENGELS - "Marx collaborator"

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