(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Boudin Bakery in San Francisco, California) It once meant a notch used to record a tally in a game.  That meaning is still used for the cuts that will make your sourdough bake and look better
- TopCoder [PAR] ... KIND 9393 AFTER 9105 DOES 9095 WAY 9006 LITTLE 8954 ANY 8950 
MEAN ... 4863 SAYS 4816 MIGHT 4812 WEEK 4768 USED 4765 GREAT 4720 
HIGH ... 3970 BETTER 3957 LOOK 3951 PLACE 3910 COUNTRY 3880 BEST 
3770 FAR ... 2631 MAKES 2626 BELIEVE 2622 EITHER 2620 NAME 2601 
COMPANIES... [DOC] [TLE] WSJ Second Opinion article.