{"id":2375,"date":"2013-11-19T09:01:32","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T17:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/?p=2375"},"modified":"2022-08-17T11:00:52","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T18:00:52","slug":"from-the-foxgers-den-69-letter-pairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/from-the-foxgers-den-69-letter-pairs\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Foxger&#8217;s Den #69: Letter Pairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Editorial Note:<\/b> &#8220;Double Word Puzzle Score?&#8221; Inspired to write his own letter pairs after solving Palmer&#8217;s (see previous post), Grant contributed this very fun submission which we are also publishing today for a rare double puzzle day. <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/131119-LetterPairs-Months.png\" alt=\"Letter Pairs by Grant Fikes\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmpuzzles.com\/images\/puzzles\/131119-LetterPairs-Months.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or <a href=https:\/\/gmpuzzles.com\/s\/131119Month>solve online<\/a> (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools; use tab to alternate between a letter entry mode and a shading mode to mark off the clues.)<\/p>\n<p><b>Theme:<\/b> Months<\/p>\n<p><b>Rules:<\/b> Place the 12 words into the grid, one letter per cell, so they can be read from left to right or from top to bottom, without crossing or overlapping each other. 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