Secret Codons: NYT Crossword Editor Hatches Interactive Game

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How about some DNA codon matching? This grid contains eight rows of nine-letter words. (We've supplied the last three letters.) Complete the grid by dragging the three-letter codons below into the empty squares. Click the RESET PUZZLE button to start over. Reading down reveals a useful item for this kind of data crunching.

Click here for the answer key.

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