NPR Sunday Puzzle (Apr 26, 2026): Religious Figures

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Apr 26, 2026): Religious Figures

Q: Name an animal whose first five letters in order spell a religious figure. And if you change the animal's next-to-last letter, its last five letters in order will spell another religious figure. What animal is this?

Is this a joke? So easy!

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Apr 19, 2026): Political Lawsuit?

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Apr 19, 2026): Political Lawsuit?

Q: Think of a popular movie of the past decade. Change the last letter in its title. The result will suggest a lawsuit between two politicians of the late 20th century — one Republican and one Democrat. What's the movie and who are the people?

Maybe we should focus on what the politicians had in common rather than their differences?

Edit: What I found more interesting was their first names are GERALD and GERALDine

A: FORD V. FERRARI --> FORD V. FERRARO
There was no actual lawsuit between these two.

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Apr 12, 2026): Foreign Landmark

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Apr 12, 2026): Foreign Landmark

Q: Name a famous foreign landmark (5,4). Change the eighth letter to a V and rearrange the result to make an adjective that describes this landmark. What landmark is it?

I need to finish up my taxes, so I'll have to put solving on hold until then.

The Notre Dame fire started April 15, 2019

A: NOTRE DAME, RENOVATED

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Apr 5, 2026): Musical Cars

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Apr 5, 2026): Musical Cars

Q: Think of a musical instrument. Add two letters at the end, and you'll get the names of two popular automobile models reading left to right. What musical instrument is this?

It's not a Ford Tempo or Hyundai Sonata. Maybe I'm not smart enough to figure this out this week?

Edit: I was hinting at the added letters, IQ.

A: ACCORDION --> (Honda) ACCORD, (Hyundai) IONIQ