NPR Sunday Puzzle (Oct 28, 2012): Happy Halloween!
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Oct 28, 2012): Happy Halloween!: Q: Think of a word associated with Halloween. Add a letter in the second position to create a new word that does not rhyme with the first. Then add...
View ArticleNPR Sunday Puzzle (Nov 4, 2012): 100% Organic and All Natural Puzzle
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Nov 4, 2012): 100% Organic and All Natural Puzzle: Q: The words "organic" and "natural" are both commonly seen at health food stores. What other seven-letter word, also commonly seen...
View ArticleNPR Sunday Puzzle (Nov 11, 2012): Lead Pencil Puzzle
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Nov 11, 2012): Lead Pencil Puzzle: Q: With one stroke of a pencil you can change a capital F into E; you can change an O into a Q, and so on. Write the phrase "LEAD PENCIL" in...
View ArticleNPR Sunday Puzzle (Nov 18, 2012): Common Five Letter Words
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Nov 18, 2012): Common Five Letter Words: Q: Think of a familiar five-letter word in two syllables. Change the middle letter to the preceding letter of the alphabet, and you'll get a...
View ArticleNPR Sunday Puzzle (Nov 25, 2012): Not Since 1987...
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Nov 25, 2012): Not Since 1987...: Q: In a few weeks something will happen that hasn't happened since 1987. What is it?Wait? Will "The Simpsons" be going off the air? Now that would...
View ArticleNPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 2, 2012): What did you eat under there?
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 2, 2012): What did you eat under there?: Q: Name two articles of apparel — things you wear — which, when the words are used as verbs, are synonyms of each other. What are...
View ArticleNPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 9, 2012): Three Letter State Abbreviation
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 9, 2012): Three Letter State Abbreviation: Q: Name a major U.S. city in two words. Take the first letter of the first word and the first two letters of the second word, and they...
View ArticleNPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 16, 2012): Where in the World?
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 16, 2012): Where in the World?: Q: Name a two-word geographical location. Remove the first letter. Move one of the other letters to the front of what's left. This will result in...
View ArticleChristmas Puzzle 2012 - Snowflake Maze
Our annual Christmas puzzle is available now. It's a fun maze in the shape of a snowflake. As in prior years, the reward for solving is a video Christmas card, but you'll need to figure out the...
View ArticleNPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 23, 2012): Actor, Artist, God
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 23, 2012): Actor, Artist, God: A: Take the last name of a famous actor. Drop the first letter, and you'll get the last name of a famous artist. Drop the first letter again, and...
View ArticleNPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 30, 2012): U.S. Four Cities Tour
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 30, 2012): U.S. Four Cities Tour: Q: First, name a U.S. state capital. Rearrange its letters to spell the name of another American city. Remove one letter and read the result...
View ArticleNPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan 6, 2013): Sam Loyd Puzzle (16 boxes, 10 markers)
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan 6, 2013): Sam Loyd Puzzle (16 boxes, 10 markers): Q: This challenge appeared in a puzzle column in the Woman's Home Companion in January 1913, exactly 100 years ago. Draw a...
View ArticleNPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan 13, 2013): ABCDEF + two more
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan 13, 2013): ABCDEF + two more: Q: Think of two familiar, unhyphenated, eight-letter words that contain the letters A, B, C, D, E and F, plus two others, in any order. What words...
View ArticleNPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan 20, 2013): World Leader Puzzle
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan 20, 2013): World Leader Puzzle: Q: Take the last name of a famous world leader of the past. Rearrange those letters to name a type of world leader, like czar or prime minister....
View ArticleNPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan 27, 2013): Move your Body Parts
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan 27, 2013): Move your Body Parts: Q: Name a personal mode of transportation. Remove its first and sixth letters. What remains — in sequence, without rearranging any letters — will...
View ArticleNPR Sunday Puzzle (Feb 3, 2013): Famous Authors Puzzle XLVII
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Feb 3, 2013): Famous Authors Puzzle XLVII: Q: Name a famous author, first and last names. Change an X in this name to a B, and rearrange all the letters. The result is how this...
View ArticleNPR Sunday Puzzle (Feb 10, 2013): Foreign President Puzzle
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Feb 10, 2013): Foreign President Puzzle: Q: Take the last name of a former president of a foreign country, someone well-known. Change the last letter of this name to an O and...
View ArticleNPR Sunday Puzzle (Feb 17, 2013): The Cat is Away
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Feb 17, 2013): The Cat is Away: Since I'm not going to be around to comment on the puzzle, I'm putting this week's puzzle on "auto-pilot". Please play nicely and don't give the...
View ArticleNPR Sunday Puzzle (Feb 24, 2013): Body Parts and Kind of Doctor Puzzle
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Feb 24, 2013): Body Parts and Kind of Doctor Puzzle: Q: Name two parts of the human body, 10 letters in all. Place their names one after the other. Take a block of three consecutive...
View ArticleNPR Sunday Puzzle (Mar 3, 2013): Dinner Party Musical Chairs
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Mar 3, 2013): Dinner Party Musical Chairs: Q: Eight people are seated at a circular table. Each person gets up and sits down again — either in the same chair or in the chair...
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