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Have A Cow
The theme today is "cow." Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase or name in which the first word starts with "co" and the second word starts with "w." For example, if the clue is "person who can fix a hard drive in 10 minutes," the answer would be, "computer whiz."...

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[ Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:35:35 -0400 ]


First And Last Rhymes
Every answer is a familiar three-word phrase. The clues are two-word phrases. The first word of each phrase rhymes with the first word of the answer. The last word of the phrase rhymes with the last word of the answer. For example, if the clue is, "Split this," the answer would be, "Hit or miss."...

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[ Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:33:10 -0400 ]


Building On Four-Letter Words
There are three four-letter words. Think of three letters that can precede each of them to complete familiar seven-letter words. For example, for "each," "rove" and "lode," the answer is "IMP": impeach, improve and implode....

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[ Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:33:13 -0400 ]


Testy Word Play
Today's puzzle is called "test." Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase, in which the first word starts with "te" and the second word starts with "st." For example, if the clue is "cut of beef that is often grilled or barbequed," the answer would be "tenderloin steak."...

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[ Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:33:46 -0400 ]


Three Of A Kind
Each clue is a list of three things. The answer is what they all have in common. For example, if the clues are: "a college graduate, a thermometer and longitude," the answer would be "degrees." Hint: Every answer, like "degrees," is a seven-letter plural....

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[ Sun, 07 Jun 2009 13:33:36 -0400 ]


A Tough Act To Follow
Each clue is a pair of words. For each pair, find a word that can follow the first word and precede the second one so that, in each case, it will complete a familiar two-word phrase. For example, given "hand" and "talk," the answer would be "jive," as in "hand jive" and "jive talk."...

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[ Sun, 31 May 2009 13:33:47 -0400 ]


Look Inside A Famous Person
Each clue is a pair of four-letter words. Each can be found inside the first and last names, respectively, of a famous person. For example, given "rend" and "rase," the answer would be "Brendan Fraser," the actor....

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[ Sun, 24 May 2009 13:33:58 -0400 ]


Flush The Birds
Change one letter in each of two words of a sentence to name birds. For example: "Is actor Dennis Quaid afraid of the dark?" The answer: Quail and Lark (Change the "d" in "quaid" to make "quail" and change the "d" in "dark" to make "lark."). It's always the same letter of the alphabet that changes — twice for each sentence, and the letter it changes to is also the same....

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[ Sun, 17 May 2009 13:34:25 -0400 ]


A Mother Lode Of Brainteasers
This week's puzzle is an assortment of brainteasers that all have to do with the word "mother." The first challenge: Rearrange the letters of "mothers" to name something you might drink from. The answer: "thermos."...

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[ Sun, 10 May 2009 13:35:26 -0400 ]


Make A Name For Yourself
Every answer is the name of a famous person whose first and last names start with the same letter and end in the same letter. For example, given "the poet who wrote poems about imaginary gardens with real toads in them" and the letters M and E, the answer would be "Marianne Moore."...

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[ Sun, 03 May 2009 13:34:26 -0400 ]


Put The Meaning In Reverse
For each sentence given, change just one letter in one word to reverse the sentence's meaning. For example, given "The guard will not let you through the gate," you would change the T in "not" to a W for "The guard will now let you through the gate."...

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[ Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:33:29 -0400 ]


Periodically Mixed Up
Every answer is the name of a popular magazine. Name the title of the magazine from the anagram. For example, given "weird," the answer would be "Wired."...

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[ Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:33:17 -0400 ]


A Stitch In Time
Every answer is a familiar phrase in the form "_____ in _____," in which the first and last words given as clues are rhymes. For example, given "hide in spots," the answer would be "tied in knots."...

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[ Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:33:18 -0400 ]


Keep It Short
Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase, in which each word has a short "A" vowel sound. For example, given the clue "A pest weed in lawns," the answer would be "crab grass."...

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[ Sun, 05 Apr 2009 13:34:17 -0400 ]


An Hour Of Our Time
Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Albert Tumpson from Beverly Hills, California. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station KPCC in Pasadena, California.)...

