Sunday, March 29, 2026

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Mar 29, 2026): If the Shoe Fits...

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Mar 29, 2026): If the Shoe Fits...
Q: Name some tools used by shoemakers. After this word place part of a shoe. The result will be the subject of a famous painting. What is it?
Take the resulting subject, remove the 6th, 8th and 10th letters and add an O. Rearrange to get something else pictured in that painting.

Edit: The new letters anagram to APOSTLES
A: LASTS + UPPER = LAST SUPPER

Sunday, March 22, 2026

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Mar 22, 2026): Animals and Habitats

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Mar 22, 2026): Animals and Habitats
Q: Name an animal. The first five letters of its name spell a place where you may find it. The last four letters of this animal will name another animal -- but one that would ordinarily not be found in this place. What animals are these?
Remove two consecutive letters that are an element, rearrange the remaining letters to name part of another animal.

Edit: Remove LI and rearrange to get TALONS
A: STALLION --> STALL, LION

Sunday, March 15, 2026

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Mar 15, 2026): Films and Food

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Mar 15, 2026): Films and Food
Q: Think of a popular movie franchise with many sequels. Hidden in consecutive letters inside its name is a food. Replace that food with a single letter and you'll get another popular film franchise. What films are these?
I started with Scream but replacing "cream" with a single letter didn't go anywhere. Then I came up with the intended film series.

Edit: My hint was "didn't go anywhere" which hinted toward "to boldly go where no man (or one) has gone before"
A: STAR TREK - TART + H = SHREK

Sunday, March 08, 2026

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Mar 8, 2026): Dynamic Duos

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Mar 8, 2026): Dynamic Duos
Q: Name a famous musical duo. Remove four consecutive letters of the duo's name and phonetically you'll name a famous nonmusical duo. Who are they?
I can think of another duo that ties the two duos together.

Edit: I was thinking of Maverick and Goose who sang You've Lost That Loving Feelin' in Top Gun. They also flew a plane together.
A: RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS --> WRIGHT BROTHERS

Saturday, March 07, 2026

Sunday, March 01, 2026

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Mar 1, 2026): Famous 20th Century Writer

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Mar 1, 2026): Famous 20th Century Writer
Q: Name a famous 20th century writer. Remove the last two letters of the first name and the last letter of the last name. The result will name a clothing material. What is it?
Contrary to what Will might think, we've seen a version of this before.

Edit: "Version" sounds like "virgin" and "Will" sounds like "wool". This puzzle was very similar to a puzzle from January 2017.
A: VIRGINIA WOOLF --> VIRGIN WOOL