Jacob Reed author page
3 puzzles by Jacob Reed
with Jim Horne comments
See the 16 answer words debuted by Jacob Reed.
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If you're old enough, you'll remember how hilarious it was to see words spelled upside down in early calculators. Or you weren't a nerd, and you thought it was dumb. Either way, the puzzle works. This puzzle has a high percentage of creative clues. Bravo to Jacob Reed (this is his solo debut) and to the editors.
You can search for "calculator words" right here on XWord Info. This RegEx query finds the words from our wordlist and our dictionaries using only the letters Jacob used: BEGHILOSZ.
This OneLook query uses a different syntax and finds a different set. Many of the new words are unusable. A surprising number are colored light brown, meaning they did appear in pre-Shortz crosswords. Constructors are getting better, and software helps a lot.
Also, let's all please remember that CHICO Marx's name is pronounced chick-o, not cheek-o, a moniker highlighting his renown as a "chicken chaser", i.e., womanizer.
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Animators use a MOCAP SUIT (motion capture suit) to digitally capture the motions of a human actor that can then be transferred to their animated characters.
What? No more hand-drawn cels? Garson Hampfield could commiserate.
Here are some famous MOCAP examples.
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Interpret the first two letters of italicized clues as U.S. State abbreviations.
As of today, the FL Edge is still officially known as the Gulf of Mexico.