The Gem State
■ · By Velocipedist · Published 2023-03-06T23:19:49.560Z · Crosshare's Daily Mini for 3/30/2023
Constructor's Note
I've been seeing my home state pop up in a lot of puzzles lately, so decided to jump on the bandwagon....
Checking for previous play data...
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- Brian Callahan 🤓18s · 2023-03-07T06:28:58.547ZNice puzzle! I guess it shouldn't come as a surprise, but IDAHO is the 4th most common state name to appear in the New York Times crossword with 222 appearances. It follows UTAH (556), OHIO (446), and IOWA (267). MAINE is only 2 behind IDAHO with 220 appearances, so IDAHO's gotta step up its game! Fun Crossword Fact of the Day (FCFOTD): NORTH DAKOTA and SOUTH CAROLINA have still yet to appear in the NYT. Credit xwordinfo.com for the stats.
- Velocipedist constructor · 2023-03-07T07:04:18.484ZInteresting! :) I currently live in Utah, and yeah, I see that often. I also frequently a neighboring town of Orem--nice mix of vowels and friendly consonants--along with the ski resort Alta, that is not far away. BTW where do you find the stats?
- Brian Callahan 🤓18s · 2023-03-08T05:28:24.375ZIf you have a subscription, you can search this data using XWord Info's finder at https://www.xwordinfo.com/Finder. If you're really into construction, you can get a regular membership for $20 per year - pretty cool resource!
- Jon 🤓1:34 · 2023-03-30T03:53:26.563ZPasta for basta f""ked me up. Nice
- Velocipedist constructor · 2023-03-31T00:13:54.820ZSorry. Yeah, that was a bit tricky
- Strawberry Mango 🤓2:19 · 2023-03-30T12:52:45.669ZNice! I liked the 7A clue
- Velocipedist constructor · 2023-03-31T00:14:03.742ZThanks!
- Jillian 🤓1:31 · 2023-03-30T16:42:37.699ZThanks!
- Velocipedist constructor · 2023-03-31T00:14:13.306Z
- Sendhil Revuluri 🤓16s · 2024-04-11T13:20:03.971ZSolved downs-only but leaned heavily on the title (and note) to infer 3D (and 1A, whose etymology I’d never put together). Also was inferring for 5D — can anyone explain/unpack the clue? Thank you!