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IT's Not What You Think
Nowadays, the letters IT stand for information technology. But they're also the initials of some other familiar two-word phrases and names. You name them from the clues....

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[ Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:34:42 -0400 ]


Rhyme Time
Here are two words. Change one letter in each of them to make two new words that rhyme....

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[ Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:33:09 -0400 ]


Tripping the Light Acrostic
This Friday, the 20th, is the day of the year that has the most daylight. So, here's a game of categories using the word light....

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[ Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:33:08 -0400 ]


It's a Real Tease
In this week's on-air challenge, every answer is a word or familiar phrase of no more than 12 letters. The word contains at least four T's....

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[ Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:33:10 -0400 ]


A River Runs Through It
In this week's on-air challenge, you are given anagrams plus an extra letter that you must unscramble to name a river. For example, given "roil" plus E, the answer would be "Loire," the river in France....

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[ Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:39:20 -0400 ]


I-O You a Clue
In this week's on-air puzzle, every answer is a compound word or a familiar two-word phrase in which the first part has a long I vowel sound and the second part has a long O sound. Both parts have just one syllable. For example, given "a small pink flower growing in a field," the answer would be "wild rose."...

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[ Sun, 25 May 2008 13:33:10 -0400 ]


Fill in the Blanks: Going Up, Anyone?
In this week's on-air puzzle, you are given two sentences. Each sentence has two blanks. A word starting with "UP" goes in the first blank. Move the "UP" to the end, and you'll get a familiar two-word phrase that goes in the second blank to complete the sentence....

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[ Sun, 18 May 2008 13:34:47 -0400 ]


Ode (Owed?) to Ma
In this week's on-air puzzle, you are given clues for six-letter words, each containing the consecutive letters M-A. Remove the M-A, and the remaining four letters, in order, will spell a word answering the second clue....

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[ Sun, 11 May 2008 13:33:14 -0400 ]


Rhyme Three Times
In this week's on-air puzzle, you are given three words that rhyme with three things that start with the same letter and are in the same category. For example, given "soxer," "facet" and "regal," the answer would be "boxer, "basset" and "beagle."...

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[ Sun, 04 May 2008 13:35:49 -0400 ]


A Challenge for Star Gazers
In this week's on-air puzzle, you are given anagrams of the names of constellations. You name the constellations. For example, given "ray" plus L, the answer would be "Lyra."...

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[ Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:33:09 -0400 ]


Any Champs in the House?
For each category Will lists, you must name something that belongs in it that begins with each of the following letters: C, H, A, M and P....

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[ Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:30:22 -0400 ]


Amen to Gag Men
In this week's puzzle, clues are given for two words. The first word has two or more G's in it. Remove all the G's and the remaining letters, in order, will spell the answer to the second clue. For example, given "joke writers" and "prayer ending," the answer would be "gag men" and "amen."...

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[ Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:33:17 -0400 ]


'VA' Is for Word Lovers
In this week's puzzle, every answer is a familiar two-word phrase, where the first word starts with V and the second word starts with A. For example, given "subject of a tax in Britain" the answer would be "value added."...

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[ Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:34:57 EDT ]


Getting in the Swing 'of' Things
In this week's puzzle, every answer is a familiar three-word phrase in the form of "______ of ______." The first word starts with M, and you are given the third word. For example, given "production" the answer would be "means" for "means of production."...

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[ Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:33:09 EDT ]


A Puzzle for Crows
In this week's puzzle, every answer is a familiar two-word phrase in which the first word starts with CA and the second word starts with W. For example, given "a glass opening in a wall that is attached by hinges," the answer is "casement window."...

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[ Sun, 23 Mar 2008 13:33:26 EDT ]


Common Ground
In this week's puzzle, you are given two things and must name what they have in common. Each answer has six letters. For example, given "typewriter" and "Christmas gift," the answer is "ribbon."...

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[ Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:33:26 EDT ]


Separated by A
Clues are given for two short words. Combine the words and add the letter A in between them and you'll get the answer to a third clue....

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[ Sun, 09 Mar 2008 13:34:55 EDT ]


Er, Give Me Another Clue
In this week's on-air puzzle, clues are given for two words that each ends in an unaccented vowel sound. Change that sound to an "er," and you'll get a new word that answers the second clue. For example, if the clue were "sandwich fish" and "piano repairman," the answer would be "tuna" and "tuner."...

