Across
- 3. A major classical Indian dance from the North whose name literally translates to "telling a story."
- 5. Shopping the ancient way: absolutely no wallet required, just a fair trade.
- 7. The blank space on a notebook page, or the incremental cost/revenue of producing exactly one more unit.
- 8. A small taste of the soup to judge the entire pot.
- 10. Your pointer finger, or the statistical baseline tool used to track inflation (like the WPI or CPI).
- 12. Three parts oxygen, serving as our planet's ultimate SPF against the sun.
- 13. The fundamental foundation of reasoning that keeps syllogisms from falling apart.
- 14. A reverse tax that keeps prices artificially sweet for consumers or producers.
- 17. A secret code you must decode in reasoning tests, which is also an old term for "zero."
- 18. The rebellious data point that completely refuses to fit in with the rest of the bell curve crowd.
- 19. A mathematical relationship between two quantities, often hiding behind a colon.
Down
- 1. Keanu Reeves' simulated reality, or a rectangular array of numbers arranged in rows and columns.
- 2. A border toll booth that makes foreign goods a little less competitive in the local market.
- 4. A statistical party where absolutely everyone in the population is invited and counted.
- 6. A number that stubbornly refuses to be divided by anything other than itself and one.
- 9. A market condition with zero competition, or a famous board game notorious for ruining friendships.
- 11. The hottest planet in our solar system, even though it's technically second in line from the sun.
- 14. What happens to a statistical distribution when it leans a bit too much to the left or right.
- 15. What you owe, spelled with a silent letter that carries a very heavy financial burden.
- 16. Orderly money? No, just government-backed currency without intrinsic value.