Q: The onetime country duo "Montgomery Gentry" and the classic song "Go on With the Wedding" have a very unusual wordplay property in common. What is it?Those that have read the Narnia series will have an advantage.
Sunday, May 25, 2025
NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 25, 2025): Unusual Wordplay
NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 25, 2025): Unusual Wordplay
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One of my submissions to Puzzleria! was based on this idea, but my puzzle wasn't as satisfying.
ReplyDeleteRoar!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a Wordle stumper.
ReplyDeleteGreat puzzle from Ed Pegg, Jr.! His father would be proud if he just gave a flip.
ReplyDeleteOoooh, I was thinking through a variant of that clue.
DeleteWell, back to the drawing board.
A rather flippant remark.
DeleteAnd probably rather controversial.
DeleteHow many correct answers last week ?
ReplyDeleteOver 1000
DeleteI wish the band had six members.
ReplyDeleteNo clue here, but I think Ed could have and should have picked phrases that are more familiar to more people than the ones he picked. Anyway, this is not too tricky a puzzle if you write it out and just look at it.
ReplyDeleteEd Pegg here. I sent Will a longer list several years ago. Those are the two Will picked from the list.
DeleteRoger that, Ed. No insult intended. I just think it would have made a stronger, more enjoyable puzzle to use more familiar phrases. Anyway, congratulations on having your puzzle be selected.
DeleteI, for one, would be very interested in seeing the entire list. But maybe post it in two weeks or so, because some of it might show up on Puzzleria! first and I wouldn't want spoilers.
DeleteI think I’ve got the answer, but can’t think of a clue that wouldn’t be TMI. So I’m waiting to hear from you guys to help me see if my answer is correct. And I get Blaine’s clue (which is RARE for me!)
ReplyDeleteI'm in the same boat.
DeleteWould that be, The Sloop John B?
DeleteHopefully not the Cuauhtémoc
DeleteI think if you understand Blaine's clue, you're almost certainly correct-toe-mundo. --Margaret G.
DeleteThink of another famous song from the 1950s. Remove the last two letters from the first word. Then remove the letters of the last name of a famous politician. You'll have the same wordplay.
ReplyDeleteI'm stumped.
ReplyDeleteAssuming that isn't a clue, same here.
DeleteScarlett - I had the same thought. I was also wondering if this was a clue. What did the tree say to the lumberjack? I'm stumped...
DeleteSorry, I didn't mean to mislead anyone. I am stumped, as in clueless.
DeleteNot a problem Musinglink. It's all in the game. But I think you'll agree that Curtis told acorn-y joke.
DeleteIf Blaine came up with his clue on the spur of the moment, I'm very impressed. Or did you know that phrase had that property?
ReplyDeleteThis takes, like, guts!
ReplyDeleteAnd it shouldn't be a total loss for this pro sports team ...
DeleteAnyone for ballet?
ReplyDeleteI almost swallowed my gum when I got it.
ReplyDeleteIf I got the right answer, I wouldn't refer to it as "very unusual" but as bizarre!
ReplyDeleteThe cycle of life?
ReplyDeleteSome numbers can have a similar property. However, there is only one prime number under 100000 with this property.
ReplyDeleteUse commas.
DeleteSpeaking of numbers, today, 5/25/25, is one of a bunch of consecutive palindromic dates.
DeleteAre you a backward thinker?
DeleteAre Michael and Sarah going on palindromic dates?
DeleteMarty's worst?
ReplyDeleteMusical Clue: King Crimson Indiscipline
ReplyDeleteCould Will's choice of this puzzle have something to do with Memorial Day?
ReplyDeleteThis puzzle has a connection with me, but it would be TMI to say what it is now.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the difference between a dangerous animal strolling through the streets of an Alaskan town, and two appropriately, and traditionally, attired British businessmen strolling across the Tower Bridge in London?
ReplyDeletePolar bear vs bowler pair.
DeleteThat was quick! I knew it would not be difficult, but I tried to obscure the animal wording as much as I could.
DeleteBears have a keen olfactory sense, but I can smell a Spoonerism of yours a mile away.
DeleteUrsine that outta pride I would assume.
DeleteI'm not going to panda to bamboozling like that.
DeleteBut you koala to pieces over my cheap shoot.
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DeleteGot it! Although, I honestly don't know the name for this particular type of Wordplay, even after looking over the Grammarly page for "16 Types of Wordplay." Perhaps if I looked over it again…?
ReplyDeleteLet's save that for Thursday.
DeleteThat's okay; Claude was able to provide me with that name. (Its ability to do so was contingent on me having solved this puzzle, though.)
DeleteI remember I sent this puzzle to Will when I visited Florence, California.
ReplyDeleteThis puzzle is a duplicate.
ReplyDeleteThere is a connection to the last puzzle.
ReplyDelete