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The following is a 2-syllable word, re-spelled.

Can you figure out how EIGNEIGN

is pronounced, given the clues below?

ɪn: 1st EIGN from Foreign

eɪn: 2nd EIGN from Reign

The following is a 1-syllable word, re-spelled.

Can you figure out how CAOHSI

is pronounced, given the clues below?

C in Porcini

AOH from Pharaoh

SI in Business

But it should have been!

(From NYT crossword archive.)