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Each of these sets of trigrams rearranges to a clue. You may want to start by looking at unusual trigrams or long words.

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The first set rearranges to DUR ING HIS SPA NOF FIF TYO RSO YEA RSH EMA DEA MAR KON ABS URD ISM.

countries

The answers to all the clues have something in common. It's not something direct, but something you'll have to associate to get to.

countries, easier

The answers to all the clues have something in common. It's not something direct, but something you'll have to associate to get to.

In particular, you'll find that there are 7 things, each of which is associated with a set of answers. For example, what do [give a few from the same country they have] have in common?

countries, easiest

Each of the answers is associated with one of these countries:

UK, France, Germany, Turkey, Russia, Italy, Austria

What do they have in common?

diplomacy

The fact that the trigrams are trigrams and that they are out of order is relevant. You'll need to find a reference involving the seven countries before you can properly interpret the data you have and finish the puzzle.

diplomacy, easier

These are the seven countries in the board game Diplomacy.

diplomacy, order

You'll need to interpret each of these disorders as an order, making one full set of orders. Knowing the rules of Diplomacy will help.

order resolution

If you're not familiar with Diplomacy, we recommend reading the rules of order resolution very carefully - it's easy to get confused about them. You can use jDip or the Backstabbr sandbox mode if you're having trouble evaluating it manually.

When you're done, there will be seven places where someone is displaced.

extract

Order the seven sites of a displacement using a cycle of which country displaced which other country. Then fill it into the seven blanks at the bottom.

