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Synopsis of NPR Weekend Edition puzzle with Liane Hansen and Will Shortz 2006-07-23
The Current Challenge (given 20060716): http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5560434 Name a well-known figure in Greek mythology, whose name consists of two consecutive pronouns. Who is it? The answer is Theseus. Will did not accept Hermes because the last S is not part of any pronoun. Last week, Will said the answer was a name "everybody knows."
Don reported over 1,700 entries.
The on-air player was Catherine Murray (phonetic) of Gaylordsville, Connecticut. She is a construction manager for design build firm. She has played the NPR puzzle for 10 years.
The on-air puzzle provided two clue words at a time. The puzzle is to think of a third word that can go after the first word, and before the second word, each time making a compound word or familiar two-word phrase. For example, if the clues are, "hush" and "bags," the answer could be, "money," making "hush money" and "money bags." Each answer is five letters long, has two syllables, and ends in Y.
Clues (answers are at the end of this message): 1. tooth, tale 2. Easter, hop 3. stir, eights 4. hamburger, cake 5. pretty, loafer 6. top, metal 7. blind, cat 8. pot, dance 9. hill, club 10. cotton, cane 11. political, hat 12. second, line 13. baby, whip 14. turkey, train
The Current Challenge (given 20060723): This puzzle comes from Catherine Bryant of Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is editor for the National Puzzlers League. She will be at the NPL Convention next weekend in San Antonio, Texas. Name something you might order in a bar. It is two words, 3 letters in the first word, five letters in the second word. Change the second letter of the first word from a U to an A. The result will be a new two-word phrase naming something you don't want to be seen in. What is it?
Answers must be received by 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday. One one entry per person. Be sure to include a telephone number where you can be reached if you are selected as the winner. Entries must now be made at the web page: http://www.npr.org/templates/contact/index.php?columnId=4473090
Editor's notes:
Puzzles, and contents of Weekend Edition/Sunday puzzle segment are copyrighted 2006, by Will Shortz and NPR. Reprinted here with permission.
Will announced that the National Puzzlers League Convention will be in San Antonio, Texas, next week (starting 2006-07-27). For more information: http://www.puzzlers.org/ http://www.puzzlers.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=cons:2006:announceme nts
After the convention, Will is driving to Indiana for a program noting the establishment of the Puzzle Room at the Lily Library at the Indiana University (Will's alma mater).
CLUES ANSWERS tooth, tale fairy Easter, hop bunny stir, eights crazy hamburger, cake patty pretty, loafer penny top, metal heavy blind, cat alley pot, dance belly hill, club billy cotton, cane candy political, hat party second, line story baby, whip buggy turkey, train gravy
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Date: 2006-07-23 09:47 pm (UTC)Congratulations! Did you know that I distribute a free weekly synopsis of the NPR puzzle segment? Below is part of the synopsis for today (within the 4300 character limit here), with your listener challenge. If you want to subscribe, send a blank email message from your account (the one you want to subscribe) to:
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Synopsis of
NPR Weekend Edition puzzle
with Liane Hansen and Will Shortz
2006-07-23
The Current Challenge (given 20060716):
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5560434
Name a well-known figure in Greek mythology, whose name consists
of two consecutive pronouns. Who is it? The answer is Theseus.
Will did not accept Hermes because the last S is not part of any
pronoun. Last week, Will said the answer was a name "everybody
knows."
Don reported over 1,700 entries.
The on-air player was Catherine Murray (phonetic) of
Gaylordsville, Connecticut. She is a construction manager for
design build firm. She has played the NPR puzzle for 10 years.
The on-air puzzle provided two clue words at a time. The puzzle
is to think of a third word that can go after the first word, and
before the second word, each time making a compound word or
familiar two-word phrase. For example, if the clues are, "hush"
and "bags," the answer could be, "money," making "hush money" and
"money bags." Each answer is five letters long, has two
syllables, and ends in Y.
Clues (answers are at the end of this message):
1. tooth, tale
2. Easter, hop
3. stir, eights
4. hamburger, cake
5. pretty, loafer
6. top, metal
7. blind, cat
8. pot, dance
9. hill, club
10. cotton, cane
11. political, hat
12. second, line
13. baby, whip
14. turkey, train
The Current Challenge (given 20060723):
This puzzle comes from Catherine Bryant of Cambridge,
Massachusetts. She is editor for the National Puzzlers League.
She will be at the NPL Convention next weekend in San Antonio,
Texas. Name something you might order in a bar. It is two
words, 3 letters in the first word, five letters in the second
word. Change the second letter of the first word from a U to an
A. The result will be a new two-word phrase naming something you
don't want to be seen in. What is it?
Answers must be received by 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday.
One one entry per person. Be sure to include a telephone number
where you can be reached if you are selected as the winner.
Entries must now be made at the web page:
http://www.npr.org/templates/contact/index.php?columnId=4473090
Editor's notes:
Puzzles, and contents of Weekend Edition/Sunday puzzle segment
are copyrighted 2006, by Will Shortz and NPR. Reprinted here with
permission.
Will announced that the National Puzzlers League Convention will
be in San Antonio, Texas, next week (starting 2006-07-27). For
more information:
http://www.puzzlers.org/
http://www.puzzlers.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=cons:2006:announceme
nts
After the convention, Will is driving to Indiana for a program
noting the establishment of the Puzzle Room at the Lily Library
at the Indiana University (Will's alma mater).
CLUES ANSWERS
tooth, tale fairy
Easter, hop bunny
stir, eights crazy
hamburger, cake patty
pretty, loafer penny
top, metal heavy
blind, cat alley
pot, dance belly
hill, club billy
cotton, cane candy
political, hat party
second, line story
baby, whip buggy
turkey, train gravy
End of NPR Puzzle Synopsis.