Norman Invasion—Nina Sloan SpecGram Vol CXCIV, No 1 Contents

Previous Puzzle Solutions

The SpecGram Puzzle Elves™

The solutions to last issue’s puzzle, Mix & Match ##, are provided here. The nine 9-letter words from the first puzzle are: photocopy, ancestral, saboteurs, scapegoat, Ibsenisms, volkslied, iconicity, zoologies, extensure; and the three additional words are: passivize, ostension, parameter. For the second puzzle, the nine words are: downdrift, inscience, axemaster, chanteuse, rhythmics, inflected, transfixt, imprisons, crossings; and the three additional words are: diacritic, diathesis, intuition.

The following puzzlemeisters have earned the glory that comes with solving this puzzle:

Thorsten SchröterShilo AsdewnVincent FishEmre Yılmaz


The solutions to last issue’s Phonetic Drop Quote I is: /ɛvəɹi kwoʊteɪʃən kəntɹɪbjuts sʌmθɪŋ tu ðə stəbɪlɪti ɔɹ ɪnlaɹd͡ʒmənt əv ðə læŋgwɪd͡ʒ/ (“Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language.”).

These brilliant puzzle-solvers have also achieved everlasting glory:

Mason Miller-BreetzNina SloanShilo AsdewnVincent Fish

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