@pmxwords Pete notes on crosswordfiend that there's a third answer he's happily accepting. Does anyone know what is is?
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Wow!!
Despite being a
I knew about ADELE's album titles and saw that immediately (but I googled to make sure all the numbers matched before submitting). If I hadn't known about that, I'm sure I too would have gone straight to the grid numbers in search of a mechanism. I found COUNT BASIE after people here started discussing alternates. But I don't yet see the THIRD 
mechanism/answer and am dying to learn what that is.
Despite being a
I knew about ADELE's album titles and saw that immediately (but I googled to make sure all the numbers matched before submitting). If I hadn't known about that, I'm sure I too would have gone straight to the grid numbers in search of a mechanism. I found COUNT BASIE after people here started discussing alternates. But I don't yet see the THIRD mechanism/answer and am dying to learn what that is.-
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Pete Muller (@pmxwords) explains another accepted accidental alternate answer on fiend.
(sign me) - Annoyingly Alliterative
(sign me) - Annoyingly Alliterative
Whole blood, platelets, or plasma: Donate 4 in 2024
PLATELET ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ENORMOUS ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ:
๐ฐ๐ฌ% ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ฏ๐ฌ% ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ & ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฎ. ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฅ๐!
PLATELET ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ENORMOUS ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ:
๐ฐ๐ฌ% ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ฏ๐ฌ% ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ & ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฎ. ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฅ๐!
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Pretty sure the only reason those number titles sounded vaguely familiar to me was because of their appearances in crossword clues. Motivation to do more crosswords, I guess!
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My alternate alternate was accepted: TONY BENNETT. Using the 1A ADDME, I added all the numbers and got 95, which is Tony Bennettโs age, and age, after all, is โjust a numberโ.
In an earlier comment, Jay thought the younger set would have an advantage here. Maybe for Adele, but cert not for Basie or Bennett, though Lady Gaga did much to hype his 95th last year.
In an earlier comment, Jay thought the younger set would have an advantage here. Maybe for Adele, but cert not for Basie or Bennett, though Lady Gaga did much to hype his 95th last year.
Ray
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CORRECTION: You added all the numbers appearing in the Across theme entries, not all the numbers.
Adding all the numbers gets 96.TONY BENNETT is still an excellent solution!
Whole blood, platelets, or plasma: Donate 4 in 2024
PLATELET ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ENORMOUS ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ:
๐ฐ๐ฌ% ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ฏ๐ฌ% ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ & ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฎ. ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฅ๐!
PLATELET ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ENORMOUS ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ:
๐ฐ๐ฌ% ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ฏ๐ฌ% ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ & ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฎ. ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฅ๐!
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I asked Pete that if he was going to approve this answer to hurry up and do it before August when Tony turned 96 and Iโd lose my claim. Sounds like I had another year to play with
Ray