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

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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.

		
		A______CY
L______TE
C______EL
A______TE
C______LA
E______ST
E______ED
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		ARRLOT
AUNLTE
BELOUS
CENRIZ
CUMRNA
DJATHE
ENITID
ERETRE
INGULA

	
 
		
		P______IA
P______AM
I______ID
C______ED
P______TE
E______OR
G______SM
O______ER
T______SS

	

		
		CHTIGA
CIPNTI
COVOGR
EATREA
ELERIN
ELLROC
ENSSCH
ETRUDG
HYOVER

	

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 February 1st, 2024.^† Solutions will be announced in the next issue.

^† Our prize factory in Hyperborea was recently swallowed by an isogloss glacier and prize production has been halted for the next three or four bʼakʼtuns. However, we’ll continue to award fame and/or glory to the worthy and semi-worthy.

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