Q: Name a popular automobile import (make and model). Add the letter V and anagram the result. You'll name a popular ethnic food. What names are these?Insert an E in the model to get something directly associated with the make.
Sunday, November 02, 2025
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Nov 2, 2025): Automobile Import and Ethnic Food
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Nov 2, 2025): Automobile Import and Ethnic Food
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Remove the first letter from the car and rearrange. You get the first name of a famous American author.
ReplyDeleteI thought you meant just the make and got a chuckle.
DeleteSomewhat oddly, I immediately thought of Virginia.
DeleteHomophone
ReplyDeleteThis is what an extra hour of sleep gets you.
ReplyDeleteWow there are a lot of surprising anagrams of make+model+v.
ReplyDeleteWhen my Pop had such a vehicle, I told him it was appropriate that it was black.
ReplyDeleteIf my interpretation of the clues so far is correct, then I don't think I've ever heard of the food.
ReplyDeleteIt took a little bit of searching, but I finally got it.
ReplyDeleteAnyone who gets this without consulting lists probably owns the car.
ReplyDeleteAs mentioned upthread, my father had one. My brother had one more recently.
DeleteHow many correct answers last week?
ReplyDelete559, according to Ayesha during the broadcast.
DeleteI was afraid this would devolve into an epic search, then, I remembered the KISS principle and voila!
ReplyDeleteI think there are 42 million people concerned with ordinary food to feed their 16 million children.
ReplyDeleteI think it's interesting what gets to count as 'ethnic food'.
ReplyDeleteUmmmm. I don't have any clues.
Oh ok: if you forgot the name of the car, you could describe it briefly, add two letters, and get the same ethnic food.
Wow that is a bad clue. But it's certainly not TMI.
If not ethnic, certainly regional.
DeleteNot a telecom.
ReplyDeleteAnyone watch the San Francisco - Jacksonville game?
ReplyDeleteNissan Rogue + BR is BRAIN SURGEONS ... which I've never tried.
ReplyDeleteA great distance between the car and the food. Choo! Choo!
ReplyDeleteFranklin
ReplyDeleteThis is my ideal fusion cuisine.
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ReplyDeleteThink of a kind of salad dressing, dip, or condiment in two words. Remove a "V", change one vowel to a consonant, and rearrange to get the make and model of a popular automobile import.
ReplyDeleteOne hint above got me there. I don't think I know anyone with this car IRL.
ReplyDeleteThis isn't just any Sunday puzzle. If you know what I mean.
ReplyDeleteYes, better hurry up and solve.
DeleteI not only solved it, I also get Blaine's clue.
ReplyDeleteTimely
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