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.
| ___ | ___ | OGY |
| ___ | ___ | TED |
| ___ | ___ | MED |
| ___ | ___ | PIC |
| ___ | ___ | ESS |
| ___ | ___ | RAM |
| ___ | ___ | LED |
| ___ | ___ | NCY |
| ___ | ___ | ESE |
| ABE | NDA |
| ABU | NIA |
| CON | OPI |
| FIR | OTY |
| GRA | OVE |
| IDI | REL |
| IOL | RTN |
| MEN | SEM |
| MOG | TAL |
| ___ | LON | ___ |
| ___ | EPT | ___ |
| ___ | RET | ___ |
| ___ | PIN | ___ |
| ___ | SOL | ___ |
| ___ | URD | ___ |
| ___ | RLI | ___ |
| ___ | ERS | ___ |
| ___ | NCH | ___ |
| ABS | INV |
| ACC | ION |
| CLE | ION |
| EUM | ITY |
| GED | IVE |
| GIG | MAU |
| GLY | PRO |
| GUL | REC |
| ING | TWI |
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 January 1st, 2023, and you could win a prize. Solutions and winners will be announced in the next issue.
