KEALOA #48 – SEALY and SERTA

Words SEALY and SERTA (True KEALOA)

Date 3/19/2024

Episode 434

Host Brian Cimmet

Players Ryan Hecht (9/10)

Description The reason Ryan didn't get 10 for 10 is because he got one of them wrong.

Answer Alternation 56% (5 answer changes)

Guess Alternation Ryan Hecht: 56% (5 guess changes)

Answer Evenness 97% (SEALY: 4, SERTA: 6)

Guess Evenness Ryan Hecht: 88% (SEALY: 3, SERTA: 7)

Avg Clue Age 15 years, 8 months, 10 days

Brian Cimmet Brian Cimmet
Ryan Hecht 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 Mon 10/15/2012 Tom Pepper Will Shortz 42A Posturepedic maker SEALY ✓ SEALY
2 Wed 12/20/2023 Brad Wiegmann Will Shortz 51D Company with Counting Sheep commercials SERTA ✓ SERTA
3 Wed 12/30/2009 Adam Cohen Will Shortz 39A Company with the stock ticker symbol ZZ SEALY ✓ SEALY
4 Sat 12/12/2020 Brooke Husic and Sid Sivakumar Will Shortz 21A Tempur-Pedic acquisition of 2012 SEALY ✗ SERTA
5 Sat 1/1/2022 Peter Wentz Will Shortz 35A Brand with an iComfort line SERTA ✓ SERTA
6 Sun 5/12/2019 Victor Barocas Will Shortz 73A Brand pitched as "Always Comfortable" SERTA ✓ SERTA
7 Sat 9/13/2003 Brendan Emmett Quigley Will Shortz 49D Airsleep company SERTA ✓ SERTA
8 Wed 8/5/2009 Donna S. Levin Will Shortz 62A Perfect Sleeper maker SERTA ✓ SERTA
9 Sat 5/11/2019 Robyn Weintraub Will Shortz 13D Brand for the rest of the people? SEALY ✓ SEALY
10 Sun 9/5/1943 J. C. Doesburg Margaret P. Farrar 143D Syriac script. SERTA ✓ SERTA