Rasmus Rask Puzzle XIII—Dam Homophones!—Lila Rosa Grau SpecGram Vol CXCII, No 4 Contents

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The SpecGram Puzzle Elves™

The solution to last issue’s final* domino-themed puzzle, Scriptominoes IV—Brāhmī’s Revenge, is presented here. The script categories—color-coded for your delight and elucidation—are Bengali, Devanagari, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, Sinhala, Telugu, and Tibetan.

থ ঘ ക ष చ ག ద କ ཌ ཀ अ
અ ख ખ ਲ झ ഝ ઝ గ খ ක ক
ఠ ଙ ഞ ದ ञ ཁ য थ న ర ག
వ ත ଛ ಗ ಠ ফ ଜ ན ග ශ ය
ನ ଡ ଢ ರ ਢ प ਉ ස ඞ ধ ব
බ ਵ ವ ಮ స ଦ ઞ ନ भ થ ਬ
ഡ પ ಕ ଭ ഢ ਥ ཡ མ ભ ষ ফ
ണ ର ਞ ത ཊ મ യ ඡ ৰ ଳ మ
ಡ ਝ ਘ ජ ಶ ય ര త ശ డ म
य ණ સ ਅ ਨ ཉ സ ષ स ಹ ཐ

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

Cindy Almond • Emma Čapková • Lachlan Turner

Good work!


The solutions to last issue’s puzzle, Mix & Match ‖‖, are provided here. The nine 9-letter words from the first puzzle are: semiology, opiniated [sic], confirmed, idiotypic, overtness, gramogram, relabeled, abundancy, mentalese; and the three additional words are: sociogram, informant, laryngeal. For the second puzzle, the nine words are: prolonged, receptive, accretion, gulpingly, mausoleum, absurdity, twirligig, inversion, clenching; and the three additional words are: pragmatic, occlusive, evolution. Each of the puzzlemeisters below completed the puzzle, and will receive a SpecGram prize of their choosing, while supplies last::

Emma Čapková • Arcadia Arcadopoulou • Cindy Almond

In addition, the following puzzlers have achieved the everlasting glory that comes with an honorable mention:

Vincent Fish • Keith Slater • Ondřej Svoboda

Congratulations to all!



* For now.

Rasmus Rask Puzzle XIII—Dam Homophones!—Lila Rosa Grau
SpecGram Vol CXCII, No 4 Contents