Talk:2957: A Crossword Puzzle - Revision history

Promethean at 00:34, 22 October 2025

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2001:A62:587:B01:1A48:F98F:61B:99D3: Monty Python reference/oversight (?)

2025-08-14T07:41:55Z

Monty Python reference/oversight (?)

An user who has no account yet: woops

2025-07-21T15:54:23Z

woops

An user who has no account yet at 15:53, 21 July 2025

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FaviFake at 12:56, 22 April 2025

2025-04-22T12:56:25Z

162.158.216.179 at 11:38, 22 April 2025

2025-04-22T11:38:39Z

Translated ORK at 09:39, 22 April 2025

2025-04-22T09:39:39Z

172.68.110.172 at 18:00, 6 December 2024

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172.69.195.6 at 21:16, 23 July 2024

2024-07-23T21:16:16Z

162.158.203.68: reply to 60 clues

2024-07-23T20:30:25Z

reply to 60 clues

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	If you look very closely, you might discover that in this very puzzle, a clue is hidden to the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlIz0q8aWpA location of the Holy Grail]. --[[Special:Contributions/2001:A62:587:B01:1A48:F98F:61B:99D3\|2001:A62:587:B01:1A48:F98F:61B:99D3]] 07:41, 14 August 2025 (UTC)		If you look very closely, you might discover that in this very puzzle, a clue is hidden to the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlIz0q8aWpA location of the Holy Grail]. --[[Special:Contributions/2001:A62:587:B01:1A48:F98F:61B:99D3\|2001:A62:587:B01:1A48:F98F:61B:99D3]] 07:41, 14 August 2025 (UTC)
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		+	Randall missed a big opportunity to play to cryptic-crossword fans by not making the title text "If you ever encounter this puzzle in a crossword app, just have a competitive and high-achieving personality like I hear an Asian capital has (4, 1)." [[User:Promethean\|Promethean]] ([[User talk:Promethean\|talk]]) 00:34, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

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	AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA [[User:An user who has no account yet\|An user who has no account yet]] ([[User talk:An user who has no account yet\|talk]]) 15:53, 21 July 2025 (UTC)		AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA [[User:An user who has no account yet\|An user who has no account yet]] ([[User talk:An user who has no account yet\|talk]]) 15:53, 21 July 2025 (UTC)
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		+	If you look very closely, you might discover that in this very puzzle, a clue is hidden to the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlIz0q8aWpA location of the Holy Grail]. --[[Special:Contributions/2001:A62:587:B01:1A48:F98F:61B:99D3\|2001:A62:587:B01:1A48:F98F:61B:99D3]] 07:41, 14 August 2025 (UTC)

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 :In most standard American crossword puzzles, two-letter answers are not allowed; the minimum answer length is 3. However, judging from the quality of the fill in this grid, Randall might have considered an answer such as "Two jagged and loose Hawaiian lava flows next to each other (4)" for AAAA. --[[Special:Contributions/172.69.58.128|172.69.58.128]] 03:04, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
 unfortunate that [https://tmbw.net/wiki/Aaa "antepenultimate track of They Might Be Giants' ''Glean''"] did not make it in --[[Special:Contributions/172.70.230.200|172.70.230.200]] 21:35, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
 :And where is "Fonzie's catch-phrase"? Or does that end with a Y? [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 23:02, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
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 ::Alright so there are two proponents of "a" and two of "an" so far. Anyone else want to chime in?
 ::I know this is far from how consensus is built on Wikipedia but I don't think we have enough people for a discussion worthy of a Wikipedia RfC. --[[User:FaviFake|FaviFake]] ([[User talk:FaviFake|talk]]) 12:56, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

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 :In most standard American crossword puzzles, two-letter answers are not allowed; the minimum answer length is 3. However, judging from the quality of the fill in this grid, Randall might have considered an answer such as "Two jagged and loose Hawaiian lava flows next to each other (4)" for AAAA. --[[Special:Contributions/172.69.58.128|172.69.58.128]] 03:04, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
 unfortunate that [https://tmbw.net/wiki/Aaa "antepenultimate track of They Might Be Giants' ''Glean''"] did not make it in --[[Special:Contributions/172.70.230.200|172.70.230.200]] 21:35, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
 :And where is "Fonzie's catch-phrase"? Or does that end with a Y? [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 23:02, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

