I was convinced it had to do with a dromedary and Drew Barrymore.Q: Think of two hooved animals. Take all the letters of one of them and the last three letters of the other, mix them together, and you'll get the first and last names of a famous actress. Who is it?
Sunday, February 01, 2026
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Feb 1, 2026): Two Hooved Animals and an Actress
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Feb 1, 2026): Two Hooved Animals and an Actress
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I wanted Salma Hayek to work with Yak. Alas.
ReplyDeleteI got nothing so far. Derailed by Len Caribou and Sandra Bullock.
DeleteMare Winningham didn't work either.
DeleteHa!
ReplyDeleteSomeone is on the right track...
Anagrams aren't a lot of fun. But there is one fun thing about this puzzle.
Wasn't STRAP going to save us from this kind of thing? Where is STRAP?
DeleteI didn't solve it yet, but I stumbled across a variant puzzle, which I am going to send to Lego for the next Puzzleria! In any case, I wanted to see if ChatGPT could solve my puzzle. Here are some of its comments:
ReplyDelete"If solving is the goal and you’re willing to give a tiny nudge that would keep it fun instead of brute-force"
"And yes—this is exactly the kind of clue where even solvers who love brute force eventually mutter, “There has to be a cleaner insight,” which makes your comment especially on-brand 😄" (my comment was that even ChatGPT got tired of brute force)
"Very clean, very fair, and yes: much funnier once you realize brute force would be miserable here."
Well, Pi Day is coming right up, isn't it?!
ReplyDeleteSo many actresses...so many ungulates. At least Will could have told us if the actress is still extant.
ReplyDeleteOr something to narrow this down. "Famous" is a sufficiently vague term that it could be almost any actress.
DeleteMaybe we should send in Whitney Houston or Cate Blanchett just to be safe.
DeleteAt my age, it pleases in a perverse way that AI gave me two incorrect answers. It also pleases me that I can still recognize wrong answers.
ReplyDeleteI have posted on this blog before that in February or March 1964 I had dinner with Elke Sommer. I didn't score with her then, and I am not scoring with her now.
ReplyDeleteIt behooves us to know that elks have hooves. But does an Elke have hooves? Whoever heard of a herd of Elke without hooves? And bees (as well as some unwell humans) have hives.
DeleteLegoUngulatory
If it were just the surname...
ReplyDeleteOut of the mouths of babes... I think I have it!
DeleteI wonder if I can use Miss Piggy as one of the actresses.
ReplyDeleteARMY + spoNGE => MEG RYAN ... I don't think that's it, just saying.
ReplyDeleteK, Blaine.
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