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Did you solve it? Alphabet soup

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The solution to today’s puzzle.

Earlier today I set you the following puzzle.

Place a different letter in each of the 26 empty white cells of the grid below to make ten common English words. Each letter of the alphabet is used exactly once. The words read along the horizontal lines.

If you want to print out this puzzle click here for a printable page

The solution is:

WRIST
GALAXY
REQUEST
CELERY
BRAVED
SHIRK
FOAMY
ZEBRA
MONEY
PROJECT

I hope you enjoyed today’s puzzle. I’ll be back in two weeks.

  • I set a puzzle here every two weeks on a Monday. I’m always on the look-out for great puzzles. If you would like to suggest one, email me.

  • If you are reading this in the Guardian app, and you want a notification each time I post a puzzle, or its solution, click the ‘Follow Alex Bellos’ button above.

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