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[ Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:30:29 EST ]


Uh-Oh! Clues for Two
Clues are given for two words. Each word has two syllables. The first syllable of the first word has a short "U" sound as in "uh." Change this to a long "O" sound and, phonetically, you'll get a new word that answers the second clue. Example: "absolutely beautiful" and "an old-style punishment," would be "stunning" and "stoning."...

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[ Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:33:08 EST ]


The Hidden Presidents
This week, an on-air presidential puzzle for Presidents Day. Will reads a series of sentences. Each sentence conceals the name of a U.S. president in consecutive letters. For example: Have moms hairstyle redone. The answer would be Tyler, which is hidden inside, hairsTYLE Redone....

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[ Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:33:51 EST ]


Anagram Magic
In this week's on-air puzzle, every answer is a two-word phrase, in which both words start with the letter "P" and the two words are anagrams of each other. For example, for the clue "One hundred percent the land of Lima," the answer would be: Pure Peru....

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[ Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:33:37 EST ]


Prepare to Be Taxed
In the on-air puzzle, every answer is a familiar two-word phrase in which the first word starts with the letter C and the second word starts with P-A. For example, given "a place for electrical switches and gauges," the answer would be "control panel."...

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[ Sun, 03 Feb 2008 13:34:53 EST ]


Guess the Rest
In this week's on-air puzzle, every answer is a three-word phrase in the form "(blank) the (blank)." Will offers rhymes for the first and last words in the phrases. For example, given "lease the reels," the answer would be "grease the wheels."...

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[ Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:33:50 EST ]


Seeing Red
In the on-air puzzle, you are given a word and must drop two letters so that the remaining letters, in order, spell a color or shade. For example, given "greed," the answer would be "red."...

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[ Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:38:16 EST ]


Calculated Risks
This week's on-air puzzle is about CARS. Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase, in which the first word starts with C-A and the second word starts with R. For example, given "basis for computing insurance rates," the answer would be, "calculated risk."...

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[ Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:33:09 EST ]


Mixed-Up Company
In the on-air puzzle, every answer is the name of a well-known company. You must name the company from its anagram. For example, given "Coal plus A," the answer would be, "Alcoa."...

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[ Sun, 06 Jan 2008 13:33:44 EST ]


The Nouveau-Fame Name Game
In this week's puzzle, Will Shortz names people who became famous during the past twelve months, whom you probably never heard of before 2007. The player tells why they're famous....

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[ Sun, 30 Dec 2007 13:35:25 EST ]


Sunday Puzzle: Matching Categories
This week's on-air puzzle is about categories. After a category is given, there should be a response with something else in that category that starts with the last two letters of the given category. For example, if the clue is Rigoletto, then the response might be Tosca. They are both Italian operas....

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[ Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:45:14 EST ]


Sunday Puzzle: Two Four-Letter Words
In this week's on-air puzzle, take two four-letter words and put three letters in front of both of them to complete two common seven-letter words. For example: for the words, "gain" and "rack", the added three-letter word would be "bar" to form "bargain" and "barrack." Puzzlemaster Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Doris Gove from Knoxville, Tenn. She listens to Weekend Edition on member station WUOT in Knoxville, Tenn. ...

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[ Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:33:30 EST ]


Keeping R and I Together
In this week's on-air puzzle, every answer is a familiar two-word phrase or name, in which every word contains the consecutive letters R-I. For example: What a person who might fail an FBI background check might pose. The answer would be: secuRIty RIsk....

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[ Sun, 09 Dec 2007 13:32:51 EST ]


Calling All Homophones
In this week's on-air puzzle, each definition or clue contains a missing word. That word is a homophone of the word that answers the clue. For example: If the clue is "have (blank) doubt" the missing word would be "no," completing the phrase "have no doubt." "No" and "know" are the homophones....

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[ Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:32:09 EST ]


Reduplicated Elements
In the on-air puzzle, every answer involves reduplicative words. An example would be ping pong, whereby the first half is the same as the second half and only the vowel changes. So if the clue is "table tennis," then the answer would be "ping pong."...

