I keep feeling like there's more to this.Q: Think of a familiar two-word phrase that means "a secret mission". Move the last letter of the first word to the start of the second word. The result will be two words that are synonyms. What are they?
Sunday, January 19, 2025
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan 19, 2025): Should You Choose to Accept It
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan 19, 2025): Should You Choose to Accept It
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Tough to clue…but here goes:
ReplyDeleteRemove the first letter of the resulting two words, add an article between them, and get a common three-word phrase.
Good one!
DeleteRemove two letters and rearrange to get something often used in a secret mission.
ReplyDeleteRearrange what Blaine feels is missing to get a description of the Supreme Court.
ReplyDeleteVery nice.
DeleteThe majority, not all members.
DeleteThat’s a good one!
DeleteTake a surname associated with Jan's comment, remove 3 letters, rearrange, and get the first word of the puzzle's answer.
DeleteRearrange the even letters of the phrase and you get a writer.
ReplyDeleteSimply simple.
ReplyDeleteAbout the WESUN Challenge answer: Where is “Greeland”?
ReplyDeleteAbout the On-air challenge: “Celebrated actor with four Oscars” —> Catherine Epburn?
Well that didn't take long.
ReplyDeleteGot it. Will take me longer to clue.
ReplyDeleteRemove the first letter and the space. You get a verb.
DeleteNot too secret. ChatGPT even went a little beyond.
ReplyDeleteAlmost 900 correct answers last week.
ReplyDeleteI'm wondering if this one will exceed 2^11 correct answers.
DeleteImagining how much greater my disappointment would have been after four days of wasted effort, I'm grateful for ChatGPT.
ReplyDeleteRearrange the letters of the first word of the phrase to get a particular car, almost to a tee.
ReplyDeleteIs this merely a plug for the puzzle creator? Ho hum, for intrigue go back to last week's puzzle comments.
ReplyDeleteMusic Clue: Motown.
ReplyDeleteIt’s once again tough to clue this week’s puzzle without risk of being censored, so I’ll need to stop short of giving a hint (sorry!).
ReplyDeleteThat's life!
DeleteFour contiguous letters in the first word of the phrase are a color – no rearranging necessary.
ReplyDeleteObscure musical clue: Missing Persons
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