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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2957<br />
| date = July 10, 2024<br />
| title = A Crossword Puzzle<br />
| image = a_crossword_puzzle_2x.png<br />
| imagesize = 740x937px<br />
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| titletext = Hint: If you ever encounter this puzzle in a crossword app, just [term for someone with a competitive and high-achieving personality].<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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* 1 across. Famous pvt. wilhelm quote: Reference to the {{w|Wilhelm scream}}.<br />
* 11 across. An IPv4 record is an "A" record, an IPv6 record is four times the length and is designated an "AAAA" record.<br />
* 22 across. Unary's when you get to use just the one symbol. E.g. 32 in unary would be 11111111111111111111111111111111. The first four strings in unary, if you used A as the first (and only) symbol, would be A, AA, AAA, AAAA.<br />
* 24 across. [https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-C/part-63/subpart-AAAAAAA 40 Code Fed. Regs. § 63.11559], et seq., "Subpart AAAAAAA — National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area Sources: Asphalt Processing and Asphalt Roofing Manufacturing"<br />
* 36 across. I.e. "open up". Or an expression of pain; particularly the only kind you can make with dental tools in your mouth. (As Autechre put it: [https://youtu.be/UppsLKz1iD4 "Now, I don't want you to panic... just lean back and relax."])<br />
* 41 across. Macaulay Culkin's review of aftershave: Famously in the movie {{w|Home Alone}} he puts it on because he's home all alone and dislikes it, emitting a scream, which could be transcribed like A's.<br />
* 50 acress. In Frozen2, Elsa hears spirits singing to her in a way that could be transcribed as "A A A A"<br />
* 1 down. {{w|AaAaAA!!! – A Reckless Disregard for Gravity}} - notably the title is commonly extended in promotional material beyond 6 A's.<br />
* 2 down. 101010101010101010101010 from base 2 to base 16 is AAAAAA.<br />
* 9 down. Decoded from Base10 to Base26 with A being 1 you get AAAAAA<br />
* 34 down. 440Hz is an "A" note. 7 pulses would be AAAAAAA<br />
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