MATH 0.9 xⁿ + yⁿ = zⁿ
22 clues have an extra word. These form clues to the elliptic curves.
16 clues have entries similar to Fermat’s proof.
The number of words, n, in each of the remaining 9 clues is the appropriate integer to apply to the corresponding curve (left to right), in clue order.
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Across
- One who gets to hold lady is quivering artisan?
- Hitchcock film has all its characters in brace
- Biz Markie’s third appearance after taking the lead of comedic opera’s number one character met with second round of applause
- Minion’s O.K. to a gutless dummy
- One loud party? Quiet! Something to celebrate? Who said to strike up the band?! (2 wds.)
- Oddly, Thutmose produced breadbaskets
- Pouch with some stickers and a decal (just the middle)
- Former temp reorganized, free from duty
- Group of larvae speeds after Big Apple
- Lawman saw things in corporate ethics
- Emperor in jeopardy, thrashing about a scare
- Computer brain machine’s startup poky, doesn’t set ambitious goals (2 wds.)
- Put down half-eaten corn at dance hall
- So, do I hold it together partially?
- Tree grew around 2001: A Space Odyssey fan
- Those people love taking just a little bit off the top from businesses! (2 wds.)
- Cartographic book founder discovered Ararat last
- Older Spanish man embraced me
- Solo lecture played back somewhere at the airport
- Tower of Jezebel: really great
- Aboveground dweller extracting diesel oil
- Spooner’s begging group for flying creature
- Grey’s Anatomy actress Leigh goofing off
- Street Fighter character grabbed Ryu’s head (separate lead characters)
- Yard visitor said to have the most yardage
- Exotic, rare firs are Italian imports
Down
- “Celtics follow legend of fruit, mesmerized,” as the Reverend says (2 wds.)
- Wise dancing goat - it was heard in Animal House
- Doctor Eccher’s nursery
- Early American sewer’s cover lost on Orion craft site
- Poet misfortune, shouting, “Pole! Fish!” (2 wds.)
- Falco, who’s acting chief of geodesic engineering? *croak*
- Increase stress following previous lover
- Theatrical Charlie attached dome to loudspeaker
- Architect pets risk soiled promotional materials (2 wds.)
- “Ultimatum! Ultimatum!” encapsulated outcry
- Cicero’s truth, in abbreviated form: “Value each repair mending injuries that are sustained”
- Group of wolves getting old wall, presenting in a way to look more appealing
- Activity that takes hours multiplied by signing stuff (2 wds.)
- Author mix up prior to disaster
- Original thread-attached conversation “So....naan?” (2 wds.)
- Mark sandwich shop next to Cambridge ocean institution
- Miserable and hungry after morsel of meat
- One lyric’s leading to like Adele’s unrespected voice
- Bake-off judge’s comedian didn’t start with regrets
- A lot of money in holdings of revolutionary bugs Felipe
- Pokemon voice Abraham not one who plays it up for the audience
Elliptic Curves