Wednesday, October 25, 2017

NYT Crossword 10/25/17 (Wed.)

Cruciverbalist: Jules P. Markey
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 07:56

Puzzle uniqueness:

Answer BREAKUPTHEBANKS clue to four kinds of banks that are broken up in a phrase. Example: SOLDATALOSS (data bank).

Words I hadn't known until now: 

LATKE - "Something eaten during Hanukkah"
INESSE - "Existing, to a lawyer"

Trivia I didn't know:

LEEDS - "City of Yorkshire"
ASPEN - "_____ Institute (nonpartisan D.C. think tank)"
ASSAD - "Syria's Bashar al-_____"

Junk Answers:

TSA - "Air marshal's org."
LSD - "Drug referenced in 'The Joyous Cosmology'"
DRE - "Grammy -winning 'Dr.'"
ETTU - "Ides of March rebuke"
IAMB - "Two-syllable poetic foot"
KAN - "'The Wizard of Oz' state: Abbr."
SST - "Air travel option until '03"

Clever clues: 0

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

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