dannmann's NYT crossword puzzle ramblings

friday, january 04, 2008
raymond c. young / will shortz
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difficulty factor: %*&# i picked a helluva day t' give all my band-aids away t' the needy... why thar's words in thar ain't no educated man'd e'er speak! i had fleeting thoughts of suicide during parts of this... as a much gentler solution! this wore me out!

theme: none


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in the "notes of record" category
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well, raymond, ya did it! i was so beat up over this it ruined my day... it sapped me... it made me feel like crap all day long! now, i've been known t' cuss such that a stevedore might blush, but i'm utterly speechless... and spent!


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in the "damn-brand-new-t'-me" category
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45A strength of a chemical solution TITER (titration is a method of determining the unknown concentration of a substance in solution, by adding to it a standard reagent of known concentration in carefully measured amounts until a reaction of definite and known proportion is completed, as shown by a color change [or by electrical measurement] and then calculating the unknown concentration. the titer is the unknown concentration of the substance in solution [or the strength of such a substance] as determined by titration and calculation)




keep on keepin' on...

dann
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