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A Deluxe Diagonal Latin Square

by Ulfheðnar ber Sarkur

Latin squares are a relatively common puzzle form consisting of an n×n grid in which every row and column contains each of n symbols exactly once.

G N   
H P G L
O M Y T R
R L P M Y
Y G U R N T
U L G T
T Y U M
N
M H N Y T L P
M R P N H
N R L O H U

For this puzzle, we have an 11×11 grid and the letters G, H, L, M, N, O, P, R, T, U, and Y. In addition, both main diagonals of this puzzle contain each letter exactly once, the grey shaded areas together contain the letters in MOR­PHO­PHO­NOL­OGY, the blue shaded areas each contain a five-letter word (one is GROUP, the other is TOUGH), the red shaded areas each contain a four-letter word (PUNY and UGLY), and the green shaded areas each contain a three-letter word (HUM, OUT, RUT, and TRY).

Complete the puzzle and send your solutions to the editors of SpecGram by January 15th, 2018, and you could win some SpecGram merch. The correct solution and winners, if any, will be announced in the next issue of Speculative Grammarian.


The solution to last December’s “Logic of Teaching Linguistics” puzzle is provided below.

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

Vincent FishDeclan Whitford JonesDaniel SwansonJoey Whitford

Bestsellers of 2017Announcement from Panini Press
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