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Trumix.com listings available of NPR Sunday Puzzle Podcasts Build your own playlists with this podcast. Ode (Owed?) to Ma In this week's on-air puzzle, you are given clues for six-letter words, each containing the consecutive letters M-A. Remove the M-A, and the remaining four letters, in order, will spell a word answering the second clue. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rhyme Three Times In this week's on-air puzzle, you are given three words that rhyme with three things that start with the same letter and are in the same category. For example, given "soxer," "facet" and "regal," the answer would be "boxer, "basset" and "beagle." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Challenge for Star Gazers In this week's on-air puzzle, you are given anagrams of the names of constellations. You name the constellations. For example, given "ray" plus L, the answer would be "Lyra." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Any Champs in the House? For each category Will lists, you must name something that belongs in it that begins with each of the following letters: C, H, A, M and P. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Amen to Gag Men In this week's puzzle, clues are given for two words. The first word has two or more G's in it. Remove all the G's and the remaining letters, in order, will spell the answer to the second clue. For example, given "joke writers" and "prayer ending," the answer would be "gag men" and "amen." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 'VA' Is for Word Lovers In this week's puzzle, every answer is a familiar two-word phrase, where the first word starts with V and the second word starts with A. For example, given "subject of a tax in Britain" the answer would be "value added." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Getting in the Swing 'of' Things In this week's puzzle, every answer is a familiar three-word phrase in the form of "______ of ______." The first word starts with M, and you are given the third word. For example, given "production" the answer would be "means" for "means of production." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Puzzle for Crows In this week's puzzle, every answer is a familiar two-word phrase in which the first word starts with CA and the second word starts with W. For example, given "a glass opening in a wall that is attached by hinges," the answer is "casement window." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Common Ground In this week's puzzle, you are given two things and must name what they have in common. Each answer has six letters. For example, given "typewriter" and "Christmas gift," the answer is "ribbon." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Separated by A Clues are given for two short words. Combine the words and add the letter A in between them and you'll get the answer to a third clue. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Er, Give Me Another Clue In this week's on-air puzzle, clues are given for two words that each ends in an unaccented vowel sound. Change that sound to an "er," and you'll get a new word that answers the second clue. For example, if the clue were "sandwich fish" and "piano repairman," the answer would be "tuna" and "tuner." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Uh-Oh! Clues for Two Clues are given for two words. Each word has two syllables. The first syllable of the first word has a short "U" sound as in "uh." Change this to a long "O" sound and, phonetically, you'll get a new word that answers the second clue. Example: "absolutely beautiful" and "an old-style punishment," would be "stunning" and "stoning." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Hidden Presidents This week, an on-air presidential puzzle for Presidents Day. Will reads a series of sentences. Each sentence conceals the name of a U.S. president in consecutive letters. For example: Have moms hairstyle redone. The answer would be Tyler, which is hidden inside, hairsTYLE Redone. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Anagram Magic In this week's on-air puzzle, every answer is a two-word phrase, in which both words start with the letter "P" and the two words are anagrams of each other. For example, for the clue "One hundred percent the land of Lima," the answer would be: Pure Peru. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Prepare to Be Taxed In the on-air puzzle, every answer is a familiar two-word phrase in which the first word starts with the letter C and the second word starts with P-A. For example, given "a place for electrical switches and gauges," the answer would be "control panel." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guess the Rest In this week's on-air puzzle, every answer is a three-word phrase in the form "(blank) the (blank)." Will offers rhymes for the first and last words in the phrases. For example, given "lease the reels," the answer would be "grease the wheels." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Seeing Red In the on-air puzzle, you are given a word and must drop two letters so that the remaining letters, in order, spell a color or shade. For example, given "greed," the answer would be "red." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Calculated Risks This week's on-air puzzle is about CARS. Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase, in which the first word starts with C-A and the second word starts with R. For example, given "basis for computing insurance rates," the answer would be, "calculated risk." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mixed-Up Company In the on-air puzzle, every answer is the name of a well-known company. You must name the company from its anagram. For example, given "Coal plus A," the answer would be, "Alcoa." