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Podcast title NPR: Sunday Puzzle Podcast
Website URL http://www.npr.org/templates/s...
Description NPR's weekly word game: match wits with "Weekend Edition" puzzle master Will Shortz.
Updated Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:33:17 -0500
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Category Games & Hobbies
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Episodes

1. City Slickers
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Description: For each word given, add a letter at the start, the end or somewhere inside to name a well-known U.S. city. For example, given the word "flit," the answer would be "Flint."

2. From First To Last
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Description: Each clue is one word. The answer is a word that can follow the clue to complete a familiar two-word phrase. The first two letters of the answer must be the first and last letter of the clue. For example, given "pool," the answer would be "player."

3. Sure Bet You'll Know
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Description: The letters S-B stand for seat belt. They also stand for some other familiar two word phrases.

4. Good Morning, Anagrams
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Description: Every answer is an anagram of a word starting with the letters, A-M. For example, if the clue is "A-M + sue," then the answer would be, "amuse."

5. A Long Way From Milan To Minsk
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Description: For each category given, the answers are things within the category that start with the letters, M, I, N, S and K. For example, given "two-syllable girls' names," the answer could be "Mary, Ingrid, Norma, Sarah and Kathy."

6. A Pox On You
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Description: Each answer is a familiar word, name or phrase that begins with the letter P and ends in X. For example, if the clue is "showy flower," the answer would be "phlox."

7. Now That's A Capital Idea
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Description: You are given a word. Drop two letters so that the remaining letters, in order, spell the name of a world capital. For example, given "backup," the answer would be "Baku," the capital of Azerbaijan.

8. A Little Hankity-Pankity
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Description: Every answer is a two-word, rhyming phrase in which both words have three syllables. For example, given the clue "unexplained circumstance of the past," the answer would be "history mystery."

9. Fill In The Blanks And Ta-Da!
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Description: You are given a sentence that's missing two words. The word that goes in the first blank has a T in it. Change this to a D, and phonetically, you'll get the word that goes in the second blank.

10. Keep Plugging Away
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Description: Every answer is a word, name or familiar phrase starting with K and ending with Y, as in "Kentucky." For example, given the clue "stereotypical fraternity blowout," the answer would be "keg party."