NY Times Crossword
December 17, 2015
David Kwong

The title of a well-known novel is partially written out below. Can you fill in the blanks using only three different letters? Wordplay is fair play.

PRIDE AND PREJU_ _ _ _ _ _

Answer:

PRIDE AND PREJUDIEDIE  (PREJUDICE)

Explanation: DIE is the singular form of DICE. So two DIES make up DICE.

Note: The best way to present this puzzle is to use two little boxes after the U. Each box should be filled with the letters DIE.