Sunday, September 29, 2024

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 29, 2024): They're Gr-r-reat!

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 29, 2024): They're Gr-r-reat!
Q: Name a certain breakfast cereal character. Remove the third, fifth, and sixth letters and read the result backward. You'll get a word that describes this breakfast cereal character. What is it?
Change the fifth letter of the character's name to an 'O' and rearrange to get something Russian.

Edit: COSMONAUT
A: TOUCAN SAM --> MASCOT

Sunday, September 22, 2024

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 22, 2024): New Towels

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 22, 2024): New Towels
Q: Take the phrase NEW TOWELS. Rearrange these 9 letters to get the brand name of a product you might buy at the supermarket. What is it?
I saw an AD for this product just the other day.

Edit: The product would need an additional AD to spell out AND; it's just 'N. By the way, this same product was mentioned in a similar puzzle from November 2018. The color of the bottom towel in the picture was also a hint to the product's pink packaging.
A: SWEET 'N LOW

Sunday, September 15, 2024

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 15, 2024): A Fancy Capital Entree

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 15, 2024): A Fancy Capital Entree
Q: Name a U.S. state capital. Then name a world capital. Say these names one after the other and phonetically you'll get an expensive dinner entree. What is it?
Change the last letter of the dinner entree to the letter directly to its right on a standard typewriter keyboard. Rearrange to name something we might fear.

Edit: Change the last E to an R and rearrange to get OVERLORDS.
A: DOVER (Delaware) + SEOUL (South Korea) --> DOVER SOLE

Sunday, September 08, 2024

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 8, 2024): Watercraft on Water

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 8, 2024): Watercraft on Water
Q: Take the name of a watercraft that contains an odd number of letters. Remove the middle letter and rearrange the remaining ones to name a body of water. What words are these?
How close are you to the answer? Are you hot or cold?

Edit: Similar to a puzzle from Jan 21, 2018. You might see a gondola (basket) below a hot air ballon or gondola (lift) at a cold ski resort. But most often you'll see them in the Venice Lagoon.
A: GONDOLA --> LAGOON

Sunday, September 01, 2024

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 1, 2024): TV Personality of the Past

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Sep 1, 2024): TV Personality of the Past
Q: Name a famous TV personality of the past. Drop the second letter of this person's last name. Phonetically the first and last names together will sound like a creature of the past. What celebrity is it?
You can drop all instances of that letter and you still get the same answer.

Edit: DINA-SORE
A: DINAH SHORE --> DINOSAUR