Friday, October 13, 2017

NYT Crossword 10/13/17 (Fri.)

Cruciverbalist: Zhouqin Burnikel
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 11:35 (Personal best for a Friday)

Puzzle uniqueness: 0

Words I hadn't known until now: 0

Trivia I didn't know:

DAMASK - "Reversible fabric"
GERANIUM - "Flower with five petals"
LEN - "___ Lesser, player of Uncle Leo on 'Seinfeld'"
TORTONI - "Ice cream treat"
OYL - "Castor ___ of old comics" (Though pretty intuitive)
SON - "Grand Duke vis-à-vis a czar" (How 'bout that!)
EULER - "18th century pioneer in graph theory"
MOSUL - "Major city on the Tigris"
TENOR - "Wagner's Siegfried, for one" (Now I feel better!)

Junk Answers:

ADT - "Big name in home security systems"
COR - "Heart: Lat."
CRUS - "French vineyards"
GOP - "Letters leaning to the right?"
OYL - (See above)
RIS - "'___ for Rocket' (2004 best seller)"

Clever clues:

TIE - "Evening result?"
RUNS - "Heads up"
TIPS - "Things worth waiting for?"
BARTAB - "A screwdriver might be added to it"
TACH - "Dash part"
SIPS - "Opposite of downs"

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

DAMASK (See above)

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