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Nouveau-Fame Name Game In this week's puzzle, Will Shortz names people who became famous during the past twelve months, whom you probably never heard of before 2007. The player tells why they're famous. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sunday Puzzle: Matching Categories This week's on-air puzzle is about categories. After a category is given, there should be a response with something else in that category that starts with the last two letters of the given category. For example, if the clue is Rigoletto, then the response might be Tosca. They are both Italian operas. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sunday Puzzle: Two Four-Letter Words In this week's on-air puzzle, take two four-letter words and put three letters in front of both of them to complete two common seven-letter words. For example: for the words, "gain" and "rack", the added three-letter word would be "bar" to form "bargain" and "barrack." Puzzlemaster Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Doris Gove from Knoxville, Tenn. She listens to Weekend Edition on member station WUOT in Knoxville, Tenn. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Keeping R and I Together In this week's on-air puzzle, every answer is a familiar two-word phrase or name, in which every word contains the consecutive letters R-I. For example: What a person who might fail an FBI background check might pose. The answer would be: secuRIty RIsk. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Calling All Homophones In this week's on-air puzzle, each definition or clue contains a missing word. That word is a homophone of the word that answers the clue. For example: If the clue is "have (blank) doubt" the missing word would be "no," completing the phrase "have no doubt." "No" and "know" are the homophones. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Reduplicated Elements In the on-air puzzle, every answer involves reduplicative words. An example would be ping pong, whereby the first half is the same as the second half and only the vowel changes. So if the clue is "table tennis," then the answer would be "ping pong." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beginnings and Endings In the on-air puzzle, given a word, the response is a word that completes a common two-word phrase. The first two letters of a given word will be the last two letters of the player's word, reversed. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Day at the Opera Every answer in this week's on-air puzzle is the name of an opera. The clues are in the form of anagrams. For example, if the clue is "moan-plus-R," the answer would be "Norma." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Designated Hitters In the on-air puzzle, every answer is a familiar two-word phrase, or name, with the initials "DH." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website In the Same Category In this week's on-air puzzle, we start with a clue in a category, then name something else in the same category that starts with the second and third letters of the original clue. If the clue is Minnesota, the answer would be Indiana (the second and third letters of Minnesota are "I-N" and both Minnesota and Indiana are states). Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Anagram from Mr. Shortz In this week's on-air puzzle, every answer is a word starting with the letter V. Use an anagram of the clue to find the answer. For example, if the clue is "serve," the answer would be "verse." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Going Down to R-I-O In this week's on-air puzzle, every answer is a seven-letter word or name that contains the consecutive letters, R-I-O, somewhere in it. For example, if the clue is, "inquisitive," the answer is, "curious." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Little CO-Dependent In this week's on-air puzzle, every answer is a familiar two-word phrase or name, with the initials C.O. For example: Right to buy a stock later at a specified price. The answer: Call Option. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website You Know Her, Her Name Rhymes with ... In this week's on-air Puzzle, every answer is the name of a famous writer. Given rhymes for the first and last names, you name the writers. For example: given "Wet Start," you'd say "Bret Harte." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Football Scramble In this week's on-air puzzle, every answer is a word or phrase used in football, delivered in the form of an anagram. For example, if the word given for the clue is "saps" the answer would be "pass." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Most Valuable Puzzle In this week's on-air puzzle, Will offers three words that start with the letters M, V and P, as in Most Valuable Player. Think of a word that can follow each of his, to complete a compound word or a familiar two-word phrase. For example: Mothers, Veterans and Pay -- the answer would be DAY, as in Mother's Day, Veterans Day and Pay Day. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Breaking It Down In this week's on-air puzzle, every answer is a six-letter word that can be broken into two consecutive three-letter words to answer the clues. For example, if the question is "What body part is a number plus a boy's name," the answer would be "tendon," which includes "ten" and "don." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website We'll Make You Famous In this week's on-air puzzle, every answer is the first and last name of a famous person. Given a two-word phrase, change one letter in each word to name the famous person. Here's a hint: The letter you change to is the same in the first and last names. