Question
Ximenean (hee-MEN-ee-an) examples of these things eliminate redundancy in their instructions, while necessitating precise definitions. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these things. A day before the 1996 presidential election, Jeremiah Farrell created one of these things which could have predicted both "Clinton Elected" and "Bob Dole Elected."
ANSWER: crossword puzzles [or cryptic crosswords; prompt on puzzles]
[10e] People who managed to complete a cryptic crossword within twelve minutes received invitations to work at Bletchley Park, where they cracked this German code that was enciphered using a namesake machine.
ANSWER: Enigma [or Enigma machine]
[10h] Cryptic crosswords were pioneered by Edward Powys Mathers, who created this puzzle book whose 100 randomly arranged pages need to be reordered to form a coherent story. As of 2022, only four people have managed to solve this puzzle book.
ANSWER: Cain's Jawbone [or The Torquemada Puzzle Book]
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Summary
| 2023 NASAT | 06/17/2023 | Y | 9 | 15.56 | 100% | 33% | 22% |
Data
| Arkansas | Illinois Orange | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| California | Illinois White | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Maryland Gold | Kentucky B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Virginia | Missouri A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Maryland Red | Missouri B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| New Jersey A | Liberia | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| New Jersey B | Kentucky A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Ohio | Asia B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Pennyslvania | Asia A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |