Word Ladder 三—Learned Hand and Benighted Foot SpecGram Vol CXCII, No 1 Contents

Previous Puzzle Solutions

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The solution to last issue’s /hʌnikom pʌzəl/ is as follows: /ɪf læŋgwɪʤ hæd bɪn ðə krieʃən nat əv poətri bʌt əv laʤɪk wi ʃʊd onli hæv wʌn/ (or, if you prefer, If language had been the creation, not of poetry, but of logic, we should only have one). The waggle path of the bees’ waggle dance is also provided for your amusement and edification.

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

吉田美咲 • Keith Slater • Vincent Fish • Jožefa Kovačič


A L Ð I C A R M S M I E P
L E I L A M E A T E N D Æ
A P O S T R O P H E G A I T
S T P E T E I M P A S T O
K O I A S E C E N T
A N A I T A L I A N O G S
A L A A R T H U R Ƿ E
Ȝ U R T R O S S O A M E N
B R U S S E L S M I E
I N T H A M E L I N G M T
H O I S I Z E R I O
ΠM E R M A N E R R A T A
R I N D C O N A R T I S T S
E R I E E V E L I N S E T
D E A R H A W Þ A G O N Y

The solution to last issue’s crossword, Out of Character, is similarly provided here for your delectation and enlightenment. Note that a number of letters, presented here in red and generally of Old English vintage, are to be spelled out within the crossword cell they occupy. You probably didn’t know that Œ is called ethel, did you? Well, the puzzlemeisters below certainly did, and they, too, shall receive some tolerably exciting SpecGram merch for their troubles.**

Trey Jones • Keith Slater • Aoife Ó Briain • Raymond Dumont


* If the winners had been the determination, not of generosity, but of miserliness, we should only have one.

** And now that we have more than one puzzle per issue, you can win more than one spectacular prize per issue, too. Go Keith!

Word Ladder 三—Learned Hand and Benighted Foot
SpecGram Vol CXCII, No 1 Contents