Category: Puzzle

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 15, 2024): Where in the World? Q: This week’s challenge is a little tricky. Change one letter of a place on earth to get a familiar phrase much heard around this time of year. What is it? The answer consists of three words (5,2,5). Exactly the […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 8, 2024): Plants of North and Central America Q: Name a common tree of North America in two words (three letters, five letters). Rearrange its letters to name a well-known plant of Central America, also in two words (four letters, four letters). What tree and plant […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 1, 2024): The Cat’s Pajamas Q: Think of a classic television actor — first and last names. Add a long-E sound at the end of each name and you’ll get two things that are worn while sleeping. What are they? Take another item that might be […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Nov 24, 2024): Name that Capital Q: Name a state capital. Inside it in consecutive letters is the first name of a popular TV character of the past. Remove that name, and the remaining letters in order will spell the first name of a popular TV game […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Nov 17, 2024): An American Author’s Body of Work Q: Think of a classic American author, whose first and last name’s are each one syllable. The last name, when said aloud, sounds like part of the body. Insert the letters “A-S” into the first name and you […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Nov 10, 2024): Panders for Seafood Q: Using only the letters of PANDERS, and repeating them as often as desired, spell a certain entrée at a seafood restaurant (3-6 3 7). I got the first two words and the last two words. I didn’t think there was […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Nov 3, 2024): Experimental Place Q: Name a place where experiments are done (two words). Drop the last letter of each word. The remaining letters, reading from left to right, will name someone famously associated with experiments. Who is it? Rearrange the letters in the person’s full […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Oct 27, 2024): Where in the World? Q: Name a place somewhere on the globe — in two words. Rearrange the letters of the first word to name some animals. The second word in the place name is something those animals sometimes do. What is it? I’ve […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Oct 20, 2024): Greetings from… Q: The city of UTICA, NEW YORK, when spelled out, contains 12 letters, all of them different. Think of a well-known U.S. city, that when its name is spelled out (including the state), contains 13 letters, all of them different. Your answer […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Oct 13, 2024): Have a Drink Q: Think of something to drink whose name is a compound word. Delete the first letter of the first part and you’ll get some athletes. Delete the first letter of the second part and you’ll get where these athletes compete. What […]