Friday, September 29, 2017

NYT Crossword 09/29/17 (Fri.)

Cruciverbalist: Damon Gulczynski
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: DNF (Was in an impatient mood)

Puzzle uniqueness: 0

Words I hadn't known until now: 

GENDERBINARY - "Male-or-female" (New one to me)
ASAHI - "Sushi bar beverage, perhaps" (Not a sushi guy)

Trivia I didn't know:

PIPPA - "English socialite Middleton"
PABLONERUDA - "Gabriel Garcia Marquez called him 'the greatest poet of the 20th century, in any language'"
JOLLYRANCHER - "Brand of fruit-flavored hard candy"
PIBB  - "____ Xtra (Coca-Cola product"
HOAG - "Judith of TV's 'Nashville'" (Never watched the show)
GARYHART - "Onetime presidential candidate with a divinity degree from Yale"
TRACY - "'30 Rock' character with the same first name as its actor" (Never watched the show)

Junk Answers:

MOT - "Zinger" (Really?)
IVS - They have tubes attached"
MIC - "Item that names a person holding it when its middle letter is removed" (Really?"
PSY - "University department, in course descriptions"
PIBB - (See above)
POLIS - "Ancient Greek city-state"
NATL - Like some monuments: Abbr."
DMC - Rap's Run-___"
APU - "'The Simpsons' character who claims he can recite pi to 40,000 places"

Clever clues:

POACH - "Appropriate game"
LAGS - "Streaming hiccups"
SODAJERK - "Float fixer"
ABOMBS - "Mushroom producers"
TELEKINESIS - "Brain power like you can't believe?"

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

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