This Puzzle Is One For The PROs
On-air challenge: Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase or name in which the first word starts with "P" and the second word starts with "RO." For example: For the clue, "A moving part of an...
View ArticleSticking With The Sunshine State
On-air challenge: Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase or name in which the first word starts with "F" and the second word starts with "LA."Last week's challenge: Name a major U.S. city in two...
View ArticleUnwrap 'Christmas' For Your Gift
On-air challenge: Every answer is a word that can be formed from the letters of "Christmas." You'll be given two words as clues. The first one can precede the answer word, and the second one can follow...
View ArticleIf You Didn't Know, Now You Know
On-air challenge: This week is the annual "new names in the news" quiz. You're given some names that you probably never heard of before 2012, but who made news during the past 12 months. You say who...
View ArticleScrambling To Ring In The New Year
On-air challenge: This week's puzzle celebrates ringing in the new year. Take the letters Y-E-A-R. Add one letter and scramble to make a new word that answers the clue. For example, by adding the...
View ArticleTackle 'Yards' To Make A Touchdown
On-air challenge: In recognition of the Super Bowl, the key word is "yards." You will be given some categories. For each one, name something in the category beginning with each of the letters Y, A, R,...
View ArticleDear Mr. President, What's Your Name?
On-air challenge: In honor of Presidents Day, every answer is the last name of a U.S. president. You will be given a word or phrase that is a president's last name with two letters changed. You name...
View ArticleFrom A To Z
On-air challenge: Every answer is a word containing an A and a Z. Given anagrams of the remaining letters, name the word. For example, given "leg," the answer would be "glaze".Last week's challenge:...
View ArticleFinding The Answers Within
On-air challenge: You'll be given clues for some five-letter words. In each case, the letters of the answer can be found consecutively somewhere inside the clue. For example, given "Some teenagers'...
View ArticleA Brand-New Word
On-air challenge: Every answer is a well-known commercial name that spells a regular word or name backward. Identify the brands. For example, given "laundry detergent" and "work in a magazine office,"...
View ArticleAs You Know, Puzzles Are A Pastime
On-air challenge: For each given category, name something in the category where the first letter is also the first letter of the category. For example, given "Military Ranks," you would say...
View ArticleTwo Last Names For The Price Of One
On-air challenge: Every answer today consists of two people, either real or fictional, whose last names are anagrams of each other.Last week's challenge: Itcomes from listener Matt Jones of Portland,...
View ArticleInvestigating The Crime Scene
On-air challenge: Today's theme is "C.S.I."— as in the name of the long-running TV show. You're given three words starting with the letters C, S and I. For each set, give a fourth word that can follow...
View ArticleEasy As One, Two, Three Initials
On-air challenge: You're given the three-word names of famous people. For each one, you get a clue to a familiar three-word phrase or title that has the same initials as the person. Name the phrase or...
View ArticleThe Price Of Fame: A Scrambled Name
On-air challenge: Every answer is the name of a famous person, past or present, with five letters in the first and last names. One letter in each name is changed to make a new word. You name the...
View ArticlePsst ... It's Class Time
On-air challenge: This puzzle is supersonic. Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase or name that has the consecutive letters S-S-T. Specifically, the first word will end in S-S, and the second word...
View ArticleFirst Names First
On-air challenge:This week's puzzle is called "What's in a Name?" Every answer consists of the names of two famous people. The last name of the first person is an anagram of the first name of the last...
View ArticleEasy As ABC
On-air challenge:Every answer is an anagram of a word that has the letters A-B-C in it.Last week's challenge: Name a foreign make of automobile. Cross out several letters in its name. The remaining...
View ArticleA Matter Of Succession
On-air challenge:You're given two words starting with the letter S. For each pair, give a third word — also starting with S — that can follow the first one and precede the second one, in each case to...
View ArticleIt's All Greek To Me
On-air challenge: You're given some sentences. Each sentence conceals the name of a language in consecutive letters. Name the language. Each answer has five or more letters.Last week's challenge: The...
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