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[ Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:33:29 -0400 ]


Find Your Calling
Each clue is three words. For each set, think of a fourth word that can follow each clue to complete a compound word or familiar two-word phrase. For example, given "cat," "cattle" and "telephone," the answer would be "call," as in "catcall," "cattle call" and "telephone call." Hint: Each answer ends in two L's, like "call."...

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[ Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:33:40 -0400 ]


Rites Of Spring
For each category, name five items, each one beginning with a different letter in the word "Aries," the first Zodiac sign in spring. For example, given the category "elements on the periodic table," the answers could be "argon, radium, iron, einsteinium and silicon."...

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[ Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:34:01 -0400 ]


Barking Up The Right Tree
Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase that contains the consecutive letters "E-L-M." And specifically, the first word will end in "E-L," and the second word will start with "M." For example, given "publication that a person with wanderlust might read," the answer would be "travel magazine."...

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[ Sun, 08 Mar 2009 13:34:43 -0400 ]


A Merchant, A King And A Shrew Walk Into A Bar ...
Every clue is an anagram for the name of a Shakespeare character. For example, given, "real," the answer would be "Lear."...

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[ Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:38:14 -0500 ]


That's What She Said
You are given some quotes with the ending, "Tom ________." The word that goes in the blank is a synonym for "said" and completes the statement in a punny way. For example, given, " 'That was the best all-night dance party ever,' Tom ________ ," the answer would be "raved."...

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[ Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:33:43 -0500 ]


All Mixed Up
Every answer is the name of an animal you might see in the zoo. Name the animals from their anagrams. For example, given "oil" plus "N," the answer would be "lion."...

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[ Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:34:06 -0500 ]


Linking Letters
This week's challenge: Take the name of a country, interchange two consecutive letters. Add an "e" after the fifth letter. The result will be two synonyms, one after the other. What is the country, and what are the synonyms?...

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[ Sun, 08 Feb 2009 13:33:46 -0500 ]


The Super Bowl Of Word Games
Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase in which one word starts with S-T, as in Steelers, and the other starts with C-A, as in Cardinals. The words can be in either order. For example, given "people who work for a political candidate," the answer would be "campaign staff."...

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[ Sun, 01 Feb 2009 13:39:39 -0500 ]


The Answer Is A Car
Think of a word that starts and ends with the letter 'm' as in Mary, drop the first 'm,' insert an 'o' somewhere and you'll get a new word that means the same thing as the first word. What words are these?...

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[ Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:34:06 -0500 ]


The Answer Has A Hole In It
Every answer is a word starting with the letter O. The clues are two words — one that can precede the answer, and one that can follow it to complete familiar two-word phrases. For example, given "elected" and "statement," the answer would be "official," as in "elected official" and "official statement."...

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[ Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:33:33 -0500 ]


The Sound Of Letters
This week's challenge: Every answer consists of two letters of the alphabet that sound like a word or name. Fill in the blanks to get them. For example, if the clue is ___ watermelon, then the answer would be, "C-D" as in seedy watermelon....

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[ Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:37:39 -0500 ]


What's In The Pan?
Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase or name, in which the first word starts with "PA" and the second word ends in "N." For example, if the clue is, "namesake of a popular pizzeria chain," the answer would be, "Papa John," because it starts with "PA" and ends in an "N."...

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[ Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:35:48 -0500 ]


Name That Headline-Maker
You are given the names of people whom you had probably never heard of before 2008, but who sprang to national or international prominence during the past 12 months. Who are they?...

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[ Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:37:11 -0500 ]


Categorically Claus
This is a game of categories using the word "Claus." For each category, name something in it starting with each of the letters: C-L-A-U-S. For example, if the category was girls' names: Carol, Laura, Alice, Ursula and Sarah....

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[ Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:34:46 -0500 ]


The Answer May Elude You
You are given two seven-letter words. Rearrange the letters in one of the words to get a synonym of the other. For example, if the clue is "gratify" and "eluding," the answer would be "indulge," which is an anagram of eluding and means gratify. The anagram can be the first or second word....

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[ Sun, 14 Dec 2008 13:33:12 -0500 ]

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