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|14 |21 |9 |2 |25 | | | | |15 |20 |7 | | | |
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| |20 | | | | | | | |22 | |6 | |13 | |
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| |19 |9 |18 |9 |4 |24 |20 |2 |23 | |2 |20 |7 |2 |
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| |22 | | | | |4 | |9 | | | | |22 | |
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| | | |2 | | | | |17 |24 |6 |21 | |23 | |
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| | | |9 | |10 | | | | | | | |4 | |
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| |18 |7 |8 |18 |9 |25 |22 | |16 | | | |24 | |
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| |20 | |23 | |8 | |21 | |20 | |12 | |20 | |
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| |1 | | | |23 | |5 |24 |23 |23 |24 |20 |2 | |
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| |22 | | | | | | | |4 | |19 | | | |
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| |3 | |23 |2 |9 |8 | | | | |22 | | | |
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| |20 | | | | |20 | |1 | | | | |25 | |
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|17 |6 |9 |14 | |26 |24 |14 |20 |2 |9 |18 |18 |24 | |
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| |1 | |20 | |7 | | | | | | | |23 | |
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| | | |15 |22 |2 | | | | |22 |11 |24 |23 |4 |
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The lower 9-letter across word of the puzzle
is of the form:
26 24 14 20 N A 18 18 24
In my dictionary of 40,727 9-letter words,
I can find none with the N and A as above,
_and_ the properties that:
letter 2 = letter 9 (coded 24)
letter 7 = letter 8 (coded 18)
My dictionary is here.
Perhaps I made an error. Or, maybe I am missing
something?
Note: These are Scrabble words. Wiktionary has 3 times more.
Edited on August 28, 2024, 1:30 pm
perplexed