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website X Marks the Ending This week's on-air puzzle goes to "excess." Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase, in which the first word ends in "X" and the second word starts with "S." For example, for the clue: "What you'd sow in the ground to grow linen plants," the answer would be "flax seeds." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Music Is in the Air In this week's on-air puzzle every answer is the name of a musical instrument. See if you can get it through its anagram. For example, if the clue was MUD plus R, you would rearrange those letters to get DRUM. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Where's It At? The on-air puzzle is called, "Where's It At?" There are clues for two words. The first word contains the consecutive letters "A-T" somewhere inside. Remove the "A-T" and you'll get a new word that answers the second clue. For example, if the clues are "a lampoon and a way to address a king," the answer would be satire and sire. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Three-Word Phrase, First Word: Verb This week's puzzle has a familiar three-word phrase in which the first word is a verb, the second word is "the" and the third word is a noun. I'll give you the phrase, but with an anagram of either the first or last word, you give me the phrases. For example, if I said "Flee the pinch," you would say "Feel the pinch." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rhyming Crossword Clues In this week's on-air puzzle, crossword clues point the way to the ansCwer, which will rhyme with the first word of the clue. For example, if the clue is "Home of the Vatican" the answer would be "Rome." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Trip to the ALPs In the on-air puzzle, we go to the ALPS. Every answer is a familiar two-word phase, with the consecutive letters "A-L-P." In particular, the first word ends in "A-L" and the second word starts with "P." If the clue is "I, you or we," the answer would be "personal pronoun." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Two Words Come from Two Clues Will gives clues to two words. The first word starts with letters, TH. Change the TH to SH, and phonetically, you get a new word that answers the second clue. For example: Given "unfreeze" and "playwright who wrote Pygmalion," the answer would be, "Thaw and Shaw." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Clues Created for Copious Enjoyment In the on-air puzzle, clues are given to two words. If you add "C-O" in front of the first word, you'll get a new word that is completely unrelated to the first one. For example, if the clues are a woman's undergarment and a venomous snake, the response would be "bra" and "cobra." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Going Left and Right at the Same Time The on-air puzzle this week is called "left and right." Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase or name in which the first word starts with "L" and the second word starts with "R." For example, given the clue "a popular passenger vehicle from Britain," the answer would be "Land Rover." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Key to the Answer? It's 'It' In the on-air puzzle this week, clues are given to two words. If you insert the letters "I-T" somewhere in the first word, you get the second word. For example, if the clues are "an elevator company" and "an inflammation of the ear," the answer would be "Otis" and "otitis." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mixing Up Some Famous Names In the on-air puzzle this week, every answer is the name of a famous person whose first name starts with "J". Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Move It to the End of the Line In the on-air puzzle this week, Will reads sentences with two blanks. Think of a five-letter word that goes in the first blank, move its first letter to the end to get a new five-letter word that can go in the second blank to complete the sentence. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Accidental Acrostics The on-air puzzle this week offers a game of "accidental acrostics." Every answer is a multiword title, in which the initial letters spell a word. For example, if the word given is "air" and you're asked to name a 1920s hit on Broadway, you would say Abby's Irish Rose. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Coming in Second and Third In the on-air puzzle this week: every answer is a familiar two-word phrase, with the letters "ro" in the second and third positions of each of the words. For example, given the clue "farmers with corn, wheat, etc.," the answer would be "crop growers." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Find the Hidden World Capital Each sentence read conceals the name of a world capital in consecutive letters. For example, "two jets sank a raft," would produce the answer "Ankara" because "Ankara" is concealed in consecutive letters in "...sank a raft." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website For Mother's Day, a Tribute to'Ma' The on-air puzzle this week is in honor of Mother's Day. Given a series of words, for each one change one of the letters in the word to"ma"to spell a new word. For example, given the word"croon"you would say"maroon." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Five Answers Cover the Coast In the on-air puzzle for this week we play a game of categories based on the word "coast." Given a series of categories, for each one name something in that category starting with each of the letters in "coast." For example if the category was girls names, you'd say Carol, Olga, Anna, Sarah and Teresa. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Re-Figuring Familiar Phrases In the on-air puzzle for this week, every answer is a compound word or a familiar two-word phrase in which each half has exactly four letters. The middle two letters of the first word are the same as the middle two letters of the last. For example,"departed years ago"would be"Long Gone." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Shifting from One Phrase to Another In the on-air puzzle for this week every answer is a familiar three-word phrase. The middle word in each phrase is"the."Given rhymes for the first and last words, identify each mystery phrase. For example, the answer to"Left the Frame"would be"Shift the Blame." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Two-Letter, Two-Word Tango In the on-air puzzle this week, given a word, take the last two letters, reverse them, then think of a word starting with these two letters that can follow the original word to complete a familiar two-word phrase. For example, given"flat,"you would take the last two letters,"at", and reverse them to make"tax,"as in"flat tax." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Rhyming World Tour The on-air puzzle this week is a challenge involving a series of words. For each one, name a world capital that rhymes with the word. For example, given "Harris," the answer would be "Paris." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 'Perplexing Puzzlers'for April Fool's Day The on-air puzzle this week honors April Fool's Day with classic puzzles from Martin Gardener's 1969 book Perplexing Puzzlers and Tantalizing Teasers. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Two Clues with Double the Fun This week's on-air puzzle involves two clues that will yield a solution using a seven-letter word and the middle five letters of that very same word. For example, if the first clue is"heavy"and the second ins"a figure that a skater might make,"the answeres would be"weighty"and"eight." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What Is that Old Saying? In the on-air puzzle for this week, given two words, re-arrange the letters of the first word to get a new word. That new word and the second word are both parts of a familiar proverb or saying. For example, given"words"and"pen,"you'd re-arrange the letters of"words"to make"sword"and you'd say,"the pen is mightier than the sword." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Hidden'Arms'Hold the Answer The on-air puzzle for this week has hidden"arms."Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase that uses the consecutive letters A,R,M. Specifically, the first word in the phrase will end in A,R, and the second word will start with M. For example, given the clue, Garage Worker, the answer would be, Car Mechanic. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website State the Answer The on-air puzzle for this week is a two-person puzzle. Given two three-letter words, the first word can be found in consecutive letters in the name of a U.S. state capital. And the second word can be found in consecutive letters of that capital's state. For example, given"son"and"our,"the answer would be Jefferson, Missouri. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rhymes with Good Reason In this on-air puzzle, the answer to each clue rhymes with the last word in the clue. For example: If the prompt was"a certain fur coat,"a proper answer would be"stoat." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Five from Seven, Backwards Take a seven-letter word, drop the first and last letters, read the remainder backwards and it will spell a new five letter word that answers the second clue. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Initials that Really Matter: WB In the puzzle this week, every answer is a familiar two-word phrase or name with the initials "WB." For example if the clue was, "a film studio that distributed Casablanca," you would say "Warner Bros." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Answer Starts in the Middle Exactly two common uncapitalized four-letter words in English have PO in the middle; spot and upon. Given other letter pairs, name exactly two common uncapitalized words. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Two Words from One Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website J-Walking with a Crooked Letter Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home built around a movie director's name. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Host of Categories for Liane A game of categories, using the letters L-I-A-N-E. For each category, the player will name something in it beginning with each of these letters. For example, for chemical elements, answers might be lead, iron, argon, nitrogen and erbium. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Three Words, Four Letters Every answer in this puzzle is a familiar three-word phrase -- or name -- in which each word has exactly four letters. For example, the clue"Late Vatican Leader"would prompt this answer: Pope John Paul. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Who Are They? Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners on names in the news in 2006, from Barbaro and Jill Carroll to Harry Whittington and Zinedine Zidane. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Firing Blanks In this puzzle, you'll get a series of sentences that end in two blanks. Insert two words in the blanks that are reversals of each other. The words will be four letters long. For example: The spring, and the place to set your bait, is each a BLANK-BLANK. You'd say: Each is a Trap Part. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Keeping It on the'DL' Every answer to this week's puzzle is a familiar two-word phrase with the initials"DL."For example, the clue"What a spy leads"would yield the answer:"A double life." