[Webmaster's note: Also included in the on-line version of the Guide is a Luciferian diagram indicating the breakdown into squares and halfsquares, in the manner of his form notation. - Dart]

 CAMBRIDGE HEXAGON

A Cambridge hexagon with nine clues is shaped like one of the examples below. If there is a different number of clues, the length of each side is half that number, rounded up; for example, one with eleven clues has sides of six letters.

LEFT CAMBRIDGE HEXAGON
T	O	R	A	H
O	P	E	N	E	D
R	E	L	A	X	E	S
A	N	A	B	A	S	I	S
H	E	X	A	G	O	N	A	L
	D	E	S	O	L	A	T	E
		S	I	N	A	P	I	N
			S	A	T	I	R	E
				L	E	N	E	S

RIGHT CAMBRIDGE HEXAGON
				C	A	N	S	T
			G	O	R	I	E	R
		M	A	M	M	A	R	Y
	G	A	R	B	A	G	E	S
C	O	M	B	A	T	A	N	T
A	R	M	A	T	U	R	E
N	I	A	G	A	R	A
S	E	R	E	N	E
T	R	Y	S	T

 CHEVRON

The chevron is inherently double.

CHEVRON
					G
				R	E	D
			L	I	N	E	N
		D	E	V	E	L	O	P
	D	I	A	E	R	E	S	E	S
G	A	S	S	T	A	T	I	O	N	S
A	S	H	E	S		E	E	R	I	E
S	H	E	D				R	I	T	A
L	E	S						A	C	T
I	S								H	E
T										D

INVERTED CHEVRON
T										D
E	S								H	E
D	O	S						F	O	E
I	O	N	S				C	R	O	P
U	N	I	T	S		S	L	A	V	E
M	E	D	I	C	I	N	E	M	E	N
	R	E	L	A	T	I	V	E	S
		R	E	P	A	P	E	R
			S	E	L	E	S
				S	I	R
					C

 CHEVRON STAR

A chevron star is a compound form in which four chevrons meet at a shared central point. In this example, letters forming the interior borders of the chevrons are shown in boldface.

CHEVRON STAR

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 DIAMOND

DIAMOND
					M
				P	E	R
			P	A	G	E	R
		P	H	R	A	S	E	D
	P	A	R	A	L	E	G	A	L
M	E	G	A	L	O	M	A	N	I	A
	R	E	S	E	M	B	L	E	D
		R	E	G	A	L	E	S
			D	A	N	E	S
				L	I	D
					A

DOUBLE DIAMOND
					M
				R	I	P
			R	E	S	E	T
		D	E	I	C	E	R	S
	C	O	S	T	A	R	I	C	A
W	I	N	T	E	R	S	P	O	R	T
	G	U	E	R	R	I	L	L	A
		T	R	A	I	N	E	D
			S	T	A	T	S
				E	G	O
					E

In the hollow diamond, the size of the hollow section should be such that the four longest words form a square.

HOLLOW DIAMOND

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 ENNEAGON

The enneagon has nine sides. The right, and inverted right, enneagons are inherently double.

LEFT ENNEAGON
			C
		P	I	P
	P	A	G	A	N
C	I	G	A	R	E	T	T	E	S
	P	A	R	A	G	R	A	P	H
		N	E	G	L	I	G	E	E
			T	R	I	O	S	E	S
			T	A	G	S
			E	P	E	E
			S	H	E	S

RIGHT ENNEAGON
						M
					D	O	G
				L	A	R	U	E
S	A	L	M	O	N	E	L	L	A
C	L	E	A	N	S	O	F	F
A	V	E	N	G	E	R	S
B	A	S	H	F	U	L
			E	A	S	E
			I	C	E	S
			M	E	S	S

INVERTED LEFT ENNEAGON
			M	A	P	S
			A	L	E	E
			D	I	N	T
M	A	D	N	E	S	S
A	L	I	E	N	A	T	E
P	E	N	S	A	C	O	L	A
S	E	T	S	T	O	R	E	B	Y
				E	L	E	N	A
					A	B	A
						Y

