MENTAL BLOCKS IV
Credit: GAMES Magazine
January, 1984
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)
               NAG
             _ _ _ I _
           I _ U _ _ _
           _ _ E _ D _
          _ _ LL _ _ T
         _ _ _ _ R _ M
        PL _ _ _ E _ T
       L _ _ _ U _ _ E

2)
                        WON
                    S _ _ _ _
                   _ I _ _ _ _
                   _ _ _ LE _
                 U _ K _ _ _ _
                S _ _ _ PL _ _
               D _ _ _ T _ _ _
              C _ TT _ _ _ _ _ D

Answers:

1)
                   NAG
                AGAIN
              IGUANA
             AGENDA
            GALLANT
          ANAGRAM
          PLANGENT
         LANGUAGE

2) 
                            WON
                         SWOON
                       WINNOW
                       WOOLEN
                     UNKNOWN
                    SNOWPLOW
                   DOWNTOWN
                COTTONWOOD