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

(In reply to re(2): another solution by Dej Mar)

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

as, at, bait, beat, cats, cried, deafer, deer, hear, ire, jar, lulus - (n.) someones or somethings that is very unusual or extreme, often in a silly or unpleasant way, map, moist, os, outer, pear, pies, pupil, round, she, shroud, spend, spur, urn, uses


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

ad, an, bait, beam, car, cried, dealer, do, fan, foist, head, ire, jams, lupus - (n.) a disease that affects your immune system and your skin or other parts of your body on, outer, pear, pies, pupil, roust -to drive (as from bed) roughly or unceremoniously, seed, shroud, spur, the, tress - (n.) a long lock of hair, user, ups - (n.) higher positions (v.) raises, lifts; increases, promotes

Additional solutions are nearly evident. For example, in the first crossword in this post, the P and MAP could be swapped with the C in CATS giving MAC [a diminutive for Macintosh, a raincoat (in Britain)] and PATS. In the second crossword the J in JAMS could be swapped for the C in CAR giving CAMS (a diminutive for camera, as well as a rotating or sliding part of a mechanical linkage) and JAR.

Posted by Dej Mar on 2011-12-05 10:45:05