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.
| IR | ___ | ___ | S |
| MA | ___ | ___ | D |
| PI | ___ | ___ | G |
| AM | ___ | ___ | S |
| EU | ___ | ___ | S |
| UT | ___ | ___ | E |
| AH | ___ | ___ | C |
| VI | ___ | ___ | S |
| IC | ___ | ___ | S |
| ABL | NES |
| CIN | NYS |
| CNI | ORI |
| EST | ORM |
| ETH | PHO |
| IDE | RIA |
| ISH | TER |
| ISM | VID |
| IST | YST |
| GL | ___ | ___ | O |
| DI | ___ | ___ | D |
| DI | ___ | ___ | G |
| JA | ___ | ___ | S |
| EP | ___ | ___ | E |
| MA | ___ | ___ | A |
| FL | ___ | ___ | G |
| SA | ___ | ___ | L |
| PO | ___ | ___ | E |
| AMI | ISE |
| AND | ISS |
| AUN | LAP |
| CAD | MEM |
| CUL | MWI |
| ENO | PHT |
| ETI | TIN |
| HON | TTE |
| ICA | TYR |
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 1st, 2023, and you could win a prize. Solutions and winners will be announced in the next issue of SpecGram.