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13 Down? 36 Across? (Posted on 2008-12-25) Difficulty: 2 of 5
I was doing a crossword puzzle the other day when I noticed that each word in the following (two-word) clues all share one unique common characteristic. What is it?

Acid rain
Bath mat
Get Smart
Halloween pumpkin
Harvest moon
Heart patient
High elevation
Monkeyed around
Pigged out
Planet Earth
Skin lotion
Suspected felon
Western Utah
Zen Buddhist

  Submitted by rod hines    
Rating: 5.0000 (1 votes)
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The title contains some clues. The '13', being prime, suggests prime numbers might be involved here, and the '36' refers to Base-36. Expressed in Base-36, each word yields a Base-10 prime number.

Acid = 482,773
rain = 1,273,343
Bath = 527,237
mat = 28,901
Get = 21,269
Smart = 48,069,641
Halloween = 48,789,534,108,911
pumpkin = 56,271,688,223
Harvest = 37,656,776,621
moon = 1,058,423
Heart = 29,220,617
patient = 55,073,787,833
High = 817,073
elevation = 41,173,553,727,959
Monkeyed = 1,777,679,398,309
around = 651,170,857
Pigged = 1,542,655,237
out = 32,212
Planet = 1,547,423,237
Earth = 24,017,237
Skin = 1,332,959
lotion = 1,311,477,719
Suspected = 81,404,488,004,053
felon = 25,875,527
Western = 70,551,962,627
Utah = 1,437,641
Zen = 45,887
Buddhist = 928,117,987,949

Comments: ( You must be logged in to post comments.)
  Subject Author Date
Puzzle ThoughtsK Sengupta2023-10-16 08:06:51
re: Poor beggar?rod hines2008-12-29 13:41:05
re: Take words individuallybrianjn2008-12-26 02:53:40
Take words individuallyGamer2008-12-26 02:35:01
Some ThoughtsPoor beggar?brianjn2008-12-26 00:03:41
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