This flat has three answer words - a whole one, an inner one, and an outer one - as indicated below.

Archaeologist Jones gave a talk

On a ship he'd unearthed in some rock.

There were ( _ _ _ _ _ _ _ )s on old stones he found

Right beside where the _ ( _ _ _ ) _ _ _  went aground

When this ship was at sea, they implied,

The( _ ) _ _ _  (_ _ _ ) dynasty ruled nationwide.

  

HINT:

Whole word: MARKING

 

Answers:

 

MARKING - whole word

mARKing - innerword

MaruING - outer word

 

Archaeologist Jones gave a talk

On a ship he'd unearthed in some rock.

There were MARKINGs on old stones he found

Right beside where the ARK went aground.

When this ship was at sea, they implied,

The MING dynasty ruled nationwide,

 

Credit:

The Enigma 

August, 2020

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