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Get Up 8

◆ · By Elly Zupko · Published 2024-07-21T15:06:06.761Z

This one is an NYT reject. I really like this theme and grid, but realized it would be hard to find a home for it in a mainstream publication because it contains one number. I prefilled that digit to alleviate any confusion. It has some tough fill, but I tried to keep the cluing on the easier side. All my puzzles here have so far been double black diamonds, so we'll see if I succeeded in that...
Post-solve notes:
I'd also like to say that I am completely aware that the saying "Fall [down] 7 (or 9) times; get up 8 (or 10)" doesn't make any logical sense. But it is such a well-known adage that I guess people don't mind that the math doesn't add up. If you're wondering why I used 7 instead of 9, it's because this adage has roots in both the Bible--"For though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes." -Proverbs 24:16--and in a Japanese adage--"Nanakorobi yaoki" (七転び八起き), "Fall down seven; rise eight." Seven is a mystical number in many ideologies, and eight symbolizes happiness in Japanese culture. The 7/8 version seems to be more common, at least if averaged along the adage's own timeline.
The phrase has morphed in the modern era to the numbers 9 and 10, as in Cardi B's "Get Up Ten:" "Knock me down nine times but I get up ten." Similar 9/10 quotes have been attributed to Jon Bon Jovi, Roz Savage, and numerous print-in-demand t-shirts. I imagine the shift to 10 is related to our base-10 system of math and a cultural comfort with the "roundness" of the number. (Though one might argue that 8 is more "round" than 10.) But no matter the numbers, here's to perserverence!
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  • Jess 🤓11:18 · 2024-07-22T06:44:36.091Z
    I loved it! Thanks :)
    • kurtalert 🤓5:14 · 2024-07-22T15:11:28.923Z
      Enjoyed this, thank you! I like when numbers are mixed in, as long as there's a hint somewhere letting you know to expect it.
      • David C 🤓10:55 · 2024-08-04T22:23:19.993Z
        Great stuff! I think the numeral was totally fair play, especially as it's hinted directly in numeric form in the puzzle title. Also, I think the math can add up if you assume that the first action was getting up (instead of falling first).
        • Jessica 11:14 · 2024-08-05T16:23:07.242Z
          Good puzzle, thanks
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            Trade
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            Musical notation at the beginning of viola sheet music
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            The mountains in "Climb Ev'ry Mountain"
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            ____ Grey tea
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            Came up
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            ____ Land (Hollywood)
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            Isaac's eldest
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            Italian city known for ham
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            Braided bread
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            More cacophonous
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            Small, silver, schooling fish
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            Linear wound
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            Online bill pay letters
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            Tallahassee research school: abbrev.
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            Short-lived trend
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            Some nesters
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            Very chill
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            Dwarf buffalo, existing only in Indonesia (and crossword puzzles)
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            Opposite of NNE
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            Colonoscopy co-stars
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            One who would answer yes to "Where you raised by wolves??"
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            Already cut, as bagels
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            One out of a hundred in Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia ... and Washington D.C.
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            Setting notation in a screenplay
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            And her name is G-L-O-R-I-A (iconic feminist)
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            Itchy seat at a fall festival, perhaps
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            One who drank from a bottle that should have been labeled "Shrink Me"
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            "Alternative facts"
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            Superlative suffix for -y adjectives
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            Visitors from an HVAC company, maybe
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            Gets it wrong
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            Disapproving sounds
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            Ingredient in Johnson & Johnson baby powder prior to 2020
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            What mares eat in a homophonic novelty song
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            Founding Father John or Samuel
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            Vessel made from a hollowed-out tree
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            With this puzzle's title, an adage about persistence, and a description of the answers at 3-, 8-, 10-, 34-, 37-, 50-, and 53-down, collectively
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            Wiped out hard
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            Rider on a pale horse
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            Droop
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            6th sense
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            Go lower, temporarily
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            One heading toward Mania?
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            Mortgage-holders vis-a-vis banks
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            Latin legalese for "in the matter of"
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            Imperial monarch
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            Word on the bottom of many a red cup
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            Go head over heels
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            Valedictorian's Eng. class
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            Yarn
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            Southpark's Cartman, to his mother
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            Amontillado container
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            Annual address by a Governor, for short
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            Atmosphere
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