ABS DEA DUR EMA FIF HIS ING ISM KON MAR NOF RSH RSO SPA TYO URD YEA (6 3 4 2 5 2 2 5, 2 4 1 4 2 9)
ADI BRE DEW DIS EAN EDW ITH ITH ITI JAM LDE MAL NAS PAR PRE SMA VIC (2 2 4 4 5 2 1 5 6 3 2 8 4 3)
AFT AIN ANN ANO ASO DID EHE EIN ERA ERH EWR GAC LMO NEU ONA OTE RES RUM SAD SEV SIN TUR UCH UKR VER (5 2 5 2 8 2 7 2 3 7 4 4 2 3 5 1 6 2 1 4)
AFT ALI ARG ATH CAT DER EDR EFI EPA ERT GOI HEL HIS HOL ICC IRS NGR RET SUN (5 3 5 4, 4 8 9 2 10 7)
AGE CAL DIN EDO ENG EOP ESP FAL FRE GHT ING LEO LSO MFI PIC RKM RTS SDA THI TUR USI (4 4 7 8 6 2 3 5 7 2 7 8)
AIN ANG ANK BET BLA BUL CKA EDP ELA ERC ETB EWR HGA HIS HON LIS MBL NDR ONG ONT RUP TED TED WHE WIT (2 4 5 3 3 7 5, 1 7 7 3 3 10 4 3 5 3)
ALA CEI COU DET ERE ESI HIS ION LAT LLP NAP NSI NTR OPU POP SID SMA THA THE YWI (3 4 7 2 1 6 6 4 7 4 1 5 10)
ALI AME ANI BER ECO FES GHC HEA HEC HIC HTH IMF IST NOM OMM OUG SHI SIL STM TET THI TOW UNI WRO YBR (4 4 7 9 5 3 9 9 5 6 7 3 4)
ALL ANO DST FOU GIN GTO HAT ISF ITS NAP ONG ORI ORS PIN RLA THE TYS UNF VEL YBY (2'1 1 7 4 10 2 3 4 4 4 2 3 3 8 2)
AMM APR BLI CLY DED EDI ERM FUN ING MIL NMA OGR OTH OWM SPU STA THI TIO YFA YOR YSH (4 8 6 7 3 4 2 6 2 5 5 11)
AMO EDI ENT ICK INV LAY NHI SMO SSK STF ULL USP WAS YOR (6'1 5 3 8 2 3 4 6 4)
ANA AND COH DEW ERA FBO INC ING ITH LAL LUD NDO OLS ONA OZE RUM SEV SKI SMA STR THI UTI (2 9 2 4 4 7 8, 9 4 4 2 5 3 3)
ANA ASA BEL DER DOF EDT ELL ENA EXP HEL HEW HIP HOL IDE INS INT LEA LIC OSA OSE THE VYS (2 3 1 9 6 8 2 5 6 6 3 4 2 1 4 4)
AND AST BUL CON DSO FIT ICS INB MEO NGM NNI NTI OCL OSA OUS OYE SDE SFA STR STU UMI YZA (2 9, 11 9 4 2 3 8 3 8 7)
AND COM DER EBE EDA EDI FOR GUY HER ING KBE LEA LIV NEW NPA OFT RIS RMY WHO YOR (3 3 5 2 5 3 3 4 6 8 6 2 3 3 4)
ANK ANY ARM ERA FOF GEN HAL HEO IES INM LET LFI LRE LSR MBO OON PRE RHA SAM SEN SSY THE THI TSA WHI (4 2 4 6 10 1 7'1 4 2 4 6, 5 3 5 4 2 1 4)
ANK ARI ARM BUL CHI CRA EIN FRE GHT ING KOF NCH NDN OTT OUT SAB SFI SNO STO THE THE THI TSA VAD VEL WHI YIN (3 6 4 6 2 4 5, 3 4 2 5 2 5 11, 3 3 5 8)
ANK ASE ATE BUL CAL DWI ETI HER HEW HIS LEO LFR MMU NIC OMP OPE SES STO THA THE XCO XTH (2 3 14 4 1 4 4 4 3 1 6 2 3 9 6)
ARE CIR CLE DUP ERS ETH HBO HEL HIC HOL INA INW IRD LEN MBC MIL NIU NTH TEI ULD YSI (4 4 2 3 5 10 2 2 5 8 3 4 2 2 1 6)
ARF CIO CIR CUL DOV ENT ERE ESA HIS KET MAN OMA OOD OOD OOD POW RAN RES SPA TAU TUS USW YAG (4 1 4 10 4 1 8 4-7 4 2 4 4 8 4)
ARL ART AYE DAY EEK ETO HEW ICU ION LAR LEB NAP OFB OFT OUN RAT TYS YCE (1 6 11 2 6 3 2 1 10 3 2 3 4)
ARL ATH BUL DAT EFO EHE FIV HAD ISE KSB MAN MPO ORS OUS REH RTE RUM SAY SCO SER STA THI WOR YDE YFA (6 3 4 8 7 2 4; 2 3 4 8 5 6 3 5 5)
ASA BEG BER BUT ENL ENT ERB ESA HAT HEH INC INS ITS LUD NUM NYT OFS OUD PHO SIL SYM UDD (2 3 1 8 4 6 6 3 8 1 6 2 6 6 4)
ASA CHA DAH DIU HES HEW HHI IGH INE ING INT INT IST MAN MAR OEA PEL RNE SPA STA TIS TUS TWH WIT YME (2 3 1 4-6 6 3 6 1 4 6 4 3 8 2 3 7 6)
ASE BUN DAR DEN DIN EDB EDC ESE EST FAS HEL JOY ODS OVE RED SAM TAN TFO (4 4 8 7 4 4 2 1 6 4 7 3)
ASG ATO BUL DFI LET LMS MAN MIN OVE RAN RED RFI RNO SER SIN TER THE THE VED WHO (3 3 3 6 2 8 3 5 7 2 3 10 5)
ATT DEA DIA DZO EAT EDT EIN ENB END IAN ISC LEF NBE NIN OBE REA ROA SCA STR TER TUN TUR WES YTH (4 12 3 2 4 10 2 2 5 2 4 8 2 7 5)
AYO DTH ELA FWO HIS MAN NTA ORK PRU RIE RLD RNE RTW SBU STD TWO WAR YOF (4 2 3 8 8 6 3 4 3 2 5 3 3)
BER CAN CHA ESA HAT HON ILO KED MUN NDF NDM NGA NUM OFA PPL RTT SDE SEA SIL SSE THI UNC USI YBA YOU (3 3 5 3 5 2 4 7 4'1 6 5 5 1 6 2 6 3 4)
BER DAM DOC EFI EPR ESE EVE FMI GHT GUR HES HKI IDT INE NAD NDE NED NTE SIG SIL SVA WAR YOZ YZV (4 1 5 5 2 11 4 5 9 6 12 8)
BIG BUI EWA EWH ICH LTH MOV NEL NEM PIR STO TER TER TUN UGE WES (3 7 6 5 5 4 7 2 4 5)
CAT CEN CUM DIN ENT HED HEL HET HIR ISB NTH OFT RAL SAL SDO TEE THI TUR URY YIS (4 8 2 3 10 7 2 4 2 9 9)
COO ESA HOL IKE ISS KHA KIE NAC NDI NOT REE SAK STH STH UNL (6 7, 4 5 3 5 5 3 2 1 4)
CTI GHT HEM LYI LYO MIL OMT ONB OTE RTL SEL SEL SFA SPA THI TUS UAL UPR UTI VES YFR YMI (4 6 5 4 3 “10” 3 2 7 2 6 4 10)
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