Category: Puzzle

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jul 16, 2023): Lovely Day for a Picnic Q: Name a famous singer (first and last names, 12 letters in all). Add a Y at the end, and the result, with respacing but not rearranging any letters, will spell a possible contribution to a picnic and how […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jul 9, 2023): Lights, Camera, … Q: Take the first name of a famous movie director. Write it in upper- and lowercase letters. Rotate the third letter of this name 180° and you’ll get the name of the main character in one of this director’s most popular […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jul 2, 2023): Time to Play! Q: Name a sports facility in two words. (This is a general term, not a specific place.) Three consecutive letters in the first word also appear consecutively in the second word. If you reverse these three letters, you’ll name something seen […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 25, 2023): Who’s Your Favorite TV Character? Q: Name a well-known TV character (5,6). Change the first letter of the first name to a Y and read it (the modified first name) backward. You’ll get a synonym of the character’s last name. Who is it? The […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 23, 2023): Who’s Your Favorite TV Character? Q: Name a well-known TV character (5,6). Change the first letter of the first name to a Y and read it (the modified first name) backward. You’ll get a synonym of the character’s last name. Who is it? The […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 18, 2023): Daddy, Look What I Drew! Q: Take the name of a fish. Add the name of a mammal. Rearrange all the letters to get the name of a reptile. What is it? The first letter of the fish and the first letter of the […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 11, 2023): Sing It Again Q: Name a famous singer (6,6) whose last name is a body of water. And if you remove a letter from the first name you’ll get a landform. What singer is this? I’ve looked nearly all around my globe for bodies […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 4, 2023): A Singer Does Some Singing Q: Name a famous singer (6,4). Remove the last letter of the first name and the first letter of the last name. The result, reading left to right, is a word for some singing. What is it? You can […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 28, 2023): Author turned Pro Athlete Q: Think of a well-known author whose first name is nine letters long, and last name six letters. Change the first letter of the last name and anagram those six letters to spell a word. Now read everything together — […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 21, 2023): A Place in Europe Q: Name a place in Europe in nine letters. Swap the third and fourth letters, then the eighth and ninth letters. The result is two words describing what this place famously does.