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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 quadgrams removed. Below are two separate puzzles. Each includes a table to fill out and a set of quadgrams with which to fill it up. Using each quadgram 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.

____G____
____M____
____G____
____O____
____R____
____O____
____F____
____I____
____F____
ANLYMANI
APPANATE
ARCHPHEN
ATUSPOST
DESIRAPH
ESTORPHY
IDEOTYPE
INHUVIST
IXESZOOM
 
________E
________D
________R
________M
________S
________D
________C
________S
________S
ALKAIMPL
ANIAINDI
CATOINUU
COMPLETE
CONTLOID
DURAOSIV
EGOMSENE
ENESTENS
HOARTIVE

If you think you’ve figured out all the answers—that’s 24 nine-letter words!—submit your solution to the editors of SpecGram by February 15, 2021, and you could win a prize. Solutions and winners will be announced in the upcoming March issue.


The solutions to last month’s domino puzzle—Scriptominoes I—is shown below.

Ք ⴻ შ Ꮞ ო 𐂠 Ղ ⵄ
Հ ⵞ ድ Ꭲ ᗸ ማ Ꮪ ᒿ
ⵇ ჯ Ե Ի 𐂂 Բ Ᏻ
𐂗 𐃀 თ ⴵ Ꮉ
ᐴ ቻ ლ ᑔ ᓋ
Ꮙ Ա ጫ እ ᓳ ე ᔒ
Վ ᔧ 𐃐 ⵒ 𐃪 𐂐 ვ Ꮝ
ⵓ 𐀢 დ ያ Ꮺ ፍ ጀ ⵥ

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

Vincent Fish • Kerstin Werner • Eemil Pölönen • Jang Seo-Joon

Congrats to all!

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