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Sides of this Letter Box are:
LRCHGNOIMTUA
The answers are:
GLITCHHONORARIUM

MULTI GRAIN – NOTCH
MULTIGRAIN – NOTCH here as well. 14/16
Tried connecting GLITCH, MARGINAL and ORGANIC. Was disappointed that CHRONOGRAM wasn’t accepted!
Multigrain-Nacho
Not the tastiest snack. But it will do. 15/16.
Algorithm – munch
ALGORITHM MUNCH here too, very quickly. Loving the efficiency.
agree with my 2 predecessors,,,,
algorithm munch
Nice! I got multigrain notch pretty quickly.
LOGARITHM—MUNCH
CHRONOLOGICAL – LITHIUM
16/16
Same
Chronological — Lithium, too
Me four. Another instance of being *shocked* that my answer isn’t the OA.
Multigrain nacho
Same!
HOLOGRAM + MULTICHAIN
Uncial logarithm
*COLOGARITHM-MUN
*COLOGARITHM good in Merriam-Webster
*TOURMALINIC-CHUG
*TOURMALINIC good in OED
*MULHA-ARAGONITIC*
*MULHA good in OED
*ARAGONITIC good in Merriam-Webster
*UROLITHIC-COGMAN*
*UROLITHIC good in OED
*COGMAN good in OED
*ULTRACHIC-COGMAN*
*ULTRACHIC good in Merriam-Webster
*COGMAN good in OED
Chronological-lithium
Logarithm Munch
Me too
MURA ANTHOLOGIC
Got this and ANTHOLOGIC CURIUM 👍
Nice!
MUCHO ORNITHOLOGICAL
Gothic-columnar here
NANOGRAM MULTICHAIN
GOTHIC-COLUMNAR as well. Sounds like a haunted mansion.
Same.
Dark Shadows architecture.
Multiplying nacho
Multigrain nacho.
Spellchecker did a sneaky on me!
MULTICAR RHINOLOGICAL
HOLOGRAM MULTICORNIAL*
*A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles.
LOGARITHM MUNCH
CULTIC CHRONOGRAM*
*OED MW
Ornithological lum. An expedition to the chimney of the den fireplace for the study of chimney sweeps at my house occasionally
✔ 🦉
I had UNMACHO ORNITHOLOGICAL
Chicken Little?
Granolithic + cum (shocked the latter was accepted!)
Logarithm – Munch
GOTHIC—COLUMNAR
We just saw the word GOTHIC the other day, in “gothic-crackdown”!
NANOGRAM ⇄ MULTICHAIN
MULTICHAIN ⇆ NANOGRAM
Chemical elements well represented today:
ACTINIUM, ARGON, CURIUM, IRON, LANTHANUM, LITHIUM, THORIUM, THULIUM, TIN, UNUNOCTIUMʷ, UNUNTRIUMʷ, URANIUM
⚛️☕⚛️
Algorithm munch
Muchacho/mucho ornithological
Nuchal logarithm
ORGANUM-MULTICHAIN
found ALGORITHM-MUNCH later
MULTIGRAIN – NACHO
Took me way longer than it should have.
Uncanonical logarithm
Canicula(Collins) algorithm
Algorithm mucin
Logarithm mucin
Mug- granolithic-chum
Granulitic coachman
Multigrain Notch
MULTICOLOR-RHAGON
COAGULANT THALICTRUM*
*herb commonly known as Meadow Rue.
ANTRUM MACHINOLOGICAL*
*Insect Media
“An Archaeology of Animals and Technology.”
🌸👍
ANTICOAGULANT–THRUM
ORNITHOGALUM – MAGIC
I have no idea what it means but I swear it worked.
AHA! Genus of flowering plant known as ‘Star of Bethlehem’.