RTE Guide Crossword 13 Monday March 19th 2012

[Aelred]

Is there something wrong? For 8A I have "Nine" and for1D I have"Out of Court" but they don't fit - The I and U do not match.

[vegasmad]

what are the clues?

[Celticv11]

8 a is cube. 3 is cube root of 9

[Aelred]

Thank you Mark

[factor-fiction]

But three is not the square root of nine. It is the SQUARE root of nine. Three is the cube root of 27

[shooty]

Aelred. this one popped up yesturday. Can you please put the full clue (exactly as it is written) so we can try and understand what is going off. thank you : )

[shooty]

It looks like he may have logged off, so here it is.

How to work out square root
http://www.mathsisfun.com/square-root.html

The square root of 9 is 3 (3 x 3 = 9)

How to work out cube root
http://www.mathsisfun...umbers/cube-root.html

The square root of 27 is 3 (3 x 3 x 3 = 27)

[shooty]

SORRY.
The cube root of 27 is 3 (3 x 3 x 3 = 27)

[factor-fiction]

Yes, we need the exact clue.

[shooty]

The best solution i can come up with as to why the answer is cube. : /
What say you F30 or anyone else ?

The clue for 8a = Root three

cube 1
5 Mathematics . the third power of a quantity, expressed as a 3 = a·a·a.

cube 2
1. any of various tropical American plants, esp any of the leguminous genus Lonchocarpus, the roots of which yield rotenone
2. an extract from the (ROOT)s of these plants: a fish poison and insecticide

cube

[factor-fiction]

If the answer is CUBE the clue should have been 'power three' rather than 'root three'.

Does anyone know what answer actually fits the letters?

What is the clue please for 1d that gave an answer of 'out of court'?