Q: Take a child's game, in eight letters. Change the sixth letter to 'ch' and, phonetically, you'll have a popular animated children's character. What are the game and the character?How manu of us remember the first time we played this?
Sunday, June 15, 2025
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 15, 2025): Child's Play
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 15, 2025): Child's Play
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Have you ever seen a Danish auto ski?
ReplyDeleteWow you are fast, Blaine.
ReplyDeleteIt's not the healthiest puzzle ever, but I'm not saying it needs intensive care, either.
Rearrange the odd letters of the character and you get the name of another imaginary character.
ReplyDeleteAnd read the even letters backwards to get an affirmative.
DeleteGeez, can't believe we're going down this road again.
ReplyDeleteWith potholes like the craters of the moon.
Deletei don't see a way to clue this.
ReplyDeleteBut now I think I do.
DeleteI wondered how long that was going to take.
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ReplyDeleteThe character has become popular again in recent years.
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ReplyDeleteA German word comes to mind.
ReplyDeleteAbout 400 correct entries last week
ReplyDeleteMusical Clue: Neville Brothers
ReplyDeleteAre they a jawaiian music group?
DeleteI don't approve of those chemical treatments some people subject themselves to in order to make their hair curl.
ReplyDeleteI love puzzles that reveal phonetic coincidences hiding in plain sight (e.g., A. Blinken, Abe Lincoln), but this one has never been hiding. If you've heard of the character, you've probably already made the connection.
ReplyDeleteHey folks, just jumping on here quickly to say I'll be on the road most of the day. At least I can work on the puzzle while I drive!
ReplyDeleteThis did not take long to solve, even while I kept my eyes on the road while driving.
DeleteAn easy one today, I'm sure there will be a high number of responders with this answer.....and wishing all the dads out there a happy father's day (including to the guy who made me my tuna fish sandwiches when I was a child!).
ReplyDeleteYou have to either get this or not. No great way to get it through research. The answer will likely be elusive for a while, but will come to you eventually.
ReplyDeletePretty sure I heard a related bit of wordplay on Car Talk, some 30 years ago.
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DeleteThis is the first Sunday puzzle I've bee able to solve in a few weeks (didn't get the last 2).
ReplyDeleteThe game was "oerformed" during the last superbowl.
ReplyDeleteI remember often hearing about the game during the Olympics, too!
DeleteOh, well done.
DeleteI thought a bit about how to give this type of clue, but I'm glad I didn't try -- I would have taken a different road, and yours is elegant.
Got the answer fairly quickly, but I always wait to hear clues from you guys, just to confirm, before I submit.
ReplyDeleteAnd you provide very good clues.
Rob’s was helpful if you’re a Shakespeare fan.
Jan was helpful if you’re a world traveler.
Good luck to all other Sunday puzzle addicts!
And happy Fathers Day to all Dads!
ReplyDeleteIf you have solved this week's NPR challenge and hanker for a second helping of wordplayfulness, try solving this week's "Schpuzzle of the Week" on Puzzleria! It reads:
ReplyDeleteAdd an “F” to the beginning of the name of a novel character. Transpose two adjacent vowels. Insert a space someplace. The result describes what a part of another character in the novel became.
Who are these characters? What did the part of another character become?
Please don't spill your answers until Wednesday afternoon. Hints are okay though. Speaking of hints...
The novel's author's surname rhymes with the last word in "one of those ‘Road’ pictures."
LegoWhoNotesThatAlsoFeaturedOnTheCurrentPuzzleriaIsThe39thCrypticCrosswordPuzzleCreated&ContributedByMasterCrypticCrosswordSetterPatrickJ.Berry(Aka“Cranberry”)
Call me a fawn, but I dote on Lego's puzzles. Nice one!
DeleteYou don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to figure this one out.
ReplyDeleteGod bless us, every one!
ReplyDeleteMove the 5th and 6th letters of the game 12 letters in the alphabet. Remove the 2nd letter. You can rearrange to get a related word.
ReplyDeleteHoyle does not seem to have the rules for this game.
ReplyDeleteI solved it while still in bed fairly easily, but had to confirm via the internet because I have never heard of the character.
Also, this puzzle caused me to think of all the times I have seen chess boards set up incorrectly, as I have posted about here recently, especially in movies. So I quickly came up with a simple word play way to remember which way to orient the board, if not the pieces. I hesitate to post it here because I fear someone will be offended and not get the humor. We have to be so careful these days, I even had a comment I posted to a Yahoo news piece deleted because I correctly referred to someone as our Rapist In Chief.
I love your last four words above. Too bad Yahoo didn't see fit to agree.
DeleteIt does have a certain ring to it. I wonder how many other right wing, tyrannical world leaders are jealous of this noble attainment?
DeleteWell, we are now getting NPR confirmation email replies to our puzzle answer submissions! Maybe our country will survive after all.
ReplyDeleteOver spring break, I hiked a canyon with the same name as the game.
ReplyDeleteThat must have been grand.
DeleteGorgeous scenery.
DeleteDeeply so.
DeleteGneiss!
DeleteDeepending on your point of view.
DeleteI was there 10 years ago.
DeleteNot gneiss at all though. . .
DeleteWho do you think you're fooling?
DeleteSo inspiring!
DeleteEight years Diane and I joined a weeklong organized tour of that area. When we got back to the tour’s starting point, we rented a pair of motorcycles and, in the next three days, rode 485 miles through more of the surrounding area. Spectacular!
DeleteI think our Rapist in Chief is full of schist.
DeleteThe animated character is a huge favorite of my nephew's. And I played the childhood game just over a week ago, with a relative at a wedding reception.
ReplyDeleteReading about this, I learned it's not just a silly game. It helps with social development and motor skills, among other things. Who knew?!
ReplyDeleteI got this one in a few minutes, by consulting a list of characters for kids.
ReplyDeleteThe bad news is that since June 16th, 2024, I have been on a 51 week winning streak. Not a single miss. I was going for an even 52 week streak, but I couldn't get last week's puzzle . A fifty-two week winning streak was within sight. Oh, well...now you see it, now you don't.
Oh, yes, sorry about the TMI earlier, Blaine.
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DeleteOops. GMTA.
DeleteYou don't have to be Columbo to solve this one. I'd share a meme indicating how easy/obvious I found this puzzle, but it would really give the game away.
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ReplyDeleteThis puzzle is NOT for boomers.
ReplyDeleteRIP William Langewiesche.
ReplyDeleteI was just looking at the news about where the G-7 is meeting in Canada; KANANASKIS. If you change the syllable that you emphasize, as I did, you'll get laugh
ReplyDeletePS The answer: It may have cheeks but no lips!
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