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[ Sun, 25 Nov 2007 13:37:25 EST ]


Beginnings and Endings
In the on-air puzzle, given a word, the response is a word that completes a common two-word phrase. The first two letters of a given word will be the last two letters of the player's word, reversed....

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[ Sun, 18 Nov 2007 13:32:25 EST ]


A Day at the Opera
Every answer in this week's on-air puzzle is the name of an opera. The clues are in the form of anagrams. For example, if the clue is "moan-plus-R," the answer would be "Norma."...

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[ Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:32:12 EST ]


Designated Hitters
In the on-air puzzle, every answer is a familiar two-word phrase, or name, with the initials "DH."...

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[ Sun, 04 Nov 2007 13:36:39 EST ]


In the Same Category
In this week's on-air puzzle, we start with a clue in a category, then name something else in the same category that starts with the second and third letters of the original clue. If the clue is Minnesota, the answer would be Indiana (the second and third letters of Minnesota are "I-N" and both Minnesota and Indiana are states)....

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[ Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:32:09 EDT ]


Anagram from Mr. Shortz
In this week's on-air puzzle, every answer is a word starting with the letter V. Use an anagram of the clue to find the answer. For example, if the clue is "serve," the answer would be "verse."...

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[ Sun, 21 Oct 2007 13:33:45 EDT ]


Going Down to R-I-O
In this week's on-air puzzle, every answer is a seven-letter word or name that contains the consecutive letters, R-I-O, somewhere in it. For example, if the clue is, "inquisitive," the answer is, "curious."...

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[ Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:32:42 EDT ]


A Little CO-Dependent
In this week's on-air puzzle, every answer is a familiar two-word phrase or name, with the initials C.O. For example: Right to buy a stock later at a specified price. The answer: Call Option....

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[ Sun, 07 Oct 2007 13:32:10 EDT ]


You Know Her, Her Name Rhymes with ...
In this week's on-air Puzzle, every answer is the name of a famous writer. Given rhymes for the first and last names, you name the writers. For example: given "Wet Start," you'd say "Bret Harte."...

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[ Sun, 30 Sep 2007 13:35:25 EDT ]


Football Scramble
In this week's on-air puzzle, every answer is a word or phrase used in football, delivered in the form of an anagram. For example, if the word given for the clue is "saps" the answer would be "pass."...

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[ Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:32:08 EDT ]


Most Valuable Puzzle
In this week's on-air puzzle, Will offers three words that start with the letters M, V and P, as in Most Valuable Player. Think of a word that can follow each of his, to complete a compound word or a familiar two-word phrase. For example: Mothers, Veterans and Pay -- the answer would be DAY, as in Mother's Day, Veterans Day and Pay Day....

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[ Sun, 16 Sep 2007 13:32:11 EDT ]


Breaking It Down
In this week's on-air puzzle, every answer is a six-letter word that can be broken into two consecutive three-letter words to answer the clues. For example, if the question is "What body part is a number plus a boy's name," the answer would be "tendon," which includes "ten" and "don."...

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[ Sun, 09 Sep 2007 13:31:43 EDT ]


We'll Make You Famous
In this week's on-air puzzle, every answer is the first and last name of a famous person. Given a two-word phrase, change one letter in each word to name the famous person. Here's a hint: The letter you change to is the same in the first and last names....

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[ Sun, 02 Sep 2007 13:32:14 EDT ]


X Marks the Ending
This week's on-air puzzle goes to "excess." Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase, in which the first word ends in "X" and the second word starts with "S." For example, for the clue: "What you'd sow in the ground to grow linen plants," the answer would be "flax seeds."...

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[ Sun, 26 Aug 2007 13:32:21 EDT ]


Music Is in the Air
In this week's on-air puzzle every answer is the name of a musical instrument. See if you can get it through its anagram. For example, if the clue was MUD plus R, you would rearrange those letters to get DRUM....

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[ Sun, 19 Aug 2007 13:31:10 EDT ]


Where's It At?
The on-air puzzle is called, "Where's It At?" There are clues for two words. The first word contains the consecutive letters "A-T" somewhere inside. Remove the "A-T" and you'll get a new word that answers the second clue. For example, if the clues are "a lampoon and a way to address a king," the answer would be satire and sire....

