Mini 102 = 2 • 3 • 17 Edition

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Amt. at the bottom of pg. 1 & top of pg. 2 of a 1040

Across

1A
Amt. at the bottom of pg. 1 & top of pg. 2 of a 1040
4A
Eminent Australian-American mathematician Terence
7A
It's not free of charge
8A
Comics exclamation beloved of Bill the Cat (spoiler)
9A
Many mathematicians (such as Ruth Gonzalez & Erika Camacho)
11A
CGS unit of energy equal to 100 nJ (& aptly fills the blank en___y)
12A
Industry that uses a lot of mathematics, especially linear algebra
16A
Military aviator who downed at least five enemy aircraft in combat
17A
Especially busy night in Times Square, for short
18A
Woman's pronoun
19A
Notebook divider

Down

1D
Feel poorly
2D
Fourth smallest state of India (and the only one that fits this space)
3D
Member of a set of numbers with countably infinite cardinality
4D
It reaches out and touches a circle or other curve in just one point
5D
Group for cryptographic puzzles, or scientific society into crystals
6D
Approves, informally
10D
NYC's first subway line
12D
Scrooge's exclamation
13D
Water one can walk on
14D
Modern self-preservation initialism
15D
Texas grocery chain (whose last letter stands for "Butt")

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kurtalert 🤓2:14 · 2024-07-03T14:51:37.941Z

This was hard!

Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-07-03T16:57:20.183Z
I suspected as much, but good to know! (Did you feel it was more iffy entries, or hard cluing?) Thanks for solving!

JeffsPuzzles 🤓1:58 · 2024-07-03T16:55:44.101Z

A fun challenge. Have you solved any of Brendan Sullivan's puzzles? He's a match professor (I think at CMU) and cruciverbalist. His regular puzzles (he posts every couple of weeks) have a bit of math content, but he also has a book of math-focused crosswords (which occupied me for a good part of a long flight).

Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-07-03T23:20:47.708Z
Ooh, thanks so much for the tip! Lots of math crosswords and general crosswords that look really good.

dc 🤓4:10 · 2024-07-03T23:09:21.160Z

nice one! I got a bit sidetracked by putting in AGU (American Geophysical Union) for 5D; I probably should've picked up that there should be a C in there a little earlier

Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-07-04T00:15:45.580Z
Given how forced that entry was, I think the clue should be more blatant. I'll try to fix!

Larry Edelstein 🤓1:46 · 2024-07-04T00:23:19.830Z

Without the hints; I think it's kinda funny - no slight intended - that "with countably infinite cardinality" is a hint. Not a lot of folks will find it hinty :-)

Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-07-04T13:43:56.894Z
Definitely a finite set of folks!

AuLeaf 4:24 · 2024-07-04T00:26:07.423Z

I feel like the names shouldn't be spoilered in 9A, since demographics aren't really related to being a mathematician? Without knowing the examples, it's only gettable from crossing entries...

Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-07-04T13:45:09.980Z
In my experience, there are plenty of entries in plenty of puzzles where I've learned new things, and typically I get them from the crosses. Perhaps the connotation of "spoiler text" makes that mechanism inaccurate here; it was more intended as a "two-part clue".

Mini 102 = 2 • 3 • 17 Edition

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