It was worded differently, but we've seen this wordplay twice before.Q: Think of a type of exercise equipment in three syllables. Remove the two middle letters and you'll name a means of transportation. What words are these?
Sunday, August 02, 2026
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 2, 2026): Get Moving
NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 2, 2026): Get Moving
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Congrats, once again, Cap! Now for a hint...
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dr. K
DeleteBy belated congrats also to "Our CAP with a Cape!"
DeleteLegoRiddler
Here is a puzzle that I plan to run as a "riff' on this Thurdsday's edition of Puzzleria!:
DeleteWill Shortz’s August 2nd Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle Challenge, from Michael Schwartz of Florence, Oregon, reads:
Think of a type of exercise equipment in four syllables. Remove a preposition from the middle. You’ll name:
1. the profession one who helps you remain healthy, followed by...
2.letters that can be anagrammed to spell a small sticky concave slip with instructions on how to help you maintain that health.
Name the exercise equipment, the profession, and “sticky slip” that helps you remain healthy. (All three answers apply to our proficient puzzle-maker... who – not surprisingly – earned a medical degree and practiced his craft for nearly 30 years).
Who is this puzzle-making healer and health-enhancer?
Lego...
I guess you just have to submit a puzzle from a few years ago now?
DeleteI'm sure this puzzle was an independent creation. I blame Will and NPR staff for not checking for duplicates.
DeleteNice riff, Lego. The equipment has an interesting origin.
DeleteI'm thinking of an anagram of the final word in a John Barth novel.
ReplyDeleteRemove the first and last letters from the transportation, and rearrange. You get a fish.
ReplyDeleteCompleting the circle, a means of transportation was named for this fish!
DeleteLOL! Oh, of course!
DeleteWikipedia lists 8 means of transportation named for that fish.
DeleteIf you wanna talk quanta, we'll talk quanta.
ReplyDeleteRearrange the letters in the means of transportation to get
ReplyDeleteanother transportation related word.
The other transportation related word often involves exercise too.
DeleteI think we came to the same conclusion.
DeleteYou might, actually, use one to get around the other.
DeleteWow, one of the occasions Blaine is referring to was shockingly recent.
ReplyDeleteThe first syllable of the equipment is another way to exercise.
ReplyDeleteI guess it's actually the first syllable plus the first letter of the second.
DeleteWhat's the best inorganic substance?
ReplyDeleteDudley and Peter.
ReplyDeleteThe removed letters stand for an institution long in existence, even back to our earliest days as a country.
ReplyDeleteGood one, though my usage of those letters denotes something else.
DeleteAnagram to get a country and an island.
ReplyDeleteInteresting that someone from Okemos (Michigan) had trouble in the on air game with “okies”, but apparently the locals there don’t use that moniker. Anyway, it’s disappointing to have a repeat-type puzzle. But in the spirit of the on-air game, a popular brand of the exercise equipment backwards might signify a certain region of a state (though apparently not commonly used).
ReplyDeleteThis equipment is best used during a certain season.
ReplyDeleteThe exercise equipment is commonly used this time of year.
ReplyDeleteThe section removed could be seen as a means of conveyance stretching back to antiquity.
ReplyDeleteNicely done, Cap!
ReplyDeleteMy clue is -- oh, wait, someone's at the door!
Thanks, Ben
DeleteThere's a connection between the word's roots and the removed letters.
ReplyDeleteTherefore, you have to be carefully taught!