NPR: Sunday Puzzle Podcast
NPR's weekly word game: match wits with "Weekend Edition" puzzle master Will Shortz.
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10 Episodes of this Podcast:
First And Last Rhymes
Published: 2009-06-28 12:33:10Every 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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Building On Four-Letter Words
Published: 2009-06-21 12:33:13There 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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Testy Wordplay
Published: 2009-06-14 12:33:46Today'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 barbecued," the answer would be "tenderloin steak."
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Three Of A Kind
Published: 2009-06-07 12:33:36Each 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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A Tough Act To Follow
Published: 2009-05-31 12:33:47Each 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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Look Inside A Famous Person
Published: 2009-05-24 12:33:58Each 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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Flush The Birds
Published: 2009-05-17 12:34:25Change 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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A Mother Lode Of Brainteasers
Published: 2009-05-10 12:35:26This 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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Make A Name For Yourself
Published: 2009-05-03 12:34:26Every 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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Put The Meaning In Reverse
Published: 2009-04-26 12:33:29For 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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