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-
| ___ | ___ | ISM |
| ___ | ___ | DED |
| ___ | ___ | NED |
| ___ | ___ | IZE |
| ___ | ___ | NIC |
| ___ | ___ | ESS |
| ___ | ___ | CAL |
| ___ | ___ | ACY |
| ___ | ___ | ARY |
| ACO | SHO |
| ESS | TEN |
| EUP | TIM |
| HEM | TRI |
| IRI | UNI |
| NEC | UNL |
| OUN | UNR |
| RTE | VIC |
| SAT | VOC |
| ___ | ___ | TUS |
| ___ | ___ | ICS |
| ___ | ___ | MIC |
| ___ | ___ | IES |
| ___ | ___ | ORK |
| ___ | ___ | IAN |
| ___ | ___ | ION |
| ___ | ___ | OTH |
| ___ | ___ | GED |
| ANY | NET |
| APP | ONW |
| ARA | PHO |
| BOD | POL |
| DIM | RAD |
| ENS | STE |
| LOI | UNA |
| MAS | VEN |
| NCL | YSE |
If you think you’ve figured out all the answers
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 Davis • Adam Hesterberg • Geoffrey Hooker • Berit Johannsen • R. 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-