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Mix & Match †

by Max & Mitch Ninelette

The goal of this Mix & Match puzzle is to reconstitute a set of nine 9-letter words that have each had two trigrams removed. Below are two separate puzzles. Each includes a table to fill out and a set of trigrams with which to fill it up. Using each trigram once, fill the blanks in the table to form various nine-letter words. When you are done, three additional words will be revealed in the vertical direction for each puzzle.

______ISM
______DED
______NED
______IZE
______NIC
______ESS
______CAL
______ACY
______ARY
ACOSHO
ESSTEN
EUPTIM
HEMTRI
IRIUNI
NECUNL
OUNUNR
RTEVIC
SATVOC
 
______TUS
______ICS
______MIC
______IES
______ORK
______IAN
______ION
______OTH
______GED
ANYNET
APPONW
ARAPHO
BODPOL
DIMRAD
ENSSTE
LOIUNA
MASVEN
NCLYSE

If you think you’ve figured out all the answersthat’s 24 nine-letter words!submit your solution to the editors of SpecGram by February 15, 2016, and you could win a prize.* Solutions and winners will be announced in the March issue.



The solution to January’s Cryptolinguistic Puzzle is provided here, with additional explanations given below.

P R E T E R I T E F L
R L T U M B R I A N
O P E N C L A S S O B
T V H L K L I N G O N
O P A C I T Y A T V
T T C R I O
Y E K H O W A R N V
P A B A G R E E
E W E S U L C U S I R
T M A O S H
M O H A W K U D A T I V E
O R A B L A U T N A
R O O T Y O D T R A G E R
A I P C U E
E V E N T P A T H X B A R

Despite the high degree of difficulty, all of the following puzzlemeisters completed the puzzle and will be receiving prizes:

Emily DavisAdam HesterbergGeoffrey HookerBerit JohannsenR. Lucas van Ryn

Across: 1. anagram of tire Peter; 7. anagram of air, numb; 8. anagram of pals’ cones; 9. K + LINGO + N; 11. anagram of at I copy; 13. anagram of hawk or; 15. AG(RE)E; 17. E W E; 19. SU (=US backwards) + LC + US; 21. A MT. (backwards); 23. MOH (not quite home backwards) + AWK; 25. DAT(IV)E; 27. vir(TUAL BA)by (backwards); 29. TOO + R (backwards); 30. Y + O.D.; 31. anagram of gr(e)ater; 33. EVEN + T; 34. lig(HT A P)yre (backwards); 35. X + (A)RAB (backwards)

Down: 1. PRO + TOT+ Y+ PE; 2. ELEV(A)(T)E; 3. v(ITAL Y)outh; 4. E(us)KAR A ; 5. F + R(ONT)ING; 6. L(ABO)V; 9. CHICK + A SAW (was a backwards); 12. (c)OVER (t)HE (d)ARE (o)R; 14. O.B.L. = Obl.; 16. R(IS)ING; 18. anagram of the; 20. CO(U)LD; 22. MA(RT)IN; 23. MOR(A)E; 24. Mandin(KA Y)oruba; 25. DU(ll bi)TCH; 26. (M)ATR(IX) (Advanced Tongue Root); 28. B (be) + O (oh) + PP; 32. (F)AUX.



* Note that SpecGram Anti-Hoarding Guidelines stipulate that puzzle-related prizes cannot be won by anyone who has won a puzzle-related prize in the last three monthsthough honor, fame, and glory may still be seized on the metaphorical field of puzzle-related battle.

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