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun with Four-Letter Words In this challenge, you'll form four-letter words we can use on public radio. Will Shortz supplies the second and third letters; you make up the rest of a unique word. For instance, P and R lead to"spry." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Doubling Up from Six to Eight Puzzle master Will Shortz offers a challenge in which a series of six-letter words are turned into eight-letter words by inserting two doubled letters. For instance, coated becomes collated. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sunday Puzzle Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Michael Seden-Hansen from Pasa Robles , California. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station KCBX in San Luis Obispo.) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Thanksgiving to a T With Thanksgiving coming up shortly, Will Shortz has brought a T puzzle. Every answer is a familiar two word phrase in which each word has two T's. for example, if I said, A bit of sewing around a hole in a shirt, you would say, button hole stitch. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Looking for NET Results Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's participant is Laura Leis of Providence, R.I. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Compounding the 'O' Sounds Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's participant is George Steinberg of Flushing, N.Y. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pun City, U.S.A. Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's participant is Chris Roberts of Richmond, Va. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website All in the Familiar Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Ranjana Murthy from Redwood Shores, Ca. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rhyme Time with Familiar Phrases Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's participant is Jean Cloe of West Valley City, Utah. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website SOFIA Choices Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's participant is Julia Daugherty of Iowa City, Iowa. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Give Me an 'L,' Give Me a 'G' Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is BobCat Ryffel from Fairfield, Conn. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station WNYC in New York. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mixing Up Six-Letter Words Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's contestant is Sonia Kerns of Rockwell City, Iowa. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tom Swifties, He Said Cryptically Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Karen Donofrio-Staros of Carlsbad, Calif. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Playing at Sixes and Sevens Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Eric Feit of Burbank, Calif. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Two Words Linked in Reverse Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Lisa Palmer of Baltimore, Md. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Food for Thought, But No Second'S' Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Capt. Matthew Peck of Fayetteville, N.C. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Food for Thought, But No Second'S' Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Capt. Matthew Peck of Fayetteville, N.C. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Get Ready to Go 'Pro' Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's participant is Mary Modica of Watertown, S.D. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Are You Drawing 'A' Blank? Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's participant is Candy Wyatt of Victoria, British Columbia. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Hot, Hot, Hot Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's contestant is Robert Berretta of Houston. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Say Anything with S and A Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Bob Finch from Rochester, Minn. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station KZSE in Rochester. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Two Words Looking for a Third Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Christine Murray of Gaylordsville, Conn. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website So Simple It's a Shame If You're Stumped Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Joni Cordell of Tensed, Idaho. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2-D Entertainment Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Michael Christiano of Madison, Wisc. He listens to Weekend Edition on WHAD in Milwaukee. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Do You Know Your Proverbial Alphabet? Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's competitor is Barbara Lawrence of Lake Wales, Fla. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The End of the Line Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Douglas Hoy from New Orleans, La. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station WWNO in New Orleans. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website With Perspicacity, We Perform Word Play Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Janice Wilson from Hummelstown, Pa. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Your Anagrams Have Arrived Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Max White from Albany, Ore. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station KOAC in Corvallis, Ore. 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