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The Scientist: a Puzzle

This a puzzle. It’s a Sudoku, but with letters instead of numbers. Print it out and fill in the blank cells using only the nine letters that appear in the grid. Do it so that every row, column, and small 9×9 square contains all nine letters. When you’re done, arrange those nine letters to spell a scientist whose skills could come in handy when having people over for the holidays. If you get impatient, you can scroll down for the solution.

Here is the solution to the current Sudoku puzzle. The solution to the associated anagram is ZYMURGIST. A zymurgist is a scientist who studies the chemical process of fermentation in brewing and distilling; also, by extension, a brewer.

By Michael Swaine

Michael Swaine was part of the launch team for the first personal computer newsweekly, InfoWorld. He co-authored Fire in the Valley, the seminal computer history book on which the movie Pirates of Silicon Valley was based. He was the long-time editor of Dr. Dobb’s Journal and of PragPub and has launched, written for, and edited numerous other magazines.