Category: Puzzle

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Oct 1, 2023): City Animal Q: Name a well-known U.S. city in four syllables. The first two syllables, with a letter inserted, will name an animal — that might be found in the place named by the last syllable. What city is it? The third syllable is […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 24, 2023): U.S. City Demonyms Q: Name a major U.S. city in two words. Change the first letter of the first word and the next-to-last letter of the second word. Then rearrange all the letters to name the people who live in this city. What city […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 17, 2023): Vacation Places Q: Name a place where many people go for vacation (3,10). Change one of the vowels sounds from a long A to a long E, and the result phonetically will be one reason to visit this place. What place is it? You […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 10, 2023): Creatures of the World Q: Name a creature that has a world capital in its name. Replace the capital with another creature and you’ll get another world capital. What is it? I spent too long trying to end up on DODOMA (Tanzania). I just […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 3, 2023): Strumming on the Old Banjo Q: Name certain musical instruments (plural). The first, third, fourth, and fifth letters spell something that holds the things named by the last five letters. What instruments are these? I’m pretty sure I saw this on an episode of […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 27, 2023): A Seriously Bad Effect Q: Think of a noun in six letters. It sounds like a two-word phrase (2,6). And the thing named by the noun can have a seriously bad effect on what’s named by the phrase. What is it? I would not […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 20, 2023): A Jumble of Body Parts Q: Name part of the human body above the neck in 9 letters. Rearrange them to name another part of the human body found below the neck. Only some people have the first body part. Everyone has the second […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 13, 2023): Contemporary Singer on Repeat Q: Name a famous contemporary singer (6,4). The second, fourth, sixth, eighth, and ninth letters, in order, spell a repeated part of a song that everyone knows. What is it? It’s not the first time someone’s made this observation.

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 6, 2023): Found In England Q: Name something found on a map of England. Two words. The last two letters of the first word are the same as the first two letters of the last. If you go to England, you can’t see this place. You […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jul 30, 2023): I’ll Drink to That Q: Name a well-known U.S. city in nine letters. Change the third and fifth letters to get the name of a beverage. What is it? Remove the fourth letter of the city, rearrange and… not again!