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	:For my part, in case anyone wants my subset of English english usage, an "AA" <s>battery</s> ''cell'' would be either 'double-ay' (three syllables) or 'ay-ay' (two, easiest to say, ''could'' be misheard as 'ay-ay-ay' if garbled). "AAA" either 'triple-ay' or a clear 'ay-ay-ay' (both three syllables, as likely to say either). "AAAA"..? Rarely mentioned. And both 'quadruple-ay' and 'ay-ay-ay-ay' are four syllables, so a tossup. Never considered '[two\|three\|four]-ay' for batteries, unlike '[<number>\|(h)aich]-[(h)aich\|bee]' for pencils. Though that confuses us further (and possibly not relevently to this discussion!) with 'an aich-bee' vs. 'a haich-bee', depending in if I aspirate accordingly. Yes, it's "a European", because "Europe/European/Euro" doesn't start with a (vocal) vowel in English (German, at least originally in the bit of Germany I was in at the time the currency was adopted, pronounced the currency "oy-ro", and it seems that pretty much ''every'' European country had a slightly different take on the same four letters, ironically for a currency meant to unite (most of!) them. :) )		:For my part, in case anyone wants my subset of English english usage, an "AA" <s>battery</s> ''cell'' would be either 'double-ay' (three syllables) or 'ay-ay' (two, easiest to say, ''could'' be misheard as 'ay-ay-ay' if garbled). "AAA" either 'triple-ay' or a clear 'ay-ay-ay' (both three syllables, as likely to say either). "AAAA"..? Rarely mentioned. And both 'quadruple-ay' and 'ay-ay-ay-ay' are four syllables, so a tossup. Never considered '[two\|three\|four]-ay' for batteries, unlike '[<number>\|(h)aich]-[(h)aich\|bee]' for pencils. Though that confuses us further (and possibly not relevently to this discussion!) with 'an aich-bee' vs. 'a haich-bee', depending in if I aspirate accordingly. Yes, it's "a European", because "Europe/European/Euro" doesn't start with a (vocal) vowel in English (German, at least originally in the bit of Germany I was in at the time the currency was adopted, pronounced the currency "oy-ro", and it seems that pretty much ''every'' European country had a slightly different take on the same four letters, ironically for a currency meant to unite (most of!) them. :) )
	:For writing, I think I'd "an" any A-string like this, unless I was quoting actual speech where (in whatever manner) it was "a <consonant-starting term>", when I'd probably render that consonant-starting term in the manner said ''as well'', to no overall ambiguity. Is that clear? Possibly I could find others in England with different takes (more Home Counties use, or those from Norn Irn, or just someone who does far more electrical component usage who has picked up the 'official' proffessional terminology). [[Special:Contributions/162.158.216.179\|162.158.216.179]] 11:38, 22 April 2025 (UTC)		:For writing, I think I'd "an" any A-string like this, unless I was quoting actual speech where (in whatever manner) it was "a <consonant-starting term>", when I'd probably render that consonant-starting term in the manner said ''as well'', to no overall ambiguity. Is that clear? Possibly I could find others in England with different takes (more Home Counties use, or those from Norn Irn, or just someone who does far more electrical component usage who has picked up the 'official' proffessional terminology). [[Special:Contributions/162.158.216.179\|162.158.216.179]] 11:38, 22 April 2025 (UTC)
		+	::Alright so there are two proponents of "a" and two of "an" so far. Anyone else want to chime in?
		+	::I know this is far from how consensus is built on Wikipedia but I don't think we have enough people for a discussion worthy of a Wikipedia RfC. --[[User:FaviFake\|FaviFake]] ([[User talk:FaviFake\|talk]]) 12:56, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

