Her daughter has the same middle name.Q: Name a famous female singer of the past (five letters in the first name, seven letters in the last name). Remove the last letter of her first name, and you can rearrange all the remaining letters to name the capital of a country (six letters) and a food product that its nation is famous for (five letters).
Sunday, December 14, 2025
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 14, 2025): International Foods
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 14, 2025): International Foods
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You might see her name if you go to Duane Reade.
ReplyDeleteRearrange the letters in the singer’s middle name to get something down to earth. (After I got the answer, I put the puzzle to ChatGPT; this week, it gave a preposterous answer that did not fit at all.)
ReplyDeleteI just did that, and it asked me for a hint!
DeleteThe middle name also rearranges to something partially not down to earth.
DeleteI checked after getting it. ChatGPT thought for 2m23s but came up with the right answer. (Model 5.1).
DeleteI wonder if ChatGPT gets hints from its users and so gets better as time goes on.
DeleteClever music puzzle, one that may break a lot of hearts.
ReplyDeleteI predict fewer than 200 correct answer this week.
ReplyDeleteI agree with jan. There's a male singer of the past who poses an obfuscation.
DeleteIt ain’t Barbra
ReplyDeleteTread carefully here.
ReplyDeleteThere are definitely a couple of TMI musical clues of the not so distant past! There is also a related food product (one that may be served with this one) that has been a puzzle topic before.
ReplyDeleteA different capital city is related to the food product.
ReplyDeleteSeveral, perhaps, as there are multiple places that satisfy the geographic and climate requirements of the food product.
DeleteI was thinking of the name of the city.
DeleteCombining Nodd's and Blaine's hints:
DeleteA different capital city is related to her daughter.
At a certain age even 4th place seems amazing.
ReplyDeleteTV hint: Riverdale
ReplyDeleteChildhood Gaming Clue: Battling Tops
ReplyDeleteThere is an odd connection between this artist and another artist name wise, and also having to do with the product.
ReplyDeleteJr?
DeleteNo
DeleteIf you change a letter in the country, then you will get a way the food is often served.
ReplyDeleteHer middle name was my mother's name. The food product was the family business for my mother's father and uncles.
ReplyDeleteAhh, the sweet smell of success...Good oh!
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