SpecGram—Mix & Match ◊—Max & Mitch Ninelette

Partial Brexit Reverse: UK and Holland to Establish Linguistic Free Movement Area—R. Fer, N. Dumm and L. Eve

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 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-letter words. When you are done, three additional words will be revealed in the vertical direction for each puzzle.

		
		___EAD___
___PEN___
___EPT___
___NTA___
___ITA___
___TER___
___OMA___
___TIC___
___GWO___

	

		
		AGEION
BLEIRR
COUISM
DEDPRE
EXCRIN
EXORMS
FOSSPR
IDITIC
INGTOR

	
 
		
		______NCY
______GED
______APH
______MAN
______ION
______ITY
______ENT
______ING
______MIA

	

		
		ARCLEU
DLELOS
EARMID
ESSNEC
EXPNSI
GYROGR
HIVSTR
IDETRA
KAEWIG

	

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 April 15, 2020, and you could win a prize. Solutions and winners will be announced in the next issue.

The solution to last month’s Θησαυρός Γρίφος thesaural puzzle is given below:

Linguistics is arguably the most hotly contested property in the academic realm. It is soaked with the blood of poets, theologians, philosophers, philologists, psychologists, biologists, and neurologists, along with whatever blood can be got out of grammarians.

—Russ Rymer

The puzzlemeisters below submitted correct answers to the puzzle and will be receiving semi-precious prizes!

Adam Bernard • Dan Sidorov • Kerstin Werner

	Partial Brexit Reverse: UK and Holland to Establish Linguistic Free Movement Area—R. Fer, N. Dumm and L. Eve
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___	PEN	___
___	EPT	___
___	NTA	___
___	ITA	___
___	TER	___
___	OMA	___
___	TIC	___
___	GWO	___

___	___	NCY
___	___	GED
___	___	APH
___	___	MAN
___	___	ION
___	___	ITY
___	___	ENT
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AGE	ION
BLE	IRR
COU	ISM
DED	PRE
EXC	RIN
EXO	RMS
FOS	SPR
IDI	TIC
ING	TOR

ARC	LEU
DLE	LOS
EAR	MID
ESS	NEC
EXP	NSI
GYR	OGR
HIV	STR
IDE	TRA
KAE	WIG

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___	___	GED
___	___	APH
___	___	MAN
___	___	ION
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___	___	MIA

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___	ITA	___
___	TER	___
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