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@Gus I guessed Thai Coco and perhaps that says something about being Southeast Asian American. Maybe it was an unskilled guess — but just as random as the name ‘Team Coco’ if you don’t follow Conan? But maybe the Polish gentleman here will agree with me: the NYT Crossword is a bit of a cross-section of the modern American brain (albeit a very NY-centric one). For me, I often think of this crossword as a cultural standardizing device: through references and associations, I get a quick lesson on the northeast prep school education with some Midwest wordplay thrown in for flavor — the party-trick trivial pursuit edition.

@Mr Dave you left out Tardis, an answer almost as unreachable by non-watchers of Dr Who as the clue’s opaque “police box”.