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Familiar Phrases Starting With 'T'

Every answer in today's puzzle is a familiar phrase in the form BLANK of BLANK, where the first word starts with the letter "T." Given the last word of the phrase, the player must give the first word....

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[ Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:33:04 -0500 ]

Categories Fit For 'Radio'

To mark Liane Hansen's 20th anniversary hosting Weekend Edition Sunday, this puzzle is a game of categories using the word "radio." Will Shortz names the categories, and the guest names something in the categories beginning with each of the letters in "radio."...

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[ Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:34:05 -0500 ]

Fill In The Blanks

Each clue is a sentence with two blanks. Fill in the blanks with two words that complete the phrase. But here's the twist: The words that complete the sentence are homophones of the words in the answer phrase....

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[ Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:35:40 -0500 ]

'Mix And Match' These Word Ensembles

This puzzle is called "Mix and Match." Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase in which the first word starts with M-I and the second word starts with M-A, as in "Mix and Match." For example, for the clue "a day before St. Patrick's Day," you would say "mid-March."...

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[ Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:35:27 -0400 ]

Get A Clue And A Four-Letter Word

I'm going to give you some clues. The answer to each clue is a four-letter word which can be found in consecutive letters inside the clue. For example, if I said "a sail boat's part", you would say "spar", because a sail boat's part is a spar, and it's concealed in consecutive letters inside "sail boat's" parts....

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[ Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:33:10 -0400 ]

P.S., Think U Have It Solved?

This week's puzzle involves the letters P-S-U as in Portland State University, where Will spoke on Saturday. Each answer is a familiar two-word phrase in which the first word starts with "P" and the second word starts with "SU." So if the clue is "What a lawyer conducts to see if an invention has been made before," the answer would be "patent survey."...

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[ Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:33:14 -0400 ]

These C's Come In Threes

Each clue consists of two words starting with the letter "C." The answer is a third word starting with "C" that can follow the first word and precede the second one to complete a compound word or familiar two-word phrase....

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[ Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:33:10 -0400 ]

Initially, Michigan's Upper Peninsula

This week's puzzle is in honor of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Because U.P. is short for Upper Peninsula, each answer has "U" and "P" in it. The first clue is: "U" and "P" are the initials of a common two-word phrase naming something holding a street lamp. What is it?...

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[ Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:34:16 -0400 ]

Give A Ring, Get A Grin

For each clue, the answer is a four-letter word. The word is an anagram of one of the words in the clue. For example, if the clue is "main line through Egypt," the answer would be "Nile," because Nile is a rearrangement of the letters in "line."...

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[ Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:33:11 -0400 ]

Maybe Not So Easy As Pie

This puzzle is called "Dividing the Pie." Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase in which the first word starts "pi" and the second word ends with "e." So, the "pi-e" is divided. For example, if the clue is "power source for most automobiles," the answer would be "piston engine."...

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[ Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:34:53 -0400 ]

'A' Test Of Islands

For each word given, add the letter "a" and rearrange all the letters to name a well-known island. For example, if the clue is "trees," add an "a" to get the answer: Easter....

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[ Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:33:13 -0400 ]

Reading Backward Is The Trick

Each answer starts with a clue for a six-letter word. If you drop the first letter and read the remaining letters backward, you'll get a five-letter word that answers a second clue....

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[ Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:33:22 -0400 ]

Scramble The Word To Get One Like The Other

From two given four-letter words, rearrange the letters of one of them to get a synonym of the other. For example, given "each" and "pain," the answer is "ache," because "ache" is an anagram of "each," and it means "pain."...

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[ Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:33:28 -0400 ]

Oh My, A Relaxing Game

This puzzle involves meditation. Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase that starts with the initials "O-M." For example: protection for the hand while cooking? Answer: oven mitt....

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[ Sun, 16 Aug 2009 13:33:09 -0400 ]

It's All About The Wordplay

It's a game of completing analogies. Each involves wordplay. For example, "pink" is to "pen" as "plead" is to "pencil," because by removing the "p" from "pink," you get "ink," which goes inside a pen. And by removing the "p" from "plead" you get "lead," which goes inside a pencil....

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[ Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:33:38 -0400 ]

How Does That Old Saying Go?

Every answer is a familiar proverb or saying. Given a two-word phrase, one of the words is in that proverb or saying, and the other is an anagram of a word in it. The anagram can be either word in the phrase....

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[ Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:33:21 -0400 ]

Take A Risk To Be Risque

Start with two sentences. Each sentence has two blanks. Put a word in the first blank. Add a long 'A' sound to the end of it to get a new word, phonetically, that will go in the second blank to complete the sentence....

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[ Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:54:27 -0400 ]

The Most Common Consonants, In Any Order

Three of the most common consonants of the English language are R, S and T. Every answer today is a word, name or phrase that contains each of the letters R, S and T exactly once, along with any number of vowels. For example, if the clue is "short-winded," the answer would be, "terse." Note: The R, S and T can appear in any order....

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[ Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:35:27 -0400 ]

Special Edition: This Game's A Beach

The challenge is a game of categories. The word is "beach." Each clue is a category, and for each category, the goal is to name something in it starting with each of the letters in "beach."...

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[ Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:43:47 -0400 ]

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 ]

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