KEALOA #11 — EON and ERA — KEALOA Reference

Words EON and ERA (True KEALOA)

Date 3/14/2023

Episode 385

Host Brian Cimmet

Players Ryan Hecht (6/10)

Description Ryan was given multiple puzzle clues with the same answers for round clues 9 and 10.

Answer Alternation 67% (6 answer changes)

Guess Alternation Ryan Hecht: 33% (3 guess changes)

Answer Evenness 97% (EON: 4, ERA: 6)

Guess Evenness Ryan Hecht: 97% (EON: 6, ERA: 4)

Avg Clue Age 20 years, 6 months, 0 days

Brian Cimmet

Ryan Hecht

Clues

The crossword clues presented in this round with their answers and guess results.

#	Day	Puzzle Date	Constructors	Editor	Clue #	Clue Text	Answer	Ryan Hecht
1	Sun	3/12/2023	David W. Tuffs	Will Shortz	38A	It's a stretch	ERA	✗ EON
2	Mon	4/2/2001	Peter Gordon	Will Shortz	18A	Long, long time	EON	✓ EON
3	Fri	5/8/2020	Daniel Larsen	Will Shortz	25A	Series of ages	ERA	✗ EON
4	Fri	9/6/2019	Mark Diehl	Will Shortz	54D	Phanerozoic ___ (current period in the earth's history)	EON	✓ EON
5	Mon	11/3/1958	Madeline Corse	Margaret P. Farrar	29A	Period in history.	ERA	✓ ERA
6	Sun	6/5/2022	Christina Iverson and Katie Hale	Will Shortz	70D	Geological span	ERA	✓ ERA
7	Wed	5/25/1955	Mel Taub	Margaret P. Farrar	22A	Many years.	ERA	✗ EON
8	Mon	8/10/2015	Carolyn W. Stewart	Will Shortz	11D	Many, many years	EON	✓ EON
9	Thu Thu	4/10/2008 12/9/2021	David J. Kahn Alexander Liebeskind	Will Shortz Will Shortz	14A 9D	Long interval Geology interval	EON	✗ ERA
10	Tue Sun Sat	6/24/2014 10/1/1995 2/25/1978	Heather Valadez Frank Longo Jordan S. Lasher	Will Shortz Will Shortz Eugene T. Maleska	63D 60A 51D	Historical interval Important interval Time interval	ERA	✓ ERA