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	there been an edit war here [[User:Translated ORK\|Translated ORK]] ([[User talk:Translated ORK\|talk]]) 09:39, 22 April 2025 (UTC)		there been an edit war here [[User:Translated ORK\|Translated ORK]] ([[User talk:Translated ORK\|talk]]) 09:39, 22 April 2025 (UTC)
		+	:Always a possibility, no big deal. I'm torn, but only because "AAAA" isn't something I'd normally use.
		+	:For my part, in case anyone wants my subset of English english usage, an "AA" <s>battery</s> ''cell'' would be either 'double-ay' (three syllables) or 'ay-ay' (two, easiest to say, ''could'' be misheard as 'ay-ay-ay' if garbled). "AAA" either 'triple-ay' or a clear 'ay-ay-ay' (both three syllables, as likely to say either). "AAAA"..? Rarely mentioned. And both 'quadruple-ay' and 'ay-ay-ay-ay' are four syllables, so a tossup. Never considered '[two\|three\|four]-ay' for batteries, unlike '[<number>\|(h)aich]-[(h)aich\|bee]' for pencils. Though that confuses us further (and possibly not relevently to this discussion!) with 'an aich-bee' vs. 'a haich-bee', depending in if I aspirate accordingly. Yes, it's "a European", because "Europe/European/Euro" doesn't start with a (vocal) vowel in English (German, at least originally in the bit of Germany I was in at the time the currency was adopted, pronounced the currency "oy-ro", and it seems that pretty much ''every'' European country had a slightly different take on the same four letters, ironically for a currency meant to unite (most of!) them. :) )
		+	:For writing, I think I'd "an" any A-string like this, unless I was quoting actual speech where (in whatever manner) it was "a <consonant-starting term>", when I'd probably render that consonant-starting term in the manner said ''as well'', to no overall ambiguity. Is that clear? Possibly I could find others in England with different takes (more Home Counties use, or those from Norn Irn, or just someone who does far more electrical component usage who has picked up the 'official' proffessional terminology). [[Special:Contributions/162.158.216.179\|162.158.216.179]] 11:38, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

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	Spoiler alert: The title of [[1001]] already hints to this comic. --[[Special:Contributions/172.68.110.172\|172.68.110.172]] 18:00, 6 December 2024 (UTC)		Spoiler alert: The title of [[1001]] already hints to this comic. --[[Special:Contributions/172.68.110.172\|172.68.110.172]] 18:00, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
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		+	there been an edit war here [[User:Translated ORK\|Translated ORK]] ([[User talk:Translated ORK\|talk]]) 09:39, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

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	There are exactly 60 clues, by the way, although I’m not sure where it would be useful to include that information. [[User:Usb-rave\|Usb-rave]] ([[User talk:Usb-rave\|talk]]) 14:53, 12 July 2024 (UTC)		There are exactly 60 clues, by the way, although I’m not sure where it would be useful to include that information. [[User:Usb-rave\|Usb-rave]] ([[User talk:Usb-rave\|talk]]) 14:53, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
	:If there had been 65 (or U+0041) clues, that would have been worth mentioning it. Do you know any character encoding where A is encoded as the number 60? {{unsigned ip\|162.158.203.68\|20:30, 23 July 2024}}		:If there had been 65 (or U+0041) clues, that would have been worth mentioning it. Do you know any character encoding where A is encoded as the number 60? {{unsigned ip\|162.158.203.68\|20:30, 23 July 2024}}
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		+	Spoiler alert: The title of [[1001]] already hints to this comic. --[[Special:Contributions/172.68.110.172\|172.68.110.172]] 18:00, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

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	There are exactly 60 clues, by the way, although I’m not sure where it would be useful to include that information. [[User:Usb-rave\|Usb-rave]] ([[User talk:Usb-rave\|talk]]) 14:53, 12 July 2024 (UTC)		There are exactly 60 clues, by the way, although I’m not sure where it would be useful to include that information. [[User:Usb-rave\|Usb-rave]] ([[User talk:Usb-rave\|talk]]) 14:53, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
−	:If there had been 65 (or U+0041) clues, that would have been worth mentioning it. Do you know any character encoding where A is encoded as the number 60?	+	:If there had been 65 (or U+0041) clues, that would have been worth mentioning it. Do you know any character encoding where A is encoded as the number 60? {{unsigned ip\|162.158.203.68\|20:30, 23 July 2024}}

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	There are exactly 60 clues, by the way, although I’m not sure where it would be useful to include that information. [[User:Usb-rave\|Usb-rave]] ([[User talk:Usb-rave\|talk]]) 14:53, 12 July 2024 (UTC)		There are exactly 60 clues, by the way, although I’m not sure where it would be useful to include that information. [[User:Usb-rave\|Usb-rave]] ([[User talk:Usb-rave\|talk]]) 14:53, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
		+	:If there had been 65 (or U+0041) clues, that would have been worth mentioning it. Do you know any character encoding where A is encoded as the number 60?