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Place three letters in each bracket so that you can complete the word on the left and begin the word on the right. Good luck.

i (_ _ _) lar

lat (_ _ _) ror

phan (_ _ _) ato

indica (_ _ _) toise

sc (_ _ _) na

thr (_ _ _) egal


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On Sat, 25 Apr 2026 01:52:41 GMT, HenHanna@NewsGrouper wrote:

Place three letters

Place n letters...


aby (_ _ _ _) ler
anat (_ _ _ _) tite
busy (_ _ _ _) work
cami (_ _ _ _) noid
gra (_ _ _ _) ity
saw (_ _ _ _) ion
uml (_ _ _) ism
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On Sat, 25 Apr 2026 01:52:41 GMT
HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

(Lexical Bridge) -- (Don't post answers) -- (Give me more problems)

Place three letters in each bracket so that you can complete the word on the left and begin the word on the right. Good luck.

i (_ _ _) lar

lat (_ _ _) ror

phan (_ _ _) ato

indica (_ _ _) toise

sc (_ _ _) na

thr (_ _ _) egal

shan't
fu xpost to aue dropped
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Bah, and indeed Humbug.
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David Entwistle <qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz> posted:

On Sat, 25 Apr 2026 01:52:41 GMT, HenHanna@NewsGrouper wrote:

Place three letters

Place n letters...

aby (_ _ _ _) ler
anat (_ _ _ _) tite
busy (_ _ _ _) work
cami (_ _ _ _) noid
gra (_ _ _ _) ity
saw (_ _ _ _) ion
uml (_ _ _) ism

They must be great problems...

gra (_ _ _ _) ity --------- this one is esp. good, because

i see Gravity and can't think of anything else.


lexic (___x___) loy (__y__) bum (__z__) ship.........

it would be nice if x,y,z..... made up a sentence?

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On Sat, 25 Apr 2026 10:28:35 -0000 (UTC), David Entwistle wrote:

anat (_ _ _ _) tite

Intended solution.

nang (URZN) gvgr

It has been pointed out to me that the second word uses non-standard
spelling for UK English users. That was an unintentional mistake on my
part. If you are happy with that spelling, that's great.
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On Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:36:48 GMT, HenHanna@NewsGrouper wrote:

it would be nice if x,y,z..... made up a sentence?

slipk (_ _ _) ation
cocka (_ _ _) tsies
pilc (_ _ _ _) copy
mot (_ _) ads
ken (_ _) gma?
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David Entwistle <qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz> posted:

On Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:36:48 GMT, HenHanna@NewsGrouper wrote:

it would be nice if x,y,z..... made up a sentence?

slipk (_ _ _) ation
cocka (_ _ _) tsies
pilc (_ _ _ _) copy
mot (_ _) ads
ken (_ _) gma?

------------- htat is great!!!
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On Sat, 25 Apr 2026 10:28:35 -0000 (UTC), David Entwistle wrote:

Place n letters...

aby (_ _ _ _) ler anat (_ _ _ _) tite busy (_ _ _ _) work cami (_ _ _
_) noid gra (_ _ _ _) ity saw (_ _ _ _) ion uml (_ _ _) ism

Solutions:

nol (FZNY) yre
nang (URZN) gvgr
ohfl (OBQL) jbex
pnzv (FBYR) abvq
ten (QHNY) vgl
fnj (ZVYY) vba
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