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NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 14, 2025): Loose Cannons
Q: In a certain classic film, the protagonist uses two weapons. The name of one of these has 10 letters. If you take its first letter and last six letters, you can rearrange them all to name the other weapon this protagonist uses, in seven letters. What weapons are these?
The protagonist uses a different pair of weapons towards the end of the movie.
Edit: [spoiler]Toward the end of the “classic” film, Star Wars, Luke Skywalker fires a pair of proton torpedos into the exhaust port to destroy the Death Star[/spoiler]
A: LIGHTSABER, BLASTER
