NPR Sunday Puzzle (Oct 25, 2026): Company Logos

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Oct 25, 2026): Company Logos

Q: The commercial name “iPhone” starts with a lowercase “i” and has a capital P inside it. Think of two well-known companies whose logos also start with lowercase letters, and each contains a capital “B” somewhere inside.

Company name or company logo?

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Oct 18, 2026): Musical Beverages

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Oct 18, 2026): Musical Beverages

Q: Take the last name of a well-known figure in music. 11 letters. Drop the 9th and 10th letters. Say the result out loud. Phonetically, it will sound like two hot beverages one after the other. Who is the figure in music, and what are the beverages?

Swap the last letters of the two beverages. The words can now be rearranged separately to name something that hurts and a place.

Edit: ACHE and OFFICE

A: TCHAIKOVSKY --> CHAI, COFFEE

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Oct 11, 2026): Let's Get Moving

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Oct 11, 2026): Let's Get Moving

Q: Name a company that's known for transportation. Move the first two letters to the end. Reverse everything. Insert the name of an international tourist destination. And you'll get the name of a game that involves transportation. What things are these?

Why am I stuck thinking of Lyft and their pink branding?

Edit: If you replace the last two letters in each word of the game with a Y (why?) you get MARY KAY known for their pink cars.

A: AMTRAK --> MA(RIO)KART --> MARIO KART

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Oct 4, 2026): Higher Education

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Oct 4, 2026): Higher Education

Q: Name two well-known colleges or universities from the same state. The last letter of one is the first letter of the other. Change each instance of this letter to the same new letter to get the names of two other well-known colleges or universities. What four schools are these?

I'm thinking of a rectangle.

Edit: The common letter in each pair are L and W (length and width) which multiply to give you the area of a rectangle.

A: DePaul/Lake Forest (in Illinois) --> DePauw/Wake Forest (in Indiana and North Carolina)