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Question
- a type of dental appliance that replaces missing teeth
- temperature of water that can warp dentures
- when a persons dentures break, he can no longer do this
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- water temperature for denture storage so that they do not dry out and warp
- artificial teeth
Analyze crossword clues and grid lengths
- Clue 1 Down: "Water temperature for denture storage so that they do not dry out and warp"
- Grid 1 Down: Starts at intersection 1, goes down vertically. Length is 10 letters.
- Answer: COOL WATER (9 letters) or COOL (4 letters) or COLD (4 letters) or LUKEWARM (8 letters). Let's check the grid.
- Looking at the grid:
- 1 Across starts at the box labeled '1'. It goes horizontally: 1, then 4 more boxes before intersecting 4 Down? Let's count:
- 1 Across has 11 boxes: [1][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ].
- Let's trace the vertical columns:
- Column 2 Down: starts 2 boxes above 1 Across, intersects 1 Across at its 2nd letter, goes 2 boxes below. Total length = 5 boxes. Label '2' is at the bottom box.
- Column 3 Down: starts 2 boxes above 1 Across, intersects 1 Across at its 6th letter, goes 2 boxes below. Total length = 5 boxes. Label '3' is at the bottom box.
- Column 4 Down: starts 10 boxes above 1 Across, intersects 1 Across at its 8th letter, goes 6 boxes below. Label '4' is just below 1 Across. Total length = 17 boxes.
- Column 5 Down: starts below 4 Down's horizontal line? No, there is a second horizontal line starting at 4 Down.
- Let's look at the horizontal lines:
- Upper horizontal line (starts at 1): 11 boxes.
- Lower horizontal line (starts at 4): starts at 4 Down, goes right. It has 9 boxes: [4][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][7][ ].
- Let's trace the vertical columns intersecting the lower horizontal line:
- Column 5 Down: starts at the 2nd box of the lower horizontal line, goes down 5 boxes. Label '5' is at the bottom.
- Column 6 Down: starts at the 4th box of the lower horizontal line, goes down 3 boxes. Label '6' is at the bottom.
- Column 7 Down: starts 2 boxes above the lower horizontal line, intersects at the 8th box (labeled 7), goes 1 box below. Total length = 4 boxes.
Match clues to grid positions
- Clue 4 Down: "Artificial teeth"
- Grid 4 Down: 17 letters.
- Answer: DENTURES (8 letters) or PROSTHESIS (10 letters) or DENTAL PROSTHESIS (16 letters). "DENTALPROSTHESIS" has 16 letters. Let's count the boxes for 4 Down:
- Above 1 Across: 10 boxes.
- Intersecting 1 Across: 1 box.
- Between 1 Across and lower horizontal line: 1 box.
- Intersecting lower horizontal line: 1 box.
- Below lower horizontal line: 4 boxes.
- Total = 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 = 17 boxes. "DENTALPROSTHESES" is 16 letters. "DENTAL PROSTHETIC" is 16 letters. "DENTAL PROSTHETICS" is 17 letters.
- Let's check "DENTALPROSTHETICS": 17 letters. Fits perfectly.
- Clue 1 Down (labeled "Down 1"): "Water temperature for denture storage so that they do not dry out and warp"
- Wait, the clue says "1. Water temperature...". But the label '1' is on the horizontal line.
- Let's re-examine the labels:
- "5. A type of dental... that replaces missing teeth" -> DENTURE (7 letters) or BRIDGE (6 letters).
- Let's check 5 Down: starts at the 2nd box of the lower horizontal line, goes down 5 boxes. Label '5' is at the botto…
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| No. | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Artificial teeth | DENTURES |
| 5 | A type of dental appliance that replaces missing teeth | BRIDGE |
| 6 | Temperature of water that can warp dentures | HOT |
| 7 | When a person's dentures break, he can no longer do this | CHEW |