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L’Ishing du Gwujlang XIIMịʀʀŏ̯яяịm

by Dorothea Dorfman and Theodora Mundorf
with additional assistance from Bob Kinnick and Dee Reed

Keen readers will already be acquainted with l’ishing from our earlier analysis (SpecGram CLXXXII.2, etc.). We’ve recently discovered a rather divergent variant, called mịʀʀŏ̯яяịm, in which the words being substituted do not have any direct connection to each other besidespossiblya vague phonetic similarity. However, each word in every grouping is a phonetic reversal of itself. For example, pup and poop can be substituted for one another, as in “Honey, can you check the baby’s diaper? I smell pup,” or, “I found a poop on the side of the road, so I brought it home!”

As with l’ishing, mịʀʀŏ̯яяịm words ordinarily cannot be puzzled out very rapidly, so glossaries have been gathered for newcomers. However, words are not catalogued directly in the glossaries, only mnemonically merged definitions (MMDs). For example:

baby dog feces (meaning pup poop)

We have come into possession of a single collection of these mịʀʀŏ̯яяịm MMDs, and petition for your help in inferring the matched words they refer to. (Note that some of these MMDs may actually form triptychs!)

In order to increase the response rate from SpecGram readers, The SpecGram Puzzle Elves™ have agreed to treat this as a puzzle. Submit your answers to the editors of SpecGram by November 15, 2018, and you could win a prize. Some most likely correct answers and winners will be announced in the upcoming December issue.

Disclaimer

Your dialect and/or transcription system may vary.



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

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

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

Xinxin ChangVincent FishScott HorneVitória Rodrigues Souza

Across: 1. anagram of chemists arm Armenia; 14. and backwards; 15. r(ED ZO)ne (Esperanto for husband; Hung. (with diacritic) for trainer); 16. GHAN + A (or Af(GHAN A)djective); 17. anagram of variation in; 19. anagram of I arrange; 22. overhe(ARE)r; 23. HIT(tite); 24. fi(NE PO)int; 26. A + L.P.(habet); 27. N(I + R + V)ANA; 28. anagram of tight burps; 29. BA(U.G.)H; 30. BURR + HUS (house in Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Middle English,....)(first name of B.F. Skinner); 31. T(A)O; 32. GEE (backwards); 35. rig(HT UR T)ells (reversed); 38. Dr. + E.; 40. H + anagram of I go reply + H; 42. anagram of neat N-N; 44. HO(cket)T; 45. AGHA(st); 46. anagram of can do me in; 49. K(LIM)A + N; 52. anagram of worn grain; 53. anagram of ERP; 54. Shima(ORE O)ther; 55. anagram of tried so; 57. C.A.L.L. (Computer Assisted Language Learning); 58. anagram of zero lice; 62. Neogrammarians; 63. ANN + E; 64. “as pirating”; 67. R.(O.T. + IN) I; 70. TO + R (Dutch for beetle); 71. anagram of aloha; 72. A + V + I.L.A.; 74. C. + LIT. + I.C.; 78. (Old French for yes); 79. oir (Sp. for hear) backwards; 80. CAN + A + D.A.; 81. anagram of a chariot n; 82. TEMP + ORAL.

Down: 1. anagram of tutor gave one Dad no C; 2. Inari (Sami); anagram of Irani; 3. R + ARE + R; 4. R(E-T- IN)UE; 5. kick(ED IT AR)ound; 6. A+Z+O; 7. anagram of zooming into path, hon; 8. E.G. + RE + T + S; 9. C + HA + N.T.; 10. HAIman(Japanese for “okay, yes, got it”; 11. A + N + N; 12. Afrikaans for night; 13. anagram of polo oral chomping oh; 18. A + HAB. (backwards baha, flood in Tagalog, Cebuano, Bikol,...); 20. “thy ear” reversed; 21. A + LG + A; 25. PI + U (Italian più = more); 33. imperfect indicative form of sish ser, to be; 34. G(Irene (backwards))C; 35. TRACE + R; 36. Roger Shuy, Roger Fowler; 37. nahua(TL A LOC)ative (Nahuatl/Mexica god); 39. ODD (backwards) around E; 41. ITA(lian) c(ITA)tations, im(ITA)tions; 43. NO + /w/; 44. anagram of hid in; 47. odd letters of maiden lies; 48. N(P)O (Latin abbrev. nil per os); 50. I + RAN + I; 51. ME(L.E.)N (Breton for yellow); 56. qui(TE SO L)ong; 59. initials of R(ussian) + A(lbanian) + I(ngush) + L(atvian); 60. ANNE (backwards); 61. O + N + I; 65. Dutch verb to speak; 66. anagram of natio(n); 68. O (HI) O; 69. (slavi)C LAT(via) (backwards); 72. anagram of air (Ilocano for king, Alb. for bear); 73. Maldi(VIA)n; 74. C(-)C(o)M(mand) ; 75. L + A + P; 76. TA + R; 77. hall(IDA)y, h(IDA)si.

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