MENTAL BLOCKS II
Credit: GAMES Magazine
Sept/Oct 1981
Frederic H. Kock

Use only the three letters in the top row of each stack to complete the words in the other rows. Each of the three letters must be used at least once in every row.

1)
              BAT
           _ _ _ O _
          R _ _ _ I _
         H _ _ I _ _ _
        _ _ _ H _ U _
       _ _ _ U L _ _ E
      D E _ _ _ _ _ L E

2)
                HIT
            _ _ _ G _
          S _ _ _ C _
        _ N _ _ B _ _
      C _ _ _ C _ A _
     _ _ G _ L _ G _ _
     _ _ _ R _  _ E _ _

3)
                  OUT
               _ _ _ _ R
            B _ _ _ _ N
         C _ N _ _ _ R
        R _ _ L E _ _ E
     A _ _ _ M A _ _ N
     _ _ M _ L _ _ _ _ S

Answers:

1)

             BAT
          ABBOT
         RABBIT
        HABITAT
       BATHTUB
      TABULATE 
     DEBATABLE

2)
                 HIT
              THIGH
             STITCH
             INHIBIT
          CHITCHAT
         HIGHLIGHT
         THIRTIETH

3)
                   OUT
                TUTOR
               BUTTON
             CONTOUR
            ROULETTE
         AUTOMATON
         TUMULTUOUS