Category: Puzzle

NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 17, 2026): Actor and Character Q: Name a famous actor of the past, seven letter first name and seven letter last name. Remove three consecutive letters from his last name and the remaining letters in order will be the well known lead character from a long […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 10, 2026): Baseball and Movie Franchises Q: Think of a popular film franchise with many sequels. Hidden in consecutive letters inside its name is a place mentioned multiple times in the Bible. Replace that place with a single letter and you’ll name a Major League Baseball […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 3, 2026): Fore! Five! Q: Name a well-known comic actor (4,5) whose name is an anagram of two terms in golf (4 and 5 letters, respectively). Who is it? It’s been a few years since we’ve had a puzzle involving this actor. Surprisingly it didn’t involve […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Apr 26, 2026): Religious Figures Q: Name an animal whose first five letters in order spell a religious figure. And if you change the animal’s next-to-last letter, its last five letters in order will spell another religious figure. What animal is this? Is this a joke? So […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Apr 19, 2026): Political Lawsuit? Q: Think of a popular movie of the past decade. Change the last letter in its title. The result will suggest a lawsuit between two politicians of the late 20th century — one Republican and one Democrat. What’s the movie and who […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Apr 5, 2026): Musical Cars Q: Think of a musical instrument. Add two letters at the end, and you’ll get the names of two popular automobile models reading left to right. What musical instrument is this? It’s not a Ford Tempo or Hyundai Sonata. Maybe I’m not […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Mar 29, 2026): If the Shoe Fits… Q: Name some tools used by shoemakers. After this word place part of a shoe. The result will be the subject of a famous painting. What is it? Take the resulting subject, remove the 6th, 8th and 10th letters and […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Mar 22, 2026): Animals and Habitats Q: Name an animal. The first five letters of its name spell a place where you may find it. The last four letters of this animal will name another animal — but one that would ordinarily not be found in this […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Mar 15, 2026): Films and Food Q: Think of a popular movie franchise with many sequels. Hidden in consecutive letters inside its name is a food. Replace that food with a single letter and you’ll get another popular film franchise. What films are these? I started with […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Mar 8, 2026): Dynamic Duos Q: Name a famous musical duo. Remove four consecutive letters of the duo’s name and phonetically you’ll name a famous nonmusical duo. Who are they? I can think of another duo that ties the two duos together.