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[ Sun, 12 Aug 2007 13:30:39 EDT ]


Three-Word Phrase, First Word: Verb
This week's puzzle has a familiar three-word phrase in which the first word is a verb, the second word is "the" and the third word is a noun. I'll give you the phrase, but with an anagram of either the first or last word, you give me the phrases. For example, if I said "Flee the pinch," you would say "Feel the pinch."...

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[ Sun, 05 Aug 2007 13:30:54 EDT ]


Rhyming Crossword Clues
In this week's on-air puzzle, crossword clues point the way to the ansCwer, which will rhyme with the first word of the clue. For example, if the clue is "Home of the Vatican" the answer would be "Rome."...

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[ Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:30:53 EDT ]


A Trip to the ALPs
In the on-air puzzle, we go to the ALPS. Every answer is a familiar two-word phase, with the consecutive letters "A-L-P." In particular, the first word ends in "A-L" and the second word starts with "P." If the clue is "I, you or we," the answer would be "personal pronoun."...

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[ Sun, 22 Jul 2007 13:30:53 EDT ]


Two Words Come from Two Clues
Will gives clues to two words. The first word starts with letters, TH. Change the TH to SH, and phonetically, you get a new word that answers the second clue. For example: Given "unfreeze" and "playwright who wrote Pygmalion," the answer would be, "Thaw and Shaw."...

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[ Sun, 15 Jul 2007 13:30:51 EDT ]


Clues Created for Copious Enjoyment
In the on-air puzzle, clues are given to two words. If you add "C-O" in front of the first word, you'll get a new word that is completely unrelated to the first one. For example, if the clues are a woman's undergarment and a venomous snake, the response would be "bra" and "cobra."...

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[ Sun, 08 Jul 2007 13:30:39 EDT ]


Going Left and Right at the Same Time
The on-air puzzle this week is called "left and right." Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase or name in which the first word starts with "L" and the second word starts with "R." For example, given the clue "a popular passenger vehicle from Britain," the answer would be "Land Rover."...

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[ Sun, 01 Jul 2007 13:30:39 EDT ]


The Key to the Answer? It's 'It'
In the on-air puzzle this week, clues are given to two words. If you insert the letters "I-T" somewhere in the first word, you get the second word. For example, if the clues are "an elevator company" and "an inflammation of the ear," the answer would be "Otis" and "otitis."...

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[ Sun, 24 Jun 2007 13:30:40 EDT ]


Mixing Up Some Famous Names
In the on-air puzzle this week, every answer is the name of a famous person whose first name starts with "J"....

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[ Sun, 17 Jun 2007 13:36:40 EDT ]


Move It to the End of the Line
In the on-air puzzle this week, Will reads sentences with two blanks. Think of a five-letter word that goes in the first blank, move its first letter to the end to get a new five-letter word that can go in the second blank to complete the sentence....

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[ Sun, 10 Jun 2007 13:30:53 EDT ]


Accidental Acrostics
The on-air puzzle this week offers a game of "accidental acrostics." Every answer is a multiword title, in which the initial letters spell a word. For example, if the word given is "air" and you're asked to name a 1920s hit on Broadway, you would say Abby's Irish Rose....

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[ Sun, 03 Jun 2007 13:31:08 EDT ]


Coming in Second and Third
In the on-air puzzle this week: every answer is a familiar two-word phrase, with the letters "ro" in the second and third positions of each of the words. For example, given the clue "farmers with corn, wheat, etc.," the answer would be "crop growers."...

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[ Sun, 27 May 2007 13:30:38 EDT ]


Find the Hidden World Capital
Each sentence read conceals the name of a world capital in consecutive letters. For example, "two jets sank a raft," would produce the answer "Ankara" because "Ankara" is concealed in consecutive letters in "...sank a raft."...

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[ Sun, 20 May 2007 13:37:33 EDT ]


For Mother's Day, a Tribute to'Ma'
The on-air puzzle this week is in honor of Mother's Day. Given a series of words, for each one change one of the letters in the word to"ma"to spell a new word. For example, given the word"croon"you would say"maroon."...

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[ Sun, 13 May 2007 13:33:16 EDT ]


Five Answers Cover the Coast
In the on-air puzzle for this week we play a game of categories based on the word "coast." Given a series of categories, for each one name something in that category starting with each of the letters in "coast." For example if the category was girls names, you'd say Carol, Olga, Anna, Sarah and Teresa....

