Times Quick Cryptic 2132 by Izetti

5:56, for what felt like a decent workout.  There were a handful of words here I didn’t quite know, so writing this blog will be an education!  Speaking of which, I mentioned a few weeks ago that I’ve been enrol(l)ed in a Master’s program here in New York City.  I’ve just finished my last assignment of the semester, so I hope to return to daily puzzling after I finish my finals!

Times 28287 – two kinds of firsts.

My first time blogging for the new site then copied here, as opposed to last week’s when that process was reversed. As it happened, I found this puzzle an easy one and set a new PB by completing it in 10 minutes and a few seconds. Afterwards I looked up 17a on Wikipedia, it was a word I’d heard of in a calendar context but didn’t know what or when it was. Not much else to add about this one.