What's In A Name?
On-air challenge: Every answer today consists of the names of two famous people. The last name of the first person is an anagram of the first name of the last person. Given the nonanagram parts of the...
View ArticleSaluting The Flag
On-air challenge: Sunday is Veterans Day, so we have a game of categories based on flags. Given some categories, for each one name something in the category beginning with each of the letters F, L, A,...
View ArticleBeing Initially Famous
Special Note:Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, the deadline for this week's puzzle is Wednesday by 3 p.m. Eastern.On-air challenge: Each clue is a two- or three-word description of a famous person in...
View ArticleUntangle An 'Act Of God'
On-air challenge: Every answer is a familiar three-word phrase in the form "____ of ____." The letters in the first and last words of each phrase are rearranged. You give the phrases. For example, "Cat...
View ArticleQuick! Sneak In That 'QU'
On-air challenge: Every answer is a six-letter word containing "QU" somewhere inside it. You'll be given anagrams of the remaining four letters. You name the words (No answer is a plural or a word...
View ArticleSticking With The Sunshine State
On-air challenge: Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase or name in which the first word starts with "F" and the second word starts with "LA."Last week's challenge: Name a major U.S. city in two...
View ArticleUnwrap 'Christmas' For Your Gift
On-air challenge: Every answer is a word that can be formed from the letters of "Christmas." You'll be given two words as clues. The first one can precede the answer word, and the second one can follow...
View ArticleIf You Didn't Know, Now You Know
On-air challenge: This week is the annual "new names in the news" quiz. You're given some names that you probably never heard of before 2012, but who made news during the past 12 months. You say who...
View ArticleScrambling To Ring In The New Year
On-air challenge: This week's puzzle celebrates ringing in the new year. Take the letters Y-E-A-R. Add one letter and scramble to make a new word that answers the clue. For example, by adding the...
View ArticleTwo Is Company, Three Is A Crowd
On-air challenge: Given three three-letter words, give a three-letter word that can follow each to complete a familiar six-letter word. None of the words in a set will be related in meaning. For...
View ArticleTwo Blanks For The Price Of One
On-air challenge: You will be given some sentences with two blanks. Add the letters E and Y to the word that goes in the first blank to get a new word that goes in the second blank to compete the...
View ArticleTackle 'Yards' To Make A Touchdown
On-air challenge: In recognition of the Super Bowl, the key word is "yards." You will be given some categories. For each one, name something in the category beginning with each of the letters Y, A, R,...
View ArticleThe Answer Lies Within
On-air challenge: Every answer is a three-letter word that ends a familiar two-word phrase. You will be given the first word of the phrase. You provide the three-letter word that ends it. And the three...
View ArticleDear Mr. President, What's Your Name?
On-air challenge: In honor of Presidents Day, every answer is the last name of a U.S. president. You will be given a word or phrase that is a president's last name with two letters changed. You name...
View ArticleRolling R's Into Wise Words
On-air challenge: You will be given some words starting with the letter R. You name a proverb or saying that contains each one.Last week's challenge from listener Gary Alvstad of Tustin, Calif.: Name a...
View ArticlePerfectly Puzzling
On-air challenge: You will be given two words starting with the letter P. Name a third word starting with P that can follow the first one and precede the second one, in each case to complete a familiar...
View ArticleFrom A To Z
On-air challenge: Every answer is a word containing an A and a Z. Given anagrams of the remaining letters, name the word. For example, given "leg," the answer would be "glaze".Last week's challenge:...
View ArticleTake Your Pics
On-air challenge: Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase or name in which the first word starts with the letters P-I and the second word starts with C. For example, given "One of 27 compositions by...
View ArticleFinding The Answers Within
On-air challenge: You'll be given clues for some five-letter words. In each case, the letters of the answer can be found consecutively somewhere inside the clue. For example, given "Some teenagers'...
View ArticleHiding In Plain Sight
On-air challenge: You will be given some words. For each one, you provide a four-letter word that can follow the first to complete a familiar two-word phrase. The four letters of the second word can...
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