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  • Excalibur (Solution)

    by Charles Steinhardt

    Each alphablock can be filled with five legendary weapons, four of which fall into some category and the fifth of which is an outlier:

    • GANDIVA (not a sword), CALADBOLG, GALATINE, HRUNTING, KLADENETS
    • SHARUR (not Norse), DAINSLEIF, GUNGNIR, HROTTI, MJOLNIR
    • BALMUNG (fictional), COLADA, LOBERA, SZCZERBIEC, TAMING SARI
    • MIMUNG (not Norse), ANGURVADAL, HOFUD, LAEVATEINN, SKOFNUNG
    • NARSIL (not Elvish), ANGLACHEL, GLAMDRING, ORCRIST, STING
    • DURENDAL (not a spear/stabbing weapon), ASCALON, BIDENT, GAE BULG, NIHONGO
    • VAJRA (not Japanese), KONGO, KUSANAGI, OTEGINE, TONBOGIRI
    • TRISHULA (not from George Martin), BRIGHTROAR, DARK SISTER, LONGCLAW, NEEDLE
    • BALISARDA (not defensive), AEGIS, ANCILE, SVALINN, TARNHELM
    • ANDURIL (fictional), CROCEA MORS, CURTANA, JOYEUSE, ZULFIQAR
    • GAE BUIDE (not a sword), DYRNWYN, FRAGARACH, HAUTECLERE, RIDILL
    • TIZONA (not from a video game), AKUJIKI, CRYSTALIS, KEYBLADE, MONADO
    • KANAJANA (never owned by Arthur), CALEDFWLCH, CARNWENNAN, CLARENT, EXCALIBUR
    • LEGBITER (real), CALLANDOR, EGEKING, SOUL REAVER, ZANGETSU

    The outlier weapons are each associated with an owner or wielder:

    • Arjuna
    • Ninurta
    • Siegfried
    • Wudga
    • Elendil
    • Roland
    • Indra
    • Shiva
    • Rogero
    • Elrond
    • Diarmuid ua Duibhne
    • El Cid
    • Erekose
    • Magnus III

    Their initials spell ANSWER IS REDEEM.