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CR4 Crossword Puzzle!

Posted January 05, 2013 12:00 AM by SavvyExacta
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Here's something new - an engineering-related crossword puzzle. Many of the answers can be found on CR4 and on GlobalSpec. The solution will be posted within one week. Good luck!

https://crosswordlabs.com/view/cr4-crossword-1


Clues:

Across

5. The "R" in CR4

6. Type of winch with a vertical winch drum used for horizontal pulling

7. Smooth sawn stonework used in a wall

8. Engineer that supported the production of penicillin in the USA

10. Latin ingenium, meaning "innate quality, especially mental power, hence a clever invention

11. Clocks of the future that will measure seconds more accurately than other clocks

12. Most popular car on CR4

14. Pressure-sensing device that converts an applied pressure into an electrical signal

15. A device which slows down or diverts the flow of gases, liquid, sound, etc.

17. Electric motor that utilizes a type of gear system on the output of the motor

20. Del the

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1. Subject of Mendel's genetic experiments

2. Popular search engine

3. One of the most difficult engineering projects ever in which over 25,000 workers died

4. Cable consisting of two conductors which share the same axis

9. Equipment that separates water from solids using force, including vacuum and centrifugal motion

13. Mars rover

16. Helpful solution on CR4

18. International decimalised system of measurement

19. The most slippery substance in the world

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01/05/2013 7:28 AM

Is there any prizes?

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01/06/2013 4:05 PM

There be prizes: bragging rights.

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01/06/2013 5:53 PM

In that case ;

room,capstan,ashlar,rousseau,engine,optical,cavalier,transducer,baffle,gearmotor,cat

peas,google,panamacanal,coaxial,dewatering,curiosity,ga,metric,teflon.

Had to make some last minute changes - I only just noticed the hyperlink to the grid !

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01/06/2013 6:03 PM

I thought that last one was "K-Y Jelly." It works if you add a couple of boxes.

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01/06/2013 6:13 PM

rofl - I'm so glad that I didn't add my request that you kneel down and let me brag you !

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01/06/2013 6:30 PM

LOOK! OVER THERE! OMG! A CRATE!

[leaps behind PlbMak's settee amidst various and sundry bits of dried carrots and a stained copy of]

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01/07/2013 5:42 AM

I'll be buried in it when ER realises she could have just listed answers.

Del (logged in as Kris, but posting anon)

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01/07/2013 6:09 AM

...Autosport]

e, posing as A#3. I think. Damn you, KrisDelAnon, now I'm really confused!

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01/07/2013 6:29 AM

A few more AP's and it will be more of a challenge than the crossword !

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01/07/2013 8:38 AM

Of course some of us like to let others play. I submitted my answers a whole day before you - but didn't want to spoil your fun.

I shall check you for all forms of sticky items when we go Jay Walking....

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01/07/2013 12:25 PM

Anbody mad enough to take such a difficult puzzle seriously wouldn't scroll down.

Yes, your earlier post indicated that you had solved it. Well done, congratulations, etc. I'm sure they'll give you the choice of blue or red cup, if a prize is on offer.

I'll add another OT to help toward hiding my post. Do you also play Mousetrap with a stern eye on the rulebook ?

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01/08/2013 6:51 PM

Gotcha!

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01/09/2013 2:37 AM

Your spelling has chosen a bad place to go down hill.

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01/09/2013 5:28 AM

Bless my slow connection! The title came up before the sound started playing, so I was able to shut the tab before the Cockney duo made a sound!

I'm on my knees thanking the Lord for his mercy....

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01/09/2013 7:40 AM

I suppose BT has some redeeming features. <foiled again>

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01/05/2013 10:49 AM

I keep putting Lyn in for 2 down but it doesn't work. C'mon- that's got to be right!@!

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01/05/2013 2:13 PM

Great. Downloaded the word version and OOO removed the grid...so I just have a bunch of random numbers.

Revert to squared paper....over half done. Any clues on 20 Across???

How do we submit answers?

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01/05/2013 5:42 PM

You can fill it out right on the website. Maybe submit answers as a screen shot of your completed grid?

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01/07/2013 8:31 AM

No can do - only 3 lines of the grid appear on my screen... That's why I've PM'ed it

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01/07/2013 12:25 PM

Try making your font smaller; say, 72 pt? :-))))

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01/08/2013 6:49 PM

I think the problem is my 10" screen, rather than font size. Just coz your eyes are shot, don't assume mine are, old timer

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01/08/2013 7:02 PM

'Old timer' is it? Well, if you'd seen me on stairs this morning you would have used the word 'dead'.

I thank you. You are most generous indeed!

Now for the business at hand: I assumed you were using a large font - not because your eyesight (such as it is) was in any way less than outstanding - but simply that large fonts make it so much easier to search for clues. Not optimally so, just easier.

That is, until we both learn how to read Braille.

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01/09/2013 5:09 AM

It doesn't matter how large the font, if the clue is hidden in a space with no underlining...

I have it on good authority (In Touch) that learning Braille as an adult is nigh on impossible.

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01/05/2013 6:03 PM

What do you call a deer with no eyes?
Kris

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01/05/2013 9:15 PM

'Anonymous.'

(Hi Kris!)

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01/06/2013 3:59 AM

Thanks.
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01/06/2013 6:45 AM

(Ssssshhh!!! Would you please make up your bluddy mind who I'm pretending you are! LOL)

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01/05/2013 9:13 PM

See PM. Hint "He's a smooth ________."

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01/05/2013 4:52 PM

I'm finding a conflict where 9D intersects with 14A....9D has an "I" and 14A an "E"....

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01/05/2013 5:43 PM

They are both "E".

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01/05/2013 9:18 PM

But of course!

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01/05/2013 6:57 PM

Conflict resolved. Puzzle finished. Do I PM answers? Or do we have to login to the crossword site? Hufff

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01/05/2013 9:17 PM

Spacial interphase. Try using tesseract paper. (for shame, Savvy! )

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01/07/2013 12:52 PM

Here is the solution. Both English Rose and Kris were correct!

What do you think - should there be a CR4 Crossword #2? This post only got one star but I received some positive feedback via private messages. I can explore other (free) tools for creating crosswords if this one wasn't up to par. Any feedback?

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01/07/2013 2:27 PM

The idea is fun, but the clues need to be a bit trickier. Cryptic clues are more fun (just my opinion). While looking around, I found a site that has an interesting search bar.......

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01/07/2013 6:29 PM

It amused me, for awhile.

Tip-o-the-hat to the winners.

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