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Crosswords for Mathematicians

February 5, 2019

For a mathematician, the crossword clue 'four-letter word' (a curse word) is answered by NONLINEAR.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2019-02-05-crosswords-for-mathematicians/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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[Title] "Crosswords for Mathematicians" [Clue: "ACROSS 1. Four-letter word"] [A puzzled solver brightens and writes "NONLINEAR" across the grid]

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