“Interpretez seront les extipices”—On the Correct Interpretation of Nostradamus—Part the First—Roger Prentiss Claremont SpecGram Vol CLXXVII, No 1 Contents

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.

___EZE___
___YHN___
___LET___
___MAL___
___CED___
___AGI___
___NAT___
___ATI___
___ICO___
ABERED
ARYRUI
CALSCH
EXPSEM
HNMSFY
HOUTWE
IONTZY
MICUNM
ORYUNS
 
SYL______
IND______
IMP______
PIC______
ENC______
PRO______
HAR______
ANT______
NEW______
ALALAB
ECTLYW
EDSMON
EPHRAM
ERFTHE
ICATIC
IFYTOG
INOTOR
IZEVEL

If you think you’ve figured out all the answersthat’s 24 nine-letter words!submit your solution to the editors of SpecGram by September 15, 2016, and you could win a prize.* Solutions and winners will be announced in the October issue.



Some plausible answers to last month’s query concerning the second batch of L’Ishing du Gwujlang/Lusrveer mnemonically merged definitions (MMDs) are presented below:

  • To miff a mutt is to irk a cur.
  • Dispute nozzles are spat taps.
  • To omit choices is to skip picks.
  • To puncture flying mammals is to stab bats.
  • Pain food is ouch chow.
  • A chalice for a sporting disk is a puck cup.
  • The disposition of disaster is the doom mood.
  • To abandon baby beef is to leave veal.
  • Rock music is stone notes.
  • A 24-hour period of assistance is an aid day.
  • A poke at a symbol of authority is a badge jab.
  • An unslovenly adolescent is a neat teen.
  • If the desk compartment shouted then the drawer roared.
  • The speech of the ensnared is caught talk.
  • A pathogen consolidation is a germ merge.
  • A lovely placard is a nice sign.
  • To pay attention to inflection is to note tone.
  • Ottoman instruments are stool lutes.
  • Lozenge effrontery is pill lip.

Thanks to Daniel Swanson, Mark Mandel, Siva Kalyan, and Tanjam Jacobson for their contributions to the decipherment. Each will receive a prize for their help, as eligible. Honorable mention to Keith & Jesse Slater, who accrue mere fame and glory.



* Note that SpecGram Anti-Hoarding Guidelines stipulate that puzzle-related prizes cannot be won by anyone who has won a puzzle-related prize in the last three monthsthough honor, fame, and glory may still be seized on the metaphorical field of puzzle-related battle.

“Interpretez seront les extipices”On the Correct Interpretation of NostradamusPart the FirstRoger Prentiss Claremont
SpecGram Vol CLXXVII, No 1 Contents