INVERTED RIGHT ENNEAGON
			P	A	B	A
			R	E	E	L
			O	R	E	L
			P	O	L	I	C	E	D
		M	A	N	I	C	U	R	E
	W	A	G	O	N	E	T	T	E
S	E	S	A	M	E	S	E	E	D
	D	O	T	E	S
		N	O	R
			R

 FAN

In a fan, words read across and diagonally. The two longest diagonal words always read from top to bottom. The others all slope to the left or right, as in a star. The length of each side is equal to half the number of clues. The fan is inherently double.

LEFT FAN

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T

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RIGHT FAN

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INVERTED LEFT FAN

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INVERTED RIGHT FAN

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 HALFSQUARE

The left and inverted right halfsquares are inherently double.

LEFT HALFSQUARE
P
R	A
O	R	S
G	R	E	W
R	E	X	E	S
E	S	T	A	T	E
S	T	O	N	I	N	G
S	I	L	E	N	T	L	Y
E	V	E	R	G	R	E	E	N
S	E	T	S	E	Y	E	S	O	N

RIGHT HALFSQUARE
									S
								B	E
							R	I	A
						P	E	R	M
					S	A	R	D	S
				S	I	L	E	N	T
			P	A	L	A	V	E	R
		R	E	R	E	V	I	S	E
	B	I	R	D	N	E	S	T	S
S	E	A	M	S	T	R	E	S	S

INVERTED LEFT HALFSQUARE
G	R	A	P	H	P	A	P	E	R
R	E	T	R	I	E	V	E	R
A	T	W	I	T	T	E	R
P	R	I	N	T	E	R
H	I	T	T	E	R
P	E	T	E	R
A	V	E	R
P	E	R
E	R
R

INVERTED RIGHT HALFSQUARE
M	A	I	N	F	R	A	M	E	S
	I	T	E	R	A	T	I	V	E
		E	P	I	S	T	L	E	R
			E	S	E	R	I	N	E
				T	R	I	T	O	N
					S	T	A	R	E
						E	T	O	N
							E	D	E
								D	S
									S

 HEXAGON

Hexagons are inherently double.

HEXAGON
			L	U	N	G
		F	A	R	O	U	T
	M	E	G	A	S	T	A	R
L	O	V	E	L	E	T	T	E	R
	P	E	R	I	G	E	E	S
		R	E	T	A	R	S
			D	E	Y	S

 LATTICE

Lattices are windmills with an added framework of letters on the outside. Because these outer words contain a number of uncrossed letters, the formist should take particular care to clue these words straightforwardly.

LEFT LATTICE
I	S	O	S	C	E	L	E	S
S	A	R	A	H				T
O	R	A	L	E				R
S	A	L	V	E				E
C	H	E	E	R	L	E	S	S
E				L	I	M	A	S
L				E	M	O	T	E
E				S	A	T	Y	R
S	T	R	E	S	S	E	R	S

RIGHT LATTICE
T	E	A	M	S	T	E	R	S
E				H	A	V	O	C
A				O	K	A	P	I
M				R	E	D	E	S
S	H	O	R	T	N	E	S	S
T	A	K	E	N				O
E	V	A	D	E				R
R	O	P	E	S				E
S	C	I	S	S	O	R	E	D

 OBLONG

An oblong is a rectangle sloped along a diagonal. The length of the longer sides is the same as the number of letters in the longest word.

LEFT OBLONG

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 OCTAGON

If an octagon has ten clues, its word enumerations are: 4, 6, 8, 10, 10, 10, 10, 8, 6, 4. If there are seven clues, it has the shape of the example below.

OCTAGON
		S	O	L
	C	A	C	A	O
S	A	X	T	U	B	A
O	C	T	A	G	O	N
L	A	U	G	H	E	D
	O	B	O	E	S
		A	N	D

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