TIME TEST 

Will Shortz

For the National Puzzlers' League 2025 Convention

Minneapolis, MN 

 

Part 5

 

Add the same letter of the alphabet 13 times to the letters below to complete a nine-word sentence.  

 

T E E I G T S A I D I S A S I S I N T E E A R T

 

Answer:

 

The letter to be added is H:

THE EIGHTH SHAH HID HIS HASHISH IN THE HEARTH.