Wordy Wednesday 652: New Math

WORDY WEDNESDAY #650
PENT WORDS 130 (answer)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #651
ANACROSSWORD 44 (hint)

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WORDY WEDNESDAY #652
NEW MATH
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Back in my day, we didn’t have Arabic numerals, you whippersnappers!

Comforter on a bed (5)
Employee at a British pharmacy (7)
Figure of speech using “like” or “as” (6)
Focus one’s gaze or attention (6)
Freight-carrying unit on a train (6)
Pertaining to the outer part of something (8)
Secret assembly of cardinals to elect a pope (8)
Shudder (7)
The buying and selling of goods (8)
Wideness or scope (7)
Wisconsin’s capital (7)

____________-1001=____________ (4)
____________-   5=____________ (2)
____________-1000=____________ (4)
____________-   9=____________ (3)
____________-2000=____________ (4)
____________-  90=____________ (3)
____________-  50=____________ (4)
____________- 500=____________ (5)
____________-   1=____________ (3)
____________- 501=____________ (4)
____________-  10=____________ (5)

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