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-
| AN | ___ | ___ | S |
| DI | ___ | ___ | Y |
| ON | ___ | ___ | C |
| TR | ___ | ___ | E |
| FA | ___ | ___ | L |
| TI | ___ | ___ | E |
| ID | ___ | ___ | C |
| PH | ___ | ___ | N |
| PO | ___ | ___ | Y |
| ACO | IOM |
| ANS | LYP |
| APT | MUT |
| ARM | NAT |
| ATI | TOG |
| CHO | TOM |
| ENI | TTI |
| HON | VAT |
| ICA | YXI |
| E | ___ | ___ | FY |
| I | ___ | ___ | US |
| P | ___ | ___ | AL |
| B | ___ | ___ | ON |
| C | ___ | ___ | GE |
| A | ___ | ___ | ON |
| P | ___ | ___ | ON |
| G | ___ | ___ | AL |
| P | ___ | ___ | NT |
| ARO | MAT |
| ART | OMI |
| ATI | PLI |
| EME | RAM |
| ENI | RON |
| GNO | TIV |
| HON | UTO |
| ILA | XEM |
| LAC | XYT |
If you think you’ve figured out all the answers
| P | H | O | N | E | T | I | C | I | A | N | S | C | E | S | ||
| O | O | C | E | T | O | I | C | A | L | |||||||
| B | I | N | A | R | Y | B | R | A | N | C | H | I | N | G | ||
| T | A | L | C | C | U | R | H | E | R | O | I | C | ||||
| H | O | L | O | P | H | R | A | S | I | S | A | C | E | N | O | |
| E | N | N | O | U | X | |||||||||||
| M | A | T | C | H | M | O | D | A | L | O | M | A | H | A | ||
| A | R | E | A | E | A | L | E | F | R | E | E | |||||
| T | E | N | T | S | T | I | L | L | S | S | I | M | I | |||
| I | N | D | E | X | E | R | S | O | L | E | X | E | M | E | ||
| C | N | A | I | M | P | V | A | N | P | |||||||
| R | O | M | A | N | C | P | H | O | N | E | T | I | C | S | ||
| O | B | I | T | P | A | U | L | O | A | R | I | A | I | |||
| L | E | X | I | C | A | L | F | U | N | C | T | I | O | N | A | L |
| E | V | O | S | E | M | E | A | N | O | |||||||
| S | W | E | E | T | S | E | R | S | A | L | I | S | H | A | N |
The solution to October’s Triskaideka
Despite the high degree of difficulty, all of the following puzzlemeisters completed the puzzle and will be receiving prizes:
Wayne Zhao • Carl Joshua Quines • Vincent Fish
Across: 1. pun “faux net-let)(Fr. for you (informal)); 13. CAL(vert Watkins)/Center for Applied Linguistics; 14. anagram of hiring crabby Ann; 17. (i)TAL(i)C; 18. HER + O + I.C.; 20. Not pun “hollow phrases”l place); 33. (wh)ALE(n), (di)ALE(ct); 34. FRE(ir)E; 35. TEN(se aspec)T; 36. S + TILL + S; 38. (as)SIMI(lation); 39. (h)IND(i t)EX(t v)ERS(e); 40. LE (a V)(X) EME; 42. MIA (backwards, Esperanto for my/mine); 43. as in van Dijk, van Valin, etc.; 44. R + (w)OMAN; 47. PHONE + TICS; 49. abbr. for obituary, Latin 3ps indic. of obeō, to go toward; 50. Latin for a little; 52. (hung)ARIA(n); 53. anagram of can I locate fix null; 55. VO(U)S; 56. EME(rgent); 57. anagram of reset sew; 58. anagram of has nails.
Down
2. “No (NCO) NC (ate) native”; 3. (hocket)T OR CH(omsky); 4. (LSA pol)ICY; 5. Anagram of once (t)abu; 6. irata (backwards)(It. feminine singular for irate); 7. No + N (Fr. for no); 8. SIC(k) + H (German reflexive pronoun); 9. CAN + O.E.; 10. EL (Sp. for the) + GIN; 13. CIRCU(s) + M + FIXATIONS; 14. B(1 lb.)AO; 15. (me)ILL(et); 16. HEA(d)(Estonian for good); 17. anagram of choir time least; 19. pun “cocks see”; 21. homonyms; 24. Initial letters of A Real English Noun (Dutch for “ears”); 25. T(he) END; 26. anagram of it calmer; 27. (mo)DAL; 28. anagram of hell no soap; 30. anagram of a manner I; 31. (t)HE IM(plicature); 36. SE (refl. pron. in Fr., Sp., It., etc.) + A; 37. I(S)M; 38. (a)S EVER I(n) (It. for strict (masc. pl.)); 41. E + (backwards) NO LISP; 45. OB(s)E(ss)(initialism for Order of the British Empire); 46. MIX(tec); 47. Pl. + UM; 48. backwards LAT(I)(A)N; 50. P + A + S + S; 51. U. + backwards REF (Ger. for shore); 54. (myers-s)COT(ton).