Word Gallimaufry: 2012 National Book Awards

On November 14, the National Book Foundation announced the winners of the 2012 National Book Awards. Winners were chosen in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young people’s literature. What do this year’s winners have in common? They can be found listed in the awards section of NationalBook.org and in this week’s word game! 

To solve the gallimaufry, unscramble the words (3 author names, 3 shortened titles, all from the 2012 National Book Award winners). Use the letters in the X’d spaces to form the phrase that answers the clue for the final puzzle. 

c h r i r e d  =  X X _ X _ X _  =

r e x d a l e a n  =  X _ X _ X _ _ _ _  =

t r a k n e e h i  =  _ X X _ _ X _ _ _  =

m e r d w e e b l i t n  =  _ X _ X _ _ _ _ X _ X _  =

c l i e n t e s s b r o g  [2 words]  =  _ X X _ X _     _ X _ _ _ X _  =

v e r b o f f u l e a r t i u e s  [2 words]  =  _ _ _ X X _ _ _ X     X _ _ _ _ _ _ X  =

The mission of the National Book Awards is to celebrate the  [4 words]  

x x x x    x x    x x x x x x x x    x x x x x x x x x x

Answers to Reflections: A Voting-to-Working Word Game 

1. ballot [box]   receptacle for your vote
2. [box] [spring]   framed lift and support for a mattress
3. [spring] [social]   old-timey gathering after the snow finally melts
4. [social] [work]   professional services for the disadvantaged
5. [work] [hard]   and fly right, according to Continental Airlines
6. [hard] [copy]   printout
7. [copy] [edit]   that thing you do