Rationing the Alphabet

by George Barany / Edited by Victor Barocas

This medium difficulty puzzle led off the Expert Division of the Fourth Minnesota Crossword Puzzle Tournament, held at the Landmark Center in Saint Paul on Sunday afternoon, June 14, 2015. After completing the puzzle (spoiler), learn more about the evolution of this puzzle by clicking here (to be written).

Click here to view or download the puzzle in PDF format; here to download it as a puz file; here to download it as an ipuz file [requires the free Puzzazz app to solve]; here to solve the puzzle interactively (thanks to Jim Horne); here for the solution. We thank Victor Barocas for his sure-handed guidance and editing (including calibration to an appropriate difficulty level), and the other tournament constructors for anonymous beta testing.

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