Linguacrostic—Drs. Oniomania Succedaneum and Lex Quisquis, Ph.D.s SpecGram Vol CLVII, No η Contents Double or Nothing—Schön “Sean” Kaunis, Ph.D.

DIS(PLAY)FUL  END(GAME)SOMELY

by Maija Meikäläinen, Ph.D. and Matti Meikäläinen, J.D.
Takahikiä College, Pippurlandia

These puzzles are worth 1/3 point each.

Below are a number of word pairs, such that the last letters of the first word overlap with the first letters of the second word, as with DISPLAY and PLAYFUL. The overlapping letters have been replaced with the same number of blanks, which you need to fill in. At least one of the terms in each pair has some relation to language or linguistics.


EU(_ _ _)OLE
A(_ _ _ _)OUN
AC(_ _ _ _)ER
ACOU(_ _ _ _ )KLER
AD(_ _ _ _)ATIM
ALPH(_ _ _ _)TED
AS(_ _ _ _)ENCE
ASTE(_ _ _ _)INESS
B(_ _ _ _)RSE
BA(_ _ _ _)AURUS
BI(_ _ _ _)PA
CED(_ _ _ _)TIVE
DIA(_ _ _ _)URE
EGG(_ _ _ _)BREAD
ESPER(_ _ _ _)NYM
      EVI(_ _ _ _)AL
FAL(_ _ _ _)ONANT
H(_ _ _ _)OLAR
IM(_ _ _ _)TAL
LA(_ _ _ _)IFORM
LEX(_ _ _ _)OCLAST
MONO(_ _ _ _)SEMY
NOS(_ _ _ _)L
OG(_ _ _ _)UIST
S(_ _ _ _)UAGE
V(_ _ _ _)LECT
AD(_ _ _ _ _)ION
AGGLUTIN(_ _ _ _ _)LE
ALLO(_ _ _ _ _)EME
APHAE(_ _ _ _ _)TANCE
      CATH(_ _ _ _ _)ULATE
DETER(_ _ _ _ _)AL
DISC(_ _ _ _ _)LVES
DYS(_ _ _ _ _)OGRAPHY
M(_ _ _ _ _)YM
ALLITE(_ _ _ _ _ _)ALIZE
ETYMO(_ _ _ _ _ _)ICAL
OB(_ _ _ _ _ _)URALISM
ONO(_ _ _ _ _ _)ATE
SNOWMO(_ _ _ _ _ _)UAL
AD(_ _ _ _ _ _ _)ARY
DI(_ _ _ _ _ _ _)AL
PLU(_ _ _ _ _ _ _)ION
NON(_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _)IVE
NON(_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _)LY

Solution.

Linguacrostic—Drs. Oniomania Succedaneum and Lex Quisquis, Ph.D.s
Double or Nothing—Schön “Sean” Kaunis, Ph.D.
SpecGram Vol CLVII, No η Contents