Saturday, July 18, 2020

Saturday's New York Times crossword puzzle solved: July 18, 2020

























My time: 16:05, six minutes faster than average.

Some impressive fill today, including YOU HAD TO BE THERE, VAMPIRE BAT, EX NIHILO, and the greatest Simpsons character of all time, DISCO STU (he doesn't advertise).

"Das Knaben Wunderhorn?" Was ist das?  In English, "The Boy's Magic Horn," a collection of German folk poems and songs.  Gustav MAHLER composed voice-and-piano and voice-and-orchestra settings for the poems in 1905.

Langone NYU is a health center in Manhattan, so its students would go to NYU / MED.

You will find the unexplained clue "ERI tu" explained here.

An EMPTY NET goal is a hockey term of art meaning a situation when a team scores a goal into a net with no goaltender present.

ALLAN Lane is the now-forgotten actor who voiced Mr. Ed.  He is otherwise remembered for some roles in B picture dramas and cowboy movies.

Clever clues: "A, as in April?" is SCHEDULE.  "Good thing to have on hand during winter?' is MITTEN.  "Sort of spousal separation" is AGE GAP.

This was a good crossword!  NICE ONE.

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