2957: A Crossword Puzzle - Revision history

DollarStoreBa'al: cat

2026-03-31T16:57:13Z

cat

SomeDee: /* Down */

2026-01-10T15:36:38Z

‎Down

2001:14BA:A070:6700:747B:88B7:5688:4BEC: /* Across */

2025-11-15T09:02:45Z

‎Across

97.127.58.242: /* Explanation */

2025-11-08T02:45:38Z

‎Explanation

112.206.110.119: /* Explanation */

2025-09-09T00:20:03Z

‎Explanation

FaviFake: Undo revision 382089 by 2001:4450:8178:2200:5D26:DCAB:509F:A483 (talk)

2025-07-27T16:27:37Z

Undo revision 382089 by 2001:4450:8178:2200:5D26:DCAB:509F:A483 (talk)

2001:4450:8178:2200:5D26:DCAB:509F:A483 at 12:21, 27 July 2025

2025-07-27T12:21:51Z

FaviFake: ok but why did you disable sorting the table lol - didn't know there were red herrings, thx

2025-04-22T12:57:32Z

ok but why did you disable sorting the table lol - didn't know there were red herrings, thx

172.68.205.165: Undo revision 374142 by FaviFake (talk) "An ay-ay-ay-ay battery" is how to say this literal text (unless "A quadruple-A"). "An eff-oh-you-are aye" and "A you-row-pea-on" are red herrings to this.

2025-04-22T09:24:14Z

Undo revision 374142 by FaviFake (talk) "An ay-ay-ay-ay battery" is how to say this literal text (*unless* "A quadruple-A"). "An eff-oh-you-are aye" and "A you-row-pea-on" are red herrings to this.

FaviFake: Nope, that's not actually how it works (a European country, a one-time event...). However, if you actually spell out 4 As when saying it, "an" should be used

2025-04-22T06:21:25Z

Nope, that's not actually how it works (a European country, a one-time event...). However, if you actually spell out 4 As when saying it, "an" should be used

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-| 1 || Game featuring "a reckless disregard for gravity" || ''{{w|AaAaAA!!! – A Reckless Disregard for Gravity}}'' - notably the title is commonly extended in promotional material beyond 6 As. || 6
+| 1 || Game featuring "a reckless disregard for gravity" || ''{{w|AaAaAA!!! – A Reckless Disregard for Gravity}}'' - notably this is only the title's official abbreviation, in contrast to its full title, "''AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! — A Reckless Disregard for Gravity''". || 6
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 | 2 || 101010101010101010101010<sub>2→16</sub> || 10101010 10101010 10101010 in binary is equivalent to "AAAAAA" in hexadecimal. || 6

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 | 19 || An {{w|acrostic}} hidden on the first page of the dictionary || The first page of the dictionary (if you ignore the copyright page and the index) is the list of words starting with A. An acrostic of this page, taking the first letter of each line and arranging them in order, would just be a sequence of As. || 15
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-| 21 || Default paper size in Europe || {{w|A4 paper}} (here written as AAAA) is the default size in Europe. At 210×297 mm, it is approximately 0.24″ narrower and 0.71″ longer than the 8.5″×11″ paper used in the United States, and due to having an aspect ratio of 1:sqrt(2), can be cut or folded in half to create two half-sized sheets (A5) with exactly the same aspect ratio. A4 is, itself, also a halving of A3 and of identical ratio, as is the case with all A-sizes higher and lower in the sequence up to A0, which has an area of exactly 1 square meter.|| 4
+| 21 || Default paper size in Europe || {{w|A4 paper}} (here written as AAAA) is the default size in Europe (and most of the world). At 210×297 mm, it is approximately 0.24″ narrower and 0.71″ longer than the 8.5″×11″ paper used in the United States, and due to having an aspect ratio of 1:sqrt(2), can be cut or folded in half to create two half-sized sheets (A5) with exactly the same aspect ratio. A4 is, itself, also a halving of A3 and of identical ratio, as is the case with all A-sizes higher and lower in the sequence up to A0, which has an area of exactly 1 square meter.|| 4
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 | 22 || First four unary strings || A unary number system represents numbers using just one symbol. For example, 7 in unary would be 1111111. The first four strings in unary, if you used A as the first (and only) symbol, would be A, AA, AAA, AAAA. || 10

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 | 26 || Audi coupe || First of three Audi references. {{w|List_of_Audi_vehicles|Audi's car models}} range from A1 (subcompact hatchback) to A8 (full-size luxury sedan); the A5, the one referenced here, is a compact executive {{w|coupe}}. || 5
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-| 27 || A pair of small remote batteries, when inserted || Two {{w|AAA_battery|AAA}} batteries, which are often used to power remote controls for domestic devices. These have been combined to give AAAAAA — "Inserted" is often a cryptic hint that one word should surround another, although such a cryptic clue would normally also contain a more direct clue (albeit ambiguously) to the full answer. || 6
+| 27 || A pair of small remote batteries, when inserted || Two {{w|AAA_battery|AAA}} batteries, which are often used to power remote controls for domestic devices. These have been combined to give AAAAAA — Usually, when you have to insert more than one AAA battery into a device's battery compartment, the batteries are put directly next to each other. That is shown here by putting two instances of AAA next to each other, thus "AAAAAA." || 6
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 | 29 || Unofficial Howard Dean slogan || A reference to Howard Dean, an American Democrat who ran for the party's nomination in 2004. He famously [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6i-gYRAwM0 yelled at a rally] in a way that was thought to be bizarre and which, it is thought, doomed his campaign. || 7

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