Blaine's Puzzle Blog

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan 23, 2011): Another 5-letter Countries Puzzle : Q: Name a nationality. The third, fourth, fifth, sixth and 10th letter...

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan 16, 2011): ABCDEFG plus 1 minus 1 : Q: Take the first seven letters of the alphabet, A through G, change one of these...

I was reminded recently of a way to impress your friends and perhaps win a bet too. It involves writing the alphabet backwards faster than t...

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan 9, 2011): A Peril, in Apparel : Q: Name an article of apparel in the plural form, ending with an S. Rearrange the let...

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan 2, 2011): First Puzzle of the New Year : Q: Take a plural noun that ends with the letter S. Insert a space somewhere ...

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 26, 2010): It's Boxing Day, is that a clue? : Q: Name a famous American from the past who has seven letters in hi...

In the news today, I read about a Civil War message that was found in a bottle and decoded just recently. However the news article wasn'...

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 19, 2010): City, State, Zip : Q: Name a city in the United States that ends in the letter S. The city is one of the l...

This year we've hidden a secret video message as the solution to our puzzle. Only those that can spot the 8 differences in our annual C...

NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 12, 2010): Mixed-up Companies : Q: Rearrange the letters of 'Wayne Manor' to name two well-known American cor...