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[ Sun, 06 May 2007 13:31:25 EDT ]


Re-Figuring Familiar Phrases
In the on-air puzzle for this week, every answer is a compound word or a familiar two-word phrase in which each half has exactly four letters. The middle two letters of the first word are the same as the middle two letters of the last. For example,"departed years ago"would be"Long Gone."...

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[ Sun, 29 Apr 2007 13:31:39 EDT ]


Shifting from One Phrase to Another
In the on-air puzzle for this week every answer is a familiar three-word phrase. The middle word in each phrase is"the."Given rhymes for the first and last words, identify each mystery phrase. For example, the answer to"Left the Frame"would be"Shift the Blame."...

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[ Sun, 22 Apr 2007 16:39:06 EDT ]


Two-Letter, Two-Word Tango
In the on-air puzzle this week, given a word, take the last two letters, reverse them, then think of a word starting with these two letters that can follow the original word to complete a familiar two-word phrase. For example, given"flat,"you would take the last two letters,"at", and reverse them to make"tax,"as in"flat tax."...

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[ Sun, 15 Apr 2007 13:30:45 EDT ]


A Rhyming World Tour
The on-air puzzle this week is a challenge involving a series of words. For each one, name a world capital that rhymes with the word. For example, given "Harris," the answer would be "Paris."...

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[ Sun, 08 Apr 2007 13:30:46 EDT ]


'Perplexing Puzzlers'for April Fool's Day
The on-air puzzle this week honors April Fool's Day with classic puzzles from Martin Gardener's 1969 book Perplexing Puzzlers and Tantalizing Teasers....

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[ Sun, 01 Apr 2007 13:30:53 EDT ]


Two Clues with Double the Fun
This week's on-air puzzle involves two clues that will yield a solution using a seven-letter word and the middle five letters of that very same word. For example, if the first clue is"heavy"and the second ins"a figure that a skater might make,"the answeres would be"weighty"and"eight."...

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[ Sun, 25 Mar 2007 13:30:39 EDT ]


What Is that Old Saying?
In the on-air puzzle for this week, given two words, re-arrange the letters of the first word to get a new word. That new word and the second word are both parts of a familiar proverb or saying. For example, given"words"and"pen,"you'd re-arrange the letters of"words"to make"sword"and you'd say,"the pen is mightier than the sword."...

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[ Sun, 18 Mar 2007 13:39:17 EDT ]


The Hidden'Arms'Hold the Answer
The on-air puzzle for this week has hidden"arms."Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase that uses the consecutive letters A,R,M. Specifically, the first word in the phrase will end in A,R, and the second word will start with M. For example, given the clue, Garage Worker, the answer would be, Car Mechanic....

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[ Sun, 11 Mar 2007 13:31:33 EDT ]


State the Answer
The on-air puzzle for this week is a two-person puzzle. Given two three-letter words, the first word can be found in consecutive letters in the name of a U.S. state capital. And the second word can be found in consecutive letters of that capital's state. For example, given"son"and"our,"the answer would be Jefferson, Missouri....

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[ Sun, 04 Mar 2007 13:30:39 EST ]


Rhymes with Good Reason
In this on-air puzzle, the answer to each clue rhymes with the last word in the clue. For example: If the prompt was"a certain fur coat,"a proper answer would be"stoat."...

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[ Sun, 25 Feb 2007 13:35:04 EST ]


Five from Seven, Backwards
Take a seven-letter word, drop the first and last letters, read the remainder backwards and it will spell a new five letter word that answers the second clue....

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[ Sun, 18 Feb 2007 13:35:01 EST ]


Initials that Really Matter: WB
In the puzzle this week, every answer is a familiar two-word phrase or name with the initials "WB." For example if the clue was, "a film studio that distributed Casablanca," you would say "Warner Bros."...

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[ Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:32:04 EST ]


The Answer Starts in the Middle
Exactly two common uncapitalized four-letter words in English have PO in the middle; spot and upon. Given other letter pairs, name exactly two common uncapitalized words....

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[ Sun, 04 Feb 2007 13:37:26 EST ]


Two Words from One
Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home....

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