In mathematics, the Greatest Lower Bound [of a given set, it is the greatest element (not necessarily in the set itself) that is equal or lower to all elements of the set] -- it's the opposite of SUP
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Horizontales
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In mathematics, the Greatest Lower Bound [of a given set, it is the greatest element (not necessarily in the set itself) that is equal or lower to all elements of the set] -- it's the opposite of SUP
4A
Tungsten
8A
Louisiana
13A
Est. business body
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It has erupted in crosswords probably a magnitude of thousands more than it ever has in actuality
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Creepy lake homonym
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Unremarkable was I ---- saw Elba, Kramer, nu?
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There was a video of her dancing when she was a college student. For some reasons her opponents thought this should be damaging to her reputation (because... congressmen are never supposed to have been young?) It wasn't.
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a) Diatribe about the Netflix series starring and produced by Brit Marling; b) the Formicidae that is in position to propel the rowboat
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Unequivocally state that one refuses to get along
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Phooey! I hate sheep.
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As a rule a crossword entry is not supposed to contain itself as a word in its clue
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Medical degrees (don't overthink it)
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Actor McKellen (don't overthink it)
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The first name and first letter of the surname of --- -indervarten, a German badminton player. If I change the last letter of this entry the clue for 21D would be a woozyism: Defensive armor made of whole grain. But I'm not going to change the last letter.
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Words of understanding
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Mystery writer Stabenow; author of the Kate Shugak series
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"The roaring ------, or, Moll Cut-Purse : as it hath lately beene acted on the Fortune-stage by the Prince his Players"
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Cleanser brand that "hasn't scratched yet"
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Like an Ave.
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Periodic bouts of sleepwalking
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Swing Time
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British music, film, gaming, and culture website and brand
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Fagaceae Fagus; a deciduous tree. Mr. Rucastle had an estate in Hampshire named "The Copper -----es" where he hired a governess to cut her hair and make unwelcome gestures at a window. The whole thing ends when Dr. Watson shoots a hungry dog.
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On condition that...
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Yikes!
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Although this storage medium is not re-writable, it can be read multiple times. I, honestly, can't see the point of a storage device that can't be read multiple times but apparently that was an important feature in naming this technology.
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Worldwide: Abbr. (Like three of these clues-- but not their entries)
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Chicago, O'Hare International
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The study of the progression of conveyances of information (such as air, print, or broadcast) over time
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Faithful
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"Frozen" reindeer
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13A Bigwig
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Manage to not encounter
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The Undo card in "Exploding Kittens"
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A standard crossword entry. Europe, Asia, mountain range, etc. maybe a sea.....
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Plutonium
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Trolley
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Office note
Verticales
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Arkansas
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Negative conjunction
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Hopefully the adjective of this grid entry will refer to the produce being of good quality and not having begun to age. We don't want the adjective to refer to the person selling the produce being rude and impertinent.
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Approaches
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A lot of the Egyptian sun god encases the first fourteen letters
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Creep slowly
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French for "there" as in "--- -bas il y a un Hareng Rouge, à ne pas confondre avec un Bâton Rouge"
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League members
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Icon
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The muse of Astronomy. (My personal favorite. Who's your favorite muse?)
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Quora of ten men required for prayers; early population group in the Aegean area; little yellow guys that look like Twinkies and talk in gibberish... (okay, scratch that last one-- that's just me being a smart-ass)
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Wager
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Barcelona, J.A. Anzoategui International
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Rocky Road
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Thorin II, Dwarf King under the Mountain (from "The Hobbit"). If I change the third letter then the clue for 29A would be a straightforward: Metal bar. But I'm not going to change the third letter.
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"What's that printed sheet with a list of all the food you can order?" "This? This is ------"
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Montana
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Seed with flavor and aroma similar to licorice, fennel, and tarragon
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Rebellious Turner (or perhaps the opposite of 48A)
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"Colossal head" carver of ancient Mexico
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Maybe this was the inspiration of HAL9000 (transpose the letters up....)
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Weep
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Remove a boats main spar
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Jazz bassist Charles
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As a rule a crossword entry is not supposed to appear twice in the same puzzle
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So-so
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Hemoglobin corpuscles (abbr.)
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"Can it be?" "No, ------"
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Houston, George Bush Intercontinental
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Marshall Bruce Mathers
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It's capital is not Fargo.
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Manganese
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People of my generation think Rose Buck, as played by Jean Marsh was the epitomical portrayal of this profession. (Okay, not my generation.... just me....sigh)
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Air filter acronym
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County in Northern California whose name derives from Patwin for "place abounding in rushes" (and not for "Rush out and grab the day")
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Chocolate test site
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Egg
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English for 7D, as in "Hither and ---- be a Red Herring, not to be confused with a Red Sticke"
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"....."
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The solution to this meta is one of the grid entries
This is my attempt at a Week 5. It may not be because the themers might be too easy to find. But it still shouldn't be any easier than a week 4, I hope.
