Tuesday, October 03, 2017

NYT Crossword 10/03/17 (Tue.)

Cruciverbalist: Chuck Deodene

Solving time: 10:55

Puzzle uniqueness:

Two answers,  CENTER and ISLAND, are clues to four answers in which an island is in the exact center of the answer. Example: BALTIMOREAN.

Words I hadn't known until now: 0

Trivia I didn't know:

AMMAN - "Capital of Jordan"
NORMA - "'Psycho' mother" (Never knew she was given a first name)
ETEXT - "Writing in digital form" (WTF?)

Junk Answers:

IAMSO - "Retort to a doubter"
YAH - "Affirmative in 'Fargo'"
SAYAH - "'Open wide!'"
ODED - "Had too much, briefly"

Clever clues: 

STRATA - "Rock bands?"

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

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