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Sandy Wood
Brain Game: Not Quite the World’s Smallest Crossword #4
by Sandy Wood - August 8, 2008 - 6:30 AM

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Here’s a new entry in our Not-Quite-The-World’s-Smallest-Crossword series. Three clues across, another three down, and you’re done. Unlike most other crosswords, you can probably do this one in your head:

Not-Quite-The-World's-Smallest-CrosswordACROSS:
1. see _____
4. long _____
5. mountain _____
 
DOWN:
1. _____ sack
2. old _____
3. gee!

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  1. In all fairness, the word mountain sould be capitalized.

    posted by Zach on 8-8-2008 at 8:52 am

  2. Zach: not necessarily. The soda is named after a pre-existing slang term for moonshine.

    posted by Andy on 8-8-2008 at 8:59 am

  3. Zach: I considered that, but Andy is exactly right. I grew up in the foothills of the Appalachians, so I knew all about the original beverage known as “mountain dew.”

    In fact, when Pepsi first came out with the soft drink by that name, they advertised it with a mountain man drinking out of a jug with “XXX” on the side. There’s also an old country song called “Mountain Dew,” which is about the booze rather than the soft drink.

    I also remember there was a bit of a backlash in the south because of the Mountain Dew soft drink and other similar beverages that weren’t alcoholic but HINTED at being alcoholic, like Apple Beer (which was really just an apple-flavored ginger-ale type drink). Some parents felt that it inspired youngsters to want to drink the hard stuff.

    posted by Sandy on 8-8-2008 at 9:06 am

  4. … It’s amazing how much EASIER the puzzle is when you have the right answers to help you figure out the rest.

    In other words, I was stuck after I had 1(across) “SAW” and 3(down) “WIZ”

    I would have been stuck for a very, very long time…

    SAW
    SKI
    Z

    … and I don’t know too many words that start with SS!

    posted by PointSpecial on 8-8-2008 at 9:30 am

  5. sad sack???

    posted by Amy S. on 8-8-2008 at 10:13 am

  6. Sandy I have a great idea for a brain game for you. It just hit me today and I think that it rocks and it takes a good amount of thinking. Email me if you want in.

    posted by Gary on 8-8-2008 at 11:50 am

  7. PointSpecial – I’m glad I’m not the only one that come up with “wiz” for 3 down!

    posted by Lynne on 8-10-2008 at 11:42 pm

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