NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 2, 2024): Name That Writer Q: Think of a famous writer with a three-word name. The first two letters of the last name followed by the first two letters of the middle name followed by the first two letters of the first name, in order, spell […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 26, 2024): Lights, Camera, Action! Q: Think of a well-known actor of the past whose last name is also a brand name. Remove the last letter of the actor’s first name and you’ll have a product produced by that brand. What is it? We could have […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 19, 2024): Easy as 1, 2, 3… Q: Think of a famous film with a three-word title (six letters in the first word, three letters in the second, and four letters in the last), in which the first and last words are rhymes for consecutive numbers. […]

NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 12, 2024): Mother Earth Q: Think of a well-known seven-letter geographical name in a single word that has just two consonants and yet is pronounced in five syllables. I’m seeing a genus of aphids in the anagram.

NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 5, 2024): Rhyme Doesn’t Pay Q: Think of three common six-letter words that have vowels in the second and fifth positions. The last five letters of the words are the same. Only the first letters differ. And none of the words rhyme with either of the […]