I came up with this idea when I had a familiar frustration trying to solve a meta and a thought "what if I made a meta where these types of frustrations are part of the solution".
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Hector 12:57 · hace más de 2 años
I got to ORDEAL, RECESS, and HERO, and saw MO, MN, and IAH in the themers, which go with BIGCREAMFLAVOR. ORDEAL, from ICECREAMFLAVOR, came closest with two out of three, which is why I submitted it. Probably missing something...
Unequivocally STATE that one refuses to get along: SC, OR, NH, AR, MO, NY. Of the three clues Louisiana, Montana and Arizona only Arizona is included so we take the word ICE.
PERIODIC bouts of sleepwalking S,O,Mn, Am, B, U, Li, Sm. Of the three clues Tungsten, Plutonium, and Manganese only Manganese is included so we take the word ICE.
The study of the progression of conveyances of information (such as AIR, print, or broadcast) over time: MED, IAH, IST, ORY. Of the three clues Barcelona, J.A. Anzoategui International (BLA), Chicago. O'Hare (ORD) and Houston, George Bush International (IAH) only IAH is included so we take the word flavor.
So we get ICECREAMFLAVOR = 19D: Rocky Road = ORDEAL.
Completely unintentionalORDEAL = ORD + EAL = Chicago + Marshall Islands also unintintional was ORDEAL = OR+DE+AL. It makes me feel sorry we cant get chemical symbols out of it.
SC= South Carolina, OR=Oregon, NH = New Hampshire, AR = Arizona, MO=Missouri, NY = New York.
Oh, bloody fornication in a tulip!!!
I swear I double and tripled proofed just for this sort of thing! Three times. Sheesh. Okay, it's easy to fix. Great Gulfs or muskrat fat!
Hector 12:57 · hace más de 2 años
ORDEAL had the added attraction of being composted of three states, and MO MN and IA(H) are state abbreviations -- still nothing that counts as a lock, so I look forward to the reveal. Nice work getting so much theme material for an intricate mechanism in this grid.
Meg 3s · hace más de 2 años
I was looking for an entry that had a state, an element and an airport. I confess I just tried every entry that started with a state and was long enough. If ORDEAL is correct because it has 3 states, then why did we need all the other stuff?
whimsy 26:37 · hace más de 2 años
Got it after a few educated guesses. I saw State and Periodic (Table) and Broadcast(?) in the clues for the long themers. I had the HERO, ORDEAL, and RECESS from the three-word indicators -- Thumbnail pic, Ice cream flavor, and Big Band music --so I tried those in order. Earlier, I'd tried MAID because your clue for that mentioned "generation" - Era? as in Big Band; and "epitomical portrayer" as in ICON.
Figured that was two out of three.
Gnarly's the word! Nicely convoluted, woozy!
United States and Postal Codes:
Unequivicably STATE state that one refuses to get along= SC,OR,NH, AR,MO, NY which includes Arizona but not Louisiana or Montana.
Of the 3 clues that are states ARIZONA = ICE is the only one in the themer.
Chemical Symbols
PERIODIC bouts of sleepwalking = S,O,Mn, Am, B,U,Li, SM of which includes Manganese but not Tungsten or Plutonious. Of the 3 clues that are elements Manganese = CREAM is the only one in the themer.
International Airports
The study of the progression of conveyances of information (such as AIR, print, or broadcast) over time MED, IAH, IST, ORY = Medina Saudi Arabia; Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz + Houston, George Bush Intercontinental + Istanbul International + Paris, Ory International but doesn't include either Barcelona, J.A. Anzoategui International nor Chicago, O'Hare International. Of the 3 clues that are International Airport only Houston, George Bush Intercontinental = FLAVOR is in the themer.
Take those answers ICE + CREAM + FLAVOR and there is one clue, 19D, that is an ICECREAMFLAVOR. 19D = Rocky Road = ORDEAL . And that is the answer.
The other trios of clues yield BIGBANDMUSIC => SWING TIME => RECESS, and THUMBNAILPIC => ICON => HERO but as those involve items that were not in any themers they do not count.
Hector 12:57 · hace más de 2 años
Arizona is AZ, not AR (which is Arkansas). So a little speed bump...
Wow, I missed that the keywords in the clues for the long entries, and also that the entries were completely made up of those abbreviations. Impressive! I was trying to make ORDEALRECESSHERO somehow combine and point to another entry, until @whimsy gave me a nudge (okay really just told me it was one of those three). I picked ORDEAL mostly because it's the only one of these words that contains an airport, state, and element, although you have to reuse letters. Anyway, this was almost a really great metanism! Just the final step maybe needs a better click.
I K Snamhcok 8s · hace más de 2 años
Well, I got it (after a wrong submission), and there’s reasoning to my answer, but … I’m sure I’ve missed something too. I’ll now look for woozy’s recap, which I believe has been posted.
Unequivicably STATE state that one refuses to get along= SC,OR,NH, AR,MO, NY which includes Arizona but not Louisiana or Montana. Of the 3 clues that are states ARIZONA = ICE is the only one in the themer.