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storm5510 2009-11-19 00:29

[B]Cab Ulcer Crux Hit

[/B]3rd Hint: [spoiler]K-T Boundary[/spoiler]

If no one gets it this time, I'll give it up.

Flatlander 2009-11-19 00:56

I got it from the last clue:

[SPOILER]C c[/SPOILER]

petrw1 2009-11-19 03:59

[QUOTE=storm5510;196339][B]Cab Ulcer Crux Hit

[/B]3rd Hint: [spoiler]K-T Boundary[/spoiler]

If no one gets it this time, I'll give it up.[/QUOTE]

Thanks hints and Google....I never heard of the "place" before.

[spoiler]Chicxulub Crater [/spoiler]

storm5510 2009-11-19 04:40

[quote=petrw1;196370]...I never heard of the "place" before.[/quote]

:surprised

The impact point of an asteroid that may have played a role in the dinosaur extinction 65 million years ago.

[URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicxulub_crater[/URL]

davieddy 2009-11-19 04:49

Tag me........
 
I thought there used to be a more subtly titled thread devoted to this.

As an afficionado of "The Times" crossword, (long before computers
came up with these things) I would also say that the anagram should
at least make sense, preferably wittily so.

Yours grumpy old manly,
David

10metreh 2009-11-19 07:21

[QUOTE=davieddy;196379]I thought there used to be a more subtly titled thread devoted to this.

As an afficionado of "The Times" crossword, (long before computers
came up with these things) I would also say that the anagram should
at least make sense, preferably wittily so.

Yours grumpy old manly,
David[/QUOTE]

Yes, there was another thread: [url]http://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=5241[/url]

storm5510 2009-11-20 04:53

[quote=davieddy;196379]I thought there used to be a more subtly titled thread devoted to this.

As an afficionado of "The Times" crossword, (long before computers
came up with these things) I would also say that the anagram should
at least make sense, preferably wittily so.

Yours grumpy old manly,
David[/quote]

:ignore:


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