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2 puzzles by Jonathan Raksin
with Jim Horne comments
| M | I | S | C | A | S | T | M | S | N | C | U | S | S | ||
| E | N | C | A | N | T | O | G | O | O | F | O | F | F | S | |
| S | T | A | R | D | O | M | S | H | O | R | T | C | O | N | |
| C | O | N | S | O | L | E | S | O | R | E | |||||
| A | N | I | R | E | S | T | S | T | O | T | A | L | |||
| L | E | N | O | P | E | S | T | C | A | S | E | ||||
| F | U | S | E | S | T | O | N | E | P | I | T | ||||
| R | I | F | F | L | E | S | H | U | F | F | L | E | S | ||
| S | E | T | P | O | I | N | T | B | U | C | O | ||||
| P | E | R | U | D | Y | E | D | T | O | M | B | ||||
| F | L | Y | T | O | W | O | R | D | S | N | I | A | |||
| P | S | I | C | O | O | L | N | E | S | S | |||||
| A | L | C | A | P | O | N | E | A | G | A | I | N | S | T | |
| G | O | O | F | O | F | F | S | D | I | D | T | I | M | E | |
| E | G | O | T | T | O | P | S | T | E | E | L | E | R |
Each "BEFORE" answer can be split into two equal halves, like two halves of a deck. Interleaving those halves one letter at a time produces the corresponding "AFTER" answer. It's a nice, unexpected twist that GOOF OFFS shuffles back to itself.
| P | O | S | I | E | S | I | F | S | O | A | S | P | ||
| G | R | A | M | M | Y | S | O | N | A | T | I | N | A | |
| A | D | L | I | B | S | L | O | I | T | E | R | E | R | |
| N | A | T | O | A | L | P | H | A | B | E | T | |||
| A | T | L | R | E | X | M | A | R | Y | |||||
| G | R | E | E | K | M | Y | T | H | O | L | O | G | Y | |
| R | A | I | N | W | A | W | A | |||||||
| A | M | A | Z | O | N | W | A | R | E | H | O | U | S | E |
| R | O | T | I | W | E | L | T | |||||||
| T | H | E | G | R | A | N | D | C | A | N | Y | O | N | |
| N | E | I | N | O | R | C | S | P | A | |||||
| E | C | H | O | L | O | C | A | T | I | O | N | |||
| W | H | A | L | E | P | O | D | T | R | O | O | P | S | |
| L | I | T | A | F | I | R | E | I | N | A | R | U | T | |
| Y | E | S | T | E | E | N | C | S | H | A | R | P |
Different kinds of ECHO can be found in the NATO ALPHABET, an AMAZON WAREHOUSE, and THE GRAND CANYON.