Sunday, June 08, 2025

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 8, 2025): Female Animals and Their Offspring

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jun 8, 2025): Female Animals and Their Offspring
Q: Name certain female animals. Insert a T somewhere inside the word, and you'll get a synonym for this animal's offspring. What animals are these?
Of course I appreciate this puzzle along with all the puzzles created by our esteemed LegoLambda.

24 comments:

  1. cute-cute! Thank you, LegoLambda!
    --Margaret G.

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  2. I wanted to say something clever about this puzzle, but came up two letters short.

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  3. Got it. Now for a clue……

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  4. While solving this, I found a slightly different wording of the clue for an alternative puzzle: Name certain female animals. Insert a T and rearrange the letters to describe a completely different animal's offspring. What animals are these? (Hint: "surf and turf" springs to mind :)

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  6. Pre coffee, I couldn't solve this, but now I have. In other news, Gizmo from Big Bear Valley finally fledged in her um, unique way.

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  7. Oops, my bad—a British word meaning “expensive”

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  8. Bragging about my bad ideas always gets me into a mess.

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    1. I was apologizing for making a stupid mistake before my first cup of coffee.

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  9. Another Lego puzzle -- is that what we wanted? Of course!

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  10. I don't get a single one of the clues so far. I mean, except mine. I guess that's good! They can't be TMI.

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  11. I have an answer. When I came up with it, it seemed too simple, and I dismissed it, thinking at best that it was an alternate answer. But now, I have been able to match it up with a couple of clues above. So, maybe I do have the answer.

    However, the answer I have works for both males and females of the animal. So, I'm still looking.

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    1. JAWS, we may have the same answer (but maybe not).

      In any case, I think that my answer, given the puzzle's precise wording, would be ultimately disqualified on two counts: I used a word that applies to both males and females, not just females, and that is in the singular form, i.e., a certain animal-, not animals--to which I added the "T."

      The answer works, but given the puzzle's wording, it is admittedly weak.

      The quest continues.

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    2. keep in mind offspring can be plural

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  12. After you add the T, to get the synonym, you can remove the T and rearrange to find related writings.

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  13. You can also add a T into the animal's name to get another word.

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  14. Very neatly crafted puzzle, and, coincidentally, less than 500 km from the next stop in the Odyssey. IF my guess is correct, that is. That's not so much a hint as an inside sports observation Homer might have made recently.

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  15. I'm glad I got it--now I can drift off to sleep this afternoon.

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  16. I finally got the answer. I didn't follow my own advice to always read the question carefully. I actually had the answer all the time, but failed to realize it. Ha ha on me.

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