SpecGram—Mix & Match ‡‡—Max & Mitch Ninelette

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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 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.

		
		SO______E
MO______S
CO______D
UN______D
PL______G
NO______D
BR______E
CO______R
IN______T

	

		
		ACENVE
AINONL
CIAOUG
CTERRE
HINRTE
INGSLU
LECTEL
NCOTIV
NSPWAV

	
 
		
		AP______N
FO______E
CR______Y
MU______D
IN______T
FE______T
OX______C
EX______E
CL______R

	

		
		ATEOTI
EANPLO
HETPLO
HISREC
LANSIO
LIESIV
LOSTIL
OCUTIS
OTCYBI

	

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 June 15, 2021, and you could win a prize. Solutions and winners will be announced in the next issue.

The solution to last month’s domino puzzle—Syllabominoes—is shown below.

eight

shawl

wraith

lied

lunge

chide

gnomes

hour

pay

heights

lights

witch

laughed

mulch

caught

one

oil

loaned

faith

rhyme

boy

jay

out

lout

hoist

guilt

chow

wow

health

judge

shy

wrath

found

beat

fist

aisle

change

age

ouch

theft

lie

roach

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

Rowena Bautista • Jang Seo-Joon • Jožefa Kovačič • Vincent Fish

Congrats to all!

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	SpecGram Vol CXC, No 3 Contents

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MO	___	___	S
CO	___	___	D
UN	___	___	D
PL	___	___	G
NO	___	___	D
BR	___	___	E
CO	___	___	R
IN	___	___	T

AP	___	___	N
FO	___	___	E
CR	___	___	Y
MU	___	___	D
IN	___	___	T
FE	___	___	T
OX	___	___	C
EX	___	___	E
CL	___	___	R

ACE	NVE
AIN	ONL
CIA	OUG
CTE	RRE
HIN	RTE
ING	SLU
LEC	TEL
NCO	TIV
NSP	WAV

ATE	OTI
EAN	PLO
HET	PLO
HIS	REC
LAN	SIO
LIE	SIV
LOS	TIL
OCU	TIS
OTC	YBI

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MO	___	___	S
CO	___	___	D
UN	___	___	D
PL	___	___	G
NO	___	___	D
BR	___	___	E
CO	___	___	R
IN	___	___	T

AP	___	___	N
FO	___	___	E
CR	___	___	Y
MU	___	___	D
IN	___	___	T
FE	___	___	T
OX	___	___	C
EX	___	___	E
CL	___	___	R

SO	___	___	E
MO	___	___	S
CO	___	___	D
UN	___	___	D
PL	___	___	G
NO	___	___	D
BR	___	___	E
CO	___	___	R
IN	___	___	T

AP	___	___	N
FO	___	___	E
CR	___	___	Y
MU	___	___	D
IN	___	___	T
FE	___	___	T
OX	___	___	C
EX	___	___	E
CL	___	___	R