In each of the following, begin at one of the corner squares. Then spiral clockwise round the perimeter filling each blank cell with a letter, whether same or different, to spell out a nine-letter word finishing at the center.

  Part (A)                Part (B)                  Part (C)
+---+---+---+          +---+---+---+              +---+---+---+
| N | I | N |          | S |   | E |              | B | E | R | 
+---+---+---+          +---+---+---+              +---+---+---+
| E |   | S |          | E |   | R |              | I | E |   |  
+---+---+---+          +---+---+---+              +---+---+---+  
|   | L | U |          | D | D | A |              |   | T | A |
+---+---+---+          +---+---+---+              +---+---+---+

   Part (D)                Part (E)                  Part (F) 
+---+---+---+          +---+---+---+               +---+---+---+
| E | A | D |          |   | T | I |               | A |   | E |     
+---+---+---+          +---+---+---+               +---+---+---+  
|   |   | I |          | E |   | M |               | R | E |   |
+---+---+---+          +---+---+---+               +---+---+---+
| P | A |   |          | T | N | O |               | O | P | A | 
+---+---+---+          +---+---+---+               +---+---+---+

   Part (G)                Part (H)
+---+---+---+          +---+---+---+               
|   | N | E |          |   | N | O |                   
+---+---+---+          +---+---+---+                
| A | M | T |          | T | E |   |               
+---+---+---+          +---+---+---+               
| M |   | I |          | R | O | P |                
+---+---+---+          +---+---+---+

Note: Proper names, acronyms or, abbreviations are not permissible.

Some I just saw.  Others I wrote out possibilities until I found the one I could fill in the blanks for.  Since there are only 8 possible ways each can go it didn't take long.

Peninsula, Desperado, Hibernate, Disappear, Testimony, Evaporate, Magnetism, Opportune

Posted by Jer on 2012-11-19 12:26:19