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Just Add (Posted on 2011-12-04) Difficulty: 4 of 5
Just add the supplied consonants to reconstruct the following crossword grid.

  A         E        
O               E   A
I     I E       E A  
    U       E A      
      E A     I      
    I     O U   E    
      U   U       I  
A           E A   E  
  O U                


MISSING CONSONANTS
B C C D D D D F H H J L L
M N N P P P P P R R R R R
R R S S S S S S S T T T T

See The Solution Submitted by brianjn    
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re(2): another solution | Comment 5 of 6 |
(In reply to re: another solution by brianjn)

Still in the Philippines, yes.

I did fill in the crossword with no proper nouns (though raj can be one as a unique reference to the rule over India by the British), bais may be considered a loan word from Japanese/Chinese and mear from British English, and hies, roist and stroud tend toward obsolescence yet are still found in some dictionaries.


R A J - S C E N T - C
O S - - H - - - E - A
I - H I E S - B E A R
S P U R - T E A S - P
T - M E A R - I - P -
- - I - - O U S E L -
P - D U F U S - - I -
A T - R - D E A L E R
P O U N D - D - - D -

raj - (n., often capitalized) rule, especially by the British in India prior to 1947
scent
os
hies
- (v., 3rd person singular simple present indicative) to hasten
bear
spur
teas
mear
- (n. British dialect) mere; a boundary or boundary marker
ousel
dufus
- (n.) doofus; a foolish or inept person
at
dealer
pound
roist
- (v.) roister; to revel noisily or without restraint
as
she
tees
carp
humid
ire
stroud
- (n., dated) a coarse woolen cloth, blanket, or garment formerly used by the British in bartering with the North American Indians
bais - (n.) yellow mists occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China
plied
used
pap
- (n.) soft food for infants or invalids; drivel, balderdash
urn
to

Edited on December 5, 2011, 3:39 am
  Posted by Dej Mar on 2011-12-05 03:32:27

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