Saturday, October 28, 2017

NYT Crossword 10/27/17 (Fri.)

Cruciverbalist: David Steinberg
Editor: Will Shortz

Solving time: 21:29

Puzzle uniqueness: 0

Words I hadn't known until now: 0

Trivia I didn't know:

DIOR - "French Christian"
ALES - "Flanders Red and others"
TATE - "Allen ____, onetime U.S. poet laureate"
JEN - "___ Psaki, White House communications director under Obama"

Junk Answers:

SGT - "Three-striper: Abbr."
EDU - "Alternative to .net"
ISP - "Verizon Fios or CenturyLink, for short"
APP - "Facebook Messenger, e.g."
MLK - "___ Day (fed. holiday)"
EDT - "Summer hrs. in Somerville"
MII - "Early second-millennium year"
WBA - "Ring org."

Clever clues:

PALMREADER - Line judge?"
NUT - Loony tune"
FEE - "It might come with baggage"
TILL - Bill collector"
DIARYENTRY - "Log unit"
TROLLS - "Forum annoyances"

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

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