Clue: 2 words: A late great Scottish novelist, and when you add M as an initial, he becomes this Target setter's best sci-fi author.
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Make words of at least four letters using the grid letters at most once.
The centre letter must be in every word.
There's one nine-letter word (unless it's two words).
There are no plurals or proper nouns, except possibly for the nine-letter word. The nine-letter word always has a South African flavour (a bit of a stretch, but his work is referenced by Elon Musk, even though Musk has likely never read him).
Words are drawn from our dictionary which has about 100,000 words.
You can either type the letters or click on them. To delete a letter use the backspace key or click it again.