There are connections between the
faces of the pyramids. Think of the triangles as the outer faces of the pyramid.
Adjacent triangles share a letter. Thus,
small triangles A1, B1, C1, and D1 will have
the same letter. The letter in A4 will be
the same as the letter in B2, A9 will be the
same as B5, and so on all the way around
the pyramid to the pair D16 and A10.
The clues are grouped by large triangle. Placing the letters into the diagram
with no guidance would be extremely
difficult, so I have thoughtfully provided the starting points for the nine-letter
triangles. The four-letter clues are not
ordered. The masochists among you may
want to try to get the diagram without a
guide to the four-letter clues. For the rest
of you, the guide is printed below. Let me
know whether you used the hint, and I
will credit you appropriately.
There are four proper nouns, all four-letter ones. One of them (in Triangle B)
refers to a fairly obscure athlete. The
16-letter words are too long to play in
Scrabble, but all of them are legitimate
words. Everything else can be played
in Scrabble. There is one Yiddish word
(mishegaas) in a clue, because I like how
it sounds. Look it up.
Ignore punctuation, which is designed to confuse.
Triangle A—16-letter clue:
MULTIDIMENSIONAL—Anagram of
“mountainside mill”
Triangle A—9-letter clues:
1. LIMOUSINE—Anagram of “’use Milo
in”
2. DOMINANTS—Anagram of “A
mind’s not”
4. TAILSLIDE—Anagram of “I stalled, I
recovered”
Triangle A—4-letter clues (in the
order printed):
■ ■ MUNI—Hidden in
“Ex-communicants”
■ ■ TILE—REPTILE (“Godzilla, for example”)
—REP (“losing PR guy”)
■ ■ TADS—T (“earliest of television”) +
ADS (“commercials”)
■ ■ MIND—MI (“Michigan”) + ND
(“North Dakota”)
Triangle B—16-letter clue:
Any of the numerous pairs given or any
of the dozens of others that fit
Triangle B—9-letter clues:
1. COINSURED—COINS (“nickels and
dimes”)
+ U (“on the internet—you”) + RED
(“Commie”)
2. CLASSIEST—C (“Conservative”) +
LASS (“girl”)
+ I + EST (“estimated”)
4. SANDSTONE—SAND(RA) (“Most
of Justice O’Connor”) + STONE
(“actress Sharon”)
Triangle B—4-letter clues:
■ ■ LETS—First letters of “lengthy excursions to Shenandoah”
■ ■ RUDI—RU (“running from first to
second”) + D + I
(“starts to dive in”)
■ ■ NODS—Anagram of “Don’s”
■ ■ ANNE—Hidden in “Tuscan
neighborhood”
■ ■ ICES—(PR)ICES (“prices after a
fashion”)
■ ■ TASS—ASST (“Assistant”) with reordering
(“the last shall be first”)
Triangle C—16-letter clue:
UNDERSECRETARIES—Anagram of
“and see recruiters”
Triangle C—9-letter clues:
1. REINDUCES—REI(DUCE)NS
(“constraints around Mussolini”)
2. TIREDNESS - Anagram of
“dissenter” or “residents”
4. ARRESTEES—AR (“Arkansas”) +
REST (“remain”)
+ SEE (rev) (“look around”)
Triangle C—4-letter clues (in the
order printed):
■ ■ CUED—CU (“Copper”) + ED
■ ■ SEER—SEE + R (“Republican”)
■ ■ DINS—D (“Democratic”) + INS (“
office holders”)
■ ■ ERNS—Homophone of EARNS
(“Makes money”)
■ ■ TEAR—Double definition
■ ■ TESS—Anagram of “sets”
Triangle D—16-letter clue:
REMUNERATIVENESS—Anagram of
“Re: Unassertive men”
Triangle D—9-letter clues:
1. UNIVERSES—Pun on UNI-VERSE’S
(“One poem’s”)
2. VENERATES—Anagram of “never
eats”
4. MISEN TERS—Anagram of
“Mies-Stern”
Triangle D—4-letter clues (in the
order printed):
■ ■ REST—Double definition
■ ■ EMIT—“Time” (rev.)
■ ■ RUNE—Hidden in “Pruned”
■ ■ EVES—Homophone of EAVES (“the
overhanging edge
of a roof”)
■ ■ SINS—The outside of SIGNS
■ ■ NEAR—N (“No”) + EAR (“musical
ability”)
Solvers
Did not use the hints provided
Dean Apps, Lois Cappellano, Deb
Edward, Bryce Fawcett, Bob Fink, Mike
Henley, Ruth Johnson, Brian Klimek,
Eric Klis, Paul Kolell, Tim Luker,
Lee Michelson, David and Corinne
Promislow, Craig Schmid, Bob Share
Did use the hints provided (or didn’t say)
Andrew Buckley, Mick Diede, Greg
Dreher, Mathew Eberhardt, Jason
Helbraun, Pete Hepokoski, Robert
Himmelstein, Douglas Kraft, Bob
Maguire, Jon Michelson, Jim Muza, Bill
Scott, Doug Szper, Frank Zaret
TOM TOCE is a senior manager for
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ernst & young in new york and a
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Hall of Fame.
