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Post Script

Chip Carver

In anticipation of the imminent opening of SpecGram’s 85th field office—the Sequoyah Memorial Satellite Office in Tahlequah—the Editor-in-Chief sent an intern down with text to be inscribed on the gigantic obelisk that towers over the building and can be seen from most of northeastern Oklahoma.* Unfortunately, the Editor-in-Chief is away on vacation and the intern has gone missing, leaving behind only a scrap of paper with some weird symbols on it. We suspect there’s some sound reasoning behind the symbols, but we don’t know what to do. Can you help us figure out what we’re supposed to have chiseled into the obelisk before thousands of people, including prominent members of the Tribal Council, show up for the grand dedication?

Fortunately, the transcription interns have been able to transcode the Editorial Chicken Scratch into the following digital glyphs with an estimated 97.4% accuracy.

え गो ዱ லு ឌ දු エ ಗೊ દુ ཙོ

If you think you can aid in the decipherment, send your interpretation to the editors of SpecGram by October 15th, 2017 and you could win a prize. The correct solution and winners, if any, will be announced in the next issue.

R E Q S P F
O A T T A P
A S S E T S
S T E M M A
T U M P U S
I D I O M S
R A N G
T A Y E
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M E E K
The solution to last issue’s puzzle, Rasmus Rask Mini Puzzle VI, is provided here.

Each of the puzzlemeisters below will receive some moderately desirable SpecGram merch:

Xinxin Chang • Vincent Fish • Daniel Swanson

In addition, the following puzzlers have achieved the everlasting glory that comes with an honorable mention:

Hannah Roberts • Vince Wilson


* We genuinely appreciate the ᏣᎳᎩ Obelisk Company giving us such a good rate! We’re always happy to support local businesses—except for those that get in our way; those we crush without remorse or pity. Thanks, Ꮳ.O.C.!—for now.

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