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Brain Games: Try These Puzzles

BRAIN GAMES

Puzzles

BY STANLEY NEWMAN

A word puzzle showing three vertical blocks topped in yellow, pink, and blue. Each block displays a list of five 3-letter word segments meant to be combined.

WORDS IN THIRDS

Select one three-letter word from each column, left to right, to form five common, uncapitalized nine-letter words. Every three-letter word will be used once.

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PUZZLE SOLUTION

WORDS IN THIRDS: CARPENTRY, CONSONANT, PARALEGAL, PERFORATE, REPRIMAND

Illustration by Sam Island

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