NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 17, 2026): Actor and Character

NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 17, 2026): Actor and Character

Q: Name a famous actor of the past, seven letter first name and seven letter last name. Remove three consecutive letters from his last name and the remaining letters in order will be the well known lead character from a long running series of films. What actor and character are these?

Rearrange the letters of the actor and you'll get an animal and a fruit.

Edit: You get a CHINCHILLA and a PEAR.

A: CHARLIE CHA(PLI)N --> CHARLIE CHAN

NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 10, 2026): Baseball and Movie Franchises

NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 10, 2026): Baseball and Movie Franchises

Q: Think of a popular film franchise with many sequels. Hidden in consecutive letters inside its name is a place mentioned multiple times in the Bible. Replace that place with a single letter and you'll name a Major League Baseball team. What franchise and team are these?

I was just reading about Dorothea Waley Singer who spent time arranging and cataloguing all medical and scientific manuscripts in Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the Middle Ages to the early modern era. I don't know why I mention that, but I'll explain on Thursday.

Edit: If you rearrange the letters in D.W. SINGER, you get RED WINGS, the hockey team for Detroit.

A: T(HE AVEN)GERS --> TIGERS

NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 3, 2026): Fore! Five!

NPR Sunday Puzzle (May 3, 2026): Fore! Five!

Q: Name a well-known comic actor (4,5) whose name is an anagram of two terms in golf (4 and 5 letters, respectively). Who is it?

It's been a few years since we've had a puzzle involving this actor. Surprisingly it didn't involve elements.

Edit: The other Seth Rogen puzzle was from December 2015. I think there could have been a puzzle where you change his first name to "Hyd" or "Nit" and get an element.

A: SETH ROGEN --> SHOT, GREEN