Tuesday, November 14, 2017

NYT Crossword 11/11/17 (Sat.)

Cruciverbalists: George Barany and Michael Shteyman
Editor: Will Smith

Solving time: 18:38

Puzzle uniqueness: 

Tribute to VETERANSDAY answer, with eleven eleven-letter words in the puzzle (11/11, get it?)

Words I hadn't known until now: 0

Trivia I didn't know:

UGANDA - "World's second most populous landlocked country, after Ethiopia"
SHTETL - "'Yentl' setting"
MARENOSTRUM - "The Mediterranean, to ancient Romans"
RIN - "1/1,000 of a yen"
AON - "Chicago's ___ Center"
QUEENBEY - "Pop icon, to members of her 'hive'"

Junk Answers:

QBS - "Bradford and Bradshaw, for two: Abbr."
RMN - "Presidential inits."
SSR - "Old union member: Abbr."
FAS - "Scale notes"
AWS - "Comments like 'Yer joshin'!'"
IPS - "Computer addresses, for short"
DPI - "Print quality meas."
SRA - "Foreign title: Abbr."

Clever clues: 

PESTCONTROL - "Debugging?"

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

SHTETL - (See above)

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