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

How to Reply to Meaningless Conversational Openers: Authenticity Without Impoliteness—A Linguistic Approach—Ian P. Lightness, N. Auden, T. Szitty

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.

		
		D___OS___
A___PL___
B___GA___
D___ES___
F___RA___
A___IB___
T___TO___
P___RÆ___
N___UM___

	

		
		ANEQUE
ANSRAG
ERORDS
IGLRIA
LAGROP
MICSIC
NCYTOR
ODOTTR
ONHUTE

	
 
		
		GR______S
BI______L
BU______S
WH______E
IN______T
SP______E
AL______N
NO______Y
AW______S

	

		
		ACENES
ADIOLE
AREPRE
ENTQUI
GONRAC
GUAROG
LINSOM
LLFTER
MOCTIM

	

Solutions will be provided in the next issue of SpecGram.

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D	___	OS	___
A	___	PL	___
B	___	GA	___
D	___	ES	___
F	___	RA	___
A	___	IB	___
T	___	TO	___
P	___	RÆ	___
N	___	UM	___

GR	___	___	S
BI	___	___	L
BU	___	___	S
WH	___	___	E
IN	___	___	T
SP	___	___	E
AL	___	___	N
NO	___	___	Y
AW	___	___	S

ANE	QUE
ANS	RAG
ERO	RDS
IGL	RIA
LAG	ROP
MIC	SIC
NCY	TOR
ODO	TTR
ONH	UTE

ACE	NES
ADI	OLE
ARE	PRE
ENT	QUI
GON	RAC
GUA	ROG
LIN	SOM
LLF	TER
MOC	TIM

D	___	OS	___
A	___	PL	___
B	___	GA	___
D	___	ES	___
F	___	RA	___
A	___	IB	___
T	___	TO	___
P	___	RÆ	___
N	___	UM	___

GR	___	___	S
BI	___	___	L
BU	___	___	S
WH	___	___	E
IN	___	___	T
SP	___	___	E
AL	___	___	N
NO	___	___	Y
AW	___	___	S

D	___	OS	___
A	___	PL	___
B	___	GA	___
D	___	ES	___
F	___	RA	___
A	___	IB	___
T	___	TO	___
P	___	RÆ	___
N	___	UM	___

GR	___	___	S
BI	___	___	L
BU	___	___	S
WH	___	___	E
IN	___	___	T
SP	___	___	E
AL	___	___	N
NO	___	___